A.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into,
use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without
first obtaining a written permit from the Water Pollution Control
Authority or an authorized agent thereof.
B.
To ensure compliance with the provisions of this article and to facilitate the supervision of the construction, operation and repair of sanitary sewers, and the keeping of records thereof, no person other than those described in § 130-33 of Article VI shall construct, repair, alter, or remove any sanitary sewer, house connection or pipe connected to or with, or discharging directly or indirectly to or into, any public sanitary sewer of said Town, or intended to discharge thus at some future time, regardless of whether said work is located in a public street or on public or private land.
The Water Pollution Control Authority shall establish a Schedule
of Fees. The owner or his agent shall make permit application on a
special form furnished by the Water Pollution Control Authority. The
permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Water
Pollution Control Authority.
Water Pollution Control Authority fees shall not include installation
and connection costs. All costs and expenses incident to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the Town from loss or damage that may directly
or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
No sewer permit will be issued unless the person applying for the
permit has deposited a check, payable to the Town of Simsbury, in
the amount determined by the Water Pollution Control Authority.
The Water Pollution Control Authority shall, from time to time,
establish standard requirements or specifications to regulate the
sizes, materials, methods, and workmanship to be used in the construction
of sanitary sewers, house connections, and other similar work and
appurtenances thereto connected, or intended to be connected, or to
discharge, directly or indirectly, into any public sanitary sewer
of the Town. Such standard requirements shall provide minimum requirements
as to size, depth, slope, or rate of grade for such pipes, and shall
regulate the kinds of pipes and fittings, the methods of laying and
jointing, the materials used, the manner of connecting to preexisting
sanitary sewers, and the general considerations as to location and
other pertinent features. Any such requirements or specifications
may from time to time be amended and are hereby made a part of this
article.
The requirements of Town building and plumbing codes shall be
observed with respect to piping and fixtures inside or immediately
adjacent to buildings and within the areas of jurisdiction of said
several codes, subject only to the general requirements of this article.
Pipe more than five feet outside the inner walls of any building or
similar structure shall conform to the requirements of this article
as to permits, materials, and workmanship.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on evaluation by the Water Pollution Control
Authority or its agent, to meet all requirements of these rules and
regulations. The cost of such evaluation shall be borne by the property
owner.
The requirements of the State Building Code shall be observed
with respect to piping and fixtures inside or immediately adjacent
to buildings and within the areas of jurisdiction of said code, subject
only to the general requirements of these rules and regulations. Building
sewers shall conform to the requirements of these rules and regulations
as to permits, materials and workmanship.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; provided, however, that where one building stands
at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is
available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining
alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front
building may be extended to the rear building, and the whole considered
as one building sewer.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the public sewer.
In the event of a complaint regarding a sanitary sewer stoppage,
the Water Pollution Control Authority will ascertain if the main sanitary
sewer is clear, and any stoppages therein will be relieved as quickly
as possible at no expense to the property owner. If the main sanitary
sewer is found to be clear, the property owner will be so informed
and the property owner shall then, at the property owner's expense,
employ a licensed plumber, reputable cleaner, or licensed or permitted
drain layer to clear any stoppage in the house connection. If the
licensed plumber, reputable cleaner or licensed or permitted drain
layer finds that the stoppage cannot be cleared by power-rodding or
snaking, then the property owner shall notify the Water Pollution
Control Authority or authorized agent. If excavation is required to
remove the blockage in the house connection, a permit must be obtained
from the Water Pollution Control Authority to perform such work. All
expense required to remove a blockage from a house connection is the
responsibility of the property owner.
Any person proposing a new discharge into the public sewer system
that involves substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants
being discharged into the public sewer system shall notify the Superintendent
at least 45 days prior to the date on which the proposed change or
connection is sought to be implemented. No person shall implement
any such proposed change or connection unless and until the same has
been approved by the Superintendent in a writing signed by the Superintendent.
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Director of Public Works.
