[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg 10-4-1976
by Ord. No. 113. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the objective of the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg to:
A.
Eliminate privies, septic tanks, cesspools, open sewer outlets,
connection of storm water outlets to sanitary sewers, and hazardous or objectionable
methods of liquid waste disposal wherever the public sewage system is available
for service.
B.
Require the use of collection and treatment facilities in a manner
reasonably consistent with the purpose and capacities for which they were
designed;
C.
Forbid any misuse of the municipal sewage works that may result
in physical damage to the structures, interference with operation, or unreasonable
maintenance attention and/or expense; and
D.
Equitably recover original construction and operating costs in
proportion to the rate of flow and strength of the various liquid wastes.
In the event of any conflict with the provisions of any other law of
the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg the provisions of this chapter shall
govern.
A.
BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CESSPOOL
CHLORINE DEMAND
COLOR
COMBINED SEWER
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
DOMESTIC SEWAGE or SANITARY SEWAGE
ENGINEER
FLOATABLE GREASE
GARBAGE
GREASE, FATS, WAX or OILS
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INDUSTRY
NATURAL OUTLET
PARTS PER MILLION (ppm) or MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/l)
PERSON, ESTABLISHMENT or OWNER
pH
PRIVY and SANITARY PRIVY
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SCREENING
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE or WASTEWATER
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SLUDGE
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "STORM SEWER")
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWN
WATERCOURSE
Definitions herein shall apply only to this chapter:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed
in milligrams per liter as determined in accordance with the latest issue
of APHA "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 10 feet
outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other
place of disposal.
A lined or partially lined pit into which raw household wastewater
is discharged and from which the liquid seeps into the surrounding soil.
The amount of chlorine which must be added to liquid waste to produce
a residual chlorine content in the liquid waste.
The true color due to substances in solution expressed in color units
on a platinum-cobalt scale.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
A sample of wastewater, consisting of a number of individual samples
collected at uniform intervals over a given time span, collected and preserved
in accordance with the latest issue of APHA "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater."
The liquid wastes derived principally from residential, institutional,
commercial and other nonindustrial sources.
The Town Engineer of the Town of Federalsburg or his duly authorized
agents and representatives.
Grease, fat, wax or oil in a physical state such that it will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved facility. A wastewater
shall be considered free of floatable grease if it is pretreated for floatable
grease removal in a facility which is designed, constructed and operated as
approved by the Town.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking,
and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
Those substances, whether emulsified or not, which may solidify or
become viscous at temperatures between 32°F. and 150°F. (0° and
65°C.).
Either the local or State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene office having jurisdiction over local health and sewage disposal.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade,
or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any person, establishment, firm, company, association or group, whether
public or private, engaged in a manufacturing or service enterprise which
produces liquid wastes which are excessive in biochemical strength, toxic,
hazardous, nonbiodegradable or otherwise harmful to the sewage works or which
would interfere with operation of the sewage works or require unreasonable
operating attention or expense.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of
surface or ground water.
The relative concentration of substance in a sample of waste, by
weight, in terms of the weight of such substance per unit volume of the waste.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group, public or private.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter of solution.
A private sewage disposal system. The use anywhere in the body of
this chapter of the language "private sewage disposal system" shall refer
to what previously has been defined as "privy or sanitary privy."
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food
that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried
freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers.
A sewer which is owned or controlled by the Mayor and Council of
Federalsburg or its duly authorized agents or representatives and in which
all owners of abutting property have equal rights. It shall include that portion
of the building sewer within the street right-of-way or public easement up
to but not including the clean-out, (if any), adjacent to the curb, sidewalk
or edge of paving.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface, and ground
waters are not intentionally admitted.
The removal of solids from liquid wastes by straining through twenty-mesh
screens, or finer.
A settling tank in which settled sludge is in immediate contact with
the wastewater flowing through the tank and the organic solids are decomposed
by anaerobic bacterial action.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such
ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
All facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating, and
disposing of sewage and sludge.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Solids separated from wastewater resulting from treatment of wastewater.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but
excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
The Town Engineer of the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg or his
authorized deputy agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in
water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering,
as determined in accordance with the latest issue of APHA "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."
The Mayor and Council of Federalsