Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as storm sewers, or to a watercourse approved by the Village. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon
approval of the Village, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sanitary sewer:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F. (65° C.) or that would cause the temperature of the
treatment plant influent to exceed 104° F. (40° C.).
B. Any waters or wastes which contain grease or oil or
other substance that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at
temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F.
C. Any waters or wastes containing fats, wax, grease
or oils, whether emulsified or not, exceeding an average of 50 parts
per million (417 pounds per million gallons) ether-soluble matter.
D. Any solids, liquids or gases which, by reason of their
nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction
with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious,
in any way, to the sewage treatment plant, or to the operation of
the sewage treatment plant. At no time shall both of two successive
readings on a flame type explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge
into the system (or at any other point in the system) be more than
25% percent nor any single reading be more than 40% percent of the
lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly allowable
by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are not limited
to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers,
alcohols, carbides, hydrides and sulfides, and any other substance
which the Village, the state or the EPA has determined to be a fire
hazard or hazard to the sewage treatment plant.
E. Any noxious or malodorous gas such as hydrogen sulfide,
sulfur dioxide or nitrous oxide or other substance which, either singly
or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a public
nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry into sewers for
their maintenance and repair.
F. Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic
gases, vapors or fumes within the sewage treatment plant in a quantity
that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
G. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The
installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a
motor of 3/4 horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Village.
H. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, cardboard, wood, paunch manure,
hair, and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or
distillery slops, whey, chemical residues, plaint residues, cannery
waste, bulk solids or any other solid or viscous substance capable
of causing obstruction to the flow of the sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage system.
I. Any waters or wastes, acid and alkaline in reaction,
having corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage system. Free acids
and alkalies must be neutralized at all times within a permissible
pH range of 6.0 to 9.5.
J. Any cyanides in excess of two parts per million by
weight as CN.
K. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Village in
compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
L. Any waters or wastes that for a duration of 15 minutes
have a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage
as measured by suspended solids and BOD and/or which are discharged
continuously at a rate exceeding 1,000 gallons per minute, except
by special permit. Normal sanitary sewer shall be construed to fall
within the following ranges at the effluent of the industrial plant
in question:
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Constituents
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Permissible Range
(parts per million)
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Suspended solids
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140 to 300
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BOD
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140 to 300
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Chlorine requirements
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5 to 15
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M. Any stormwater, roof drains, springwater, cistern
or tank overflow, footing drain or the contents of any privy vault,
septic tank or cesspool or the discharge or effluent from any air
conditioning machine or refrigeration unit.
N. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, a
high chlorine demand or suspended solids in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals or create any toxic effect in the receiving
waters or cause the effluent of the Village of Canastota sewer treatment
plant to exceed SPDES discharge limits or pretreatment standards.
Such toxic substances shall be limited to the average concentrations
listed hereinafter in the sewage at its point of entry to the public
sewers, and at no time shall the maximum instantaneous concentration
entering the public sewers exceed three times the average concentration.
If concentrations listed are exceeded, individual establishments will
be subject to control by the Engineer in volume and concentration
of wastes discharged.
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LIMITS OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN SEWAGE
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Parameter
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Effluent Concentration
Limit (mg/l)1
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Cadmium
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0.04
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Hexavalent chromium
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0.1
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Total chromium
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1.4
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Copper
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0.4
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Lead
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1.0
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Mercury
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0.01
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Nickel
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0.3
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Zinc
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0.7
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Arsenic
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0.2
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Available chlorine
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15.0
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Cyanide, free
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0.2
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Cyanide, complex
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0.8
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Selenium
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0.1
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Sulfide
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3.0
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Barium
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2.0
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Manganese
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2.0
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Gold
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0.1
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Silver
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0.1
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Fluorides, to fresh water
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2.0
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Phenol
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2.0
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Iron
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5.0
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Methylene chloride
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12.0
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Chloroform
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1.2
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Toluene
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2.4
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NOTES:
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1As determined from
a composite sample taken from the sewer users daily discharge over
a typical operation or production day, except for hexavalent chromium
at metal limits are in terms of "total metal."
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Exceptions to these limits may be considered and allowed within the requirements contained in Article X, Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits, of this chapter.
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O. Any food-canning wastes except after pretreatment
approved by the Village Board or Engineer and conducted by the owner
to remove all bulk solids and particles greater than one-eighth-inch
size in any dimension.
P. Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not
removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye
wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
Q. Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting
slugs, except by Industrial Wastewater Permit.
R. Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life
or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination,
in any way, with other wastes.
S. Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less
than 140° F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in
40 CFR Part 261.21.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner at his expense in continuously efficient
operation at all times and shall be readily accessible and open to
inspection by the Village at any time.
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 Engineer, the owner of
any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to
facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such
manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Engineer.
The manhole 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 measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §
163-40 and §
163-43 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided for in §
163-45. 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.
All industrial establishments contributing or
intending to contribute industrial wastes to the public sewers shall
comply with the following provisions:
A. Users of the Village sewers and wastewater treatment
plant shall comply with the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR
403) and any amendments thereto.
B. Disposal into the public sewers of any pollutant by
any person is unlawful except in compliance with federal standards
promulgated pursuant to the FWPCA.
C. Permission shall be granted to authorized employees
of the EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC) to enter properties of contributing industries for the purpose
of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing.
D. All industrial establishments, as a prerequisite for
authorization for disposal into the public sewer, must provide information
to the Village describing wastewater constituents and characteristics
and the type of industrial activity involved.
E. Major contributing industries and other contributing
industries, as deemed necessary, shall file periodic reports with
the Village on the constituents and characteristics of their wastewaters.
Frequency of reporting and information to be contained in such reports
shall be determined by the Village.
All of the preceding standards are to apply
at the point where the industrial wastes are discharged into the public
sanitary sewerage system, and any chemical or mechanical corrective
treatment required must be accomplished to practical completion before
the wastes reach that point. The laboratory methods used in the examination
of all industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published
by the American Public Health Association. However, alternate methods
for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used subject to mutual
agreement between the Village Board and the producer of such wastes.
The frequency and duration of the sampling of any industrial waste
shall not be less than once every three months for a twenty-four-hour
period. However, more frequent and longer periods may be required
at the discretion of the Village Board.