No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process
waters into any sanitary sewer.
[Amended 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. O-32-05]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as the municipal separate storm sewer system or to a natural outlet
approved by the City Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted
process waters may be discharged, on approval of the City Engineer,
to the municipal separate storm sewer system or a natural outlet.
A. Prohibited conduct. The spilling, dumping or disposal
of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm
sewer system operated by the City of Rahway is prohibited. The spilling,
dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a manner
as to cause the discharge of pollutants into the municipal separate
storm sewer system is also prohibited.
B. Exceptions to prohibition:
(1) Water line flushing and discharges from potable water
sources.
(2) Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl
space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising
groundwaters).
(3) Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and
noncontact cooling water).
(4) Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering
runoff).
(5) Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands,
water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6) Residential car washing water and residential swimming
pool discharges.
(7) Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8) Flows from fire-fighting activities.
(9) Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with
clean water:
(a)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following
its use for its intended purposes; and
(b)
Equipment used in the application of salt and
de-icing materials immediately following salt and de-icing material
applications. Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt
and de-icing materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles
to the maximum extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g.,
shoveling and sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to
storage or reuse or properly discarded. Rinsing of equipment as noted
in the above situation is limited to exterior, undercarriage and exposed
parts and does not apply to engines or other enclosed machinery.
C. Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the
Department of Police and the Department of Public Works of the City
of Rahway.
D. Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation
of the provisions of this section after being duly notified shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B. Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other wastes, so as to injure or interfere with
any sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans or
animals or to create a public nuisance.
C. Any waters or wastes having a corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel
of the sewage works.
D. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such
size 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, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole
blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes,
cups, milk containers and the like, either whole or ground by garbage
grinders.
When required by the Authority, the owner of
any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
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 manhole,
when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Authority. 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
this Part 1 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water 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.
[Added 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. O-32-05]
A. Prohibited conduct. No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged through an illicit connection to the municipal separate
storm sewer system operated by the City of Rahway any domestic sewage,
noncontact cooling water, process wastewater or other industrial waste,
other than stormwater.
B. Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the
Department of Police and the Department of Public Works of the City
of Rahway.
C. Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation
of the provisions of this section after being duly notified shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.