When any building or other structure previously served by a
connection to any public sewer is demolished, destroyed, abandoned
or altered so that any sewer or portion of an abandoned plumbing system
which is directly or indirectly connected to any public sewer is no
longer used and is no longer connected to the sewer system which discharged,
directly or indirectly, into a public sewer, such sewer or system
shall be promptly closed and sealed off, so that no water or waste
not otherwise permitted to enter the public sewer shall be so discharged
thereinto. The Water Pollution Control Authority or its agent shall
be notified of such abandonment or discontinuance and of the closing
and sealing of such sewer and shall be afforded an opportunity to
inspect such work performed. All of said work shall be done by the
person or party who demolishes the building or structure or who alters
the sewerage of the premises so as to make such closing and sealing
necessary, and, in the event of the failure of such person or party
to do so, shall be done by the owner, lessee or tenant of the premises
in a satisfactory manner, all without expense to the Town.
No building sewer shall be constructed within 25 feet of a water
supply well. If a building sewer is constructed within 25 to 75 feet
of a water supply well, it shall be constructed in accordance with
all applicable guidelines promulgated by the Commissioner.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling
water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such drains as are specifically designated as storm drains, or
to a natural outlet approved by the Town Engineer or an authorized
agent thereof. In any case where the only available option is to discharge
to the sanitary sewer, application for approval must be made to the
Water Pollution Control Authority prior to connecting said discharge.
C.
Cooling water or similar wastewaters in large volumes or discharged
in large quantities at one time shall not be discharged into any sanitary
sewer without specific permission from the Water Pollution Control
Authority. In general, such permission shall not be granted at locations
where there is conveniently available a storm drain, natural watercourse,
or other convenient and suitable means of disposal of clean wastewater.
D.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following-described
waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
(2)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance
or create any hazard in the POTW.
(3)
Solid or viscous substances in such quantities or of such size as
to be capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other
interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as
but not limited to grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2
inch in any dimension, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage,
whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, spent grains,
spent hops, wastepaper and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc.,
either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(4)
Poisons, cyanides, or any substance likely to generate poisonous
fumes that may interfere with, constitute a hazard to, or be dangerous
to human beings or domestic animals, or create any hazard in the receiving
waters of the sewage treatment plant.
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a
public nuisance. Any sewage containing odor-producing substances exceeding
limits that may be established by the state or federal government.
(6)
Any water containing disinfectants, formaldehyde, toxic or poisonous
substances in quantities sufficient to delay or interfere with sewage
treatment and sludge digestion processes, including sedimentation,
biological, and chemical processes used by the Town at its sewage
treatment plant.
(7)
Wastewater causing readings on an explosion meter at the point of
discharge into the collection system of more than 5% of any single
reading over 10% of the lower explosive limit of the meter.
(8)
Overflow from holding tanks or other receptacles storing organic
wastes.
(9)
Any substance that will contribute to or cause the water pollution
control facility to violate its NPDES permit or exceed the receiving
water quality standards. Any pollutant or wastewater that will cause
interference or pass-through.
(10)
Any wastewater that impacts color that cannot be removed by
the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and
vegetable tanning solutions.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely
in the opinion of the Water Pollution Control Authority that such
wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment,
have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger
life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming its
opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Water Pollution
Control Authority will give consideration to such factors as the quantities
of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers,
materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment
process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability
of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors.
The substances prohibited are:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F (65°
C.).
B.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° F. and 150° F. (0°C. and 65°C.).
C.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 horsepower metric) or greater shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Water Pollution Control Authority or
its agent.
D.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
E.
Any waters or wastes containing infectious contagious biological
or medical wastes, iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable
or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement
to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage
at the sewage treatment works has a sewage concentration of pollutants
in excess of the following limits:
|
Pollutant
|
Concentration in Parts/Million
(mg/l)
|
|---|---|
|
Arsenic as As
|
0.05
|
|
Barium as Ba
|
5.0
|
|
BOD5
|
300
|
|
Boron as B
|
5.0
|
|
Cadmium as Cd
|
0.1
|
|
Chromium (total)
|
1.0
|
|
Chromium (Cr + 6)
|
0.1
|
|
Copper as Cu
|
1.0
|
|
Cyanides as CN (amenable)
|
0.1
|
|
Fluoride as F
|
20
|
|
Lead
|
0.1
|
|
Manganese as Mn
|
5.0
|
|
Magnesium as Mg
|
100
|
|
Mercury
|
0.01
|
|
Nickel
|
1.0
|
|
Oil and grease (total)
|
100
|
|
Oil and grease (floatable)
|
20
|
|
Silver
|
0.1
|
|
Tin
|
2.0
|
|
Total suspended solids
|
300
|
|
Zinc as Zn
|
1.0
|
|
NOTE: All metals are to be measured as total metals.
|
F.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Water Pollution Control Authority as necessary, after treatment
of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal
or other public agencies or jurisdiction for such discharge to the
receiving waters.
G.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Water Pollution Control Authority
in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
H.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5 or wastes having
a pH lower than 5.5 or having other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
the sewage works.
I.
Materials which exert or cause any of the following:
(1)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as but not
limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as but not limited to sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate).
(2)
Excessive discoloration (such as but not limited to dye wastes and
vegetable tanning solutions).
(3)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such
quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment
works.
(4)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs
as defined herein.
J.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process employed, or
are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
K.
Backwash water.
(1)
Backwash water from in-ground outdoor pools and all indoor pools
is prohibited. Backwash water from these pools will be accepted when
no more than 100 gallons per minute (gpm) of that water is discharged
and a sand trap installation exists for the pool backwash.
(2)
Pool water drainage must be overland or to storm drainage, unless
prohibitive conditions exist, in which case drainage must be through
the backwash system.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 130-21 and which in the judgment of the Water Pollution Control Authority may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Water Pollution Control Authority may:
B.
If the Water Pollution Control Authority permits the pretreatment
or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the
plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of
the Water Pollution Control Authority and subject to the requirements
of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Water Pollution Control Authority, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease
in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful
ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for
private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the Water Pollution Control
Authority and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these separators,
the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal
by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records
of the dates and means of disposal, which are subject to review by
the Water Pollution Control Authority or its agents. Any removal and
hauling of the collected materials shall be performed by a waste disposal
firm which possesses a valid permit from the Commissioner.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Water Pollution Control Authority, the
owner or owners of a public or private sewer system serviced by a
building sewer shall install a suitable control manhole, together
with such necessary meters, and other appurtenances in the building
sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
Such manholes, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located
and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the
Water Pollution Control Authority. The manholes shall be installed
by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to
be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurement, tests and analyses of the characteristics of
waters and wastes to which reference is made in these rules and regulations
shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Waters and Wastewater, published by
the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at
the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said
control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour
composites of all outfalls, whereas pH is determined from periodic
grab samples.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Water
Pollution Control Authority and any industrial concern whereby an
industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted
by the Town for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial
concern as determined by the Water Pollution Control Authority, provided
that such agreements do not contravene any requirements of existing
state or federal laws and are compatible with any user charge and
industrial cost recovery system in effect.
The waste from any privy, septic tank or cesspool may be deposited
and processed at the Simsbury wastewater treatment plant, provided
that such waste is from property in Simsbury, Avon, or Granby or such
other towns as may be designated by the Water Pollution Control Authority
and is not considered harmful. The plant operator's permission
must be given before such waste can be discharged into the treatment
plant. A test of such waste and any treatment to make such waste compatible
shall be made at the contractor's expense if the plant operator
considers the waste harmful to the plant facilities and/or operation.
The contractor shall assume all liability to property and persons.
A fee shall be charged for such deposit as determined by the Water
Pollution Control Authority.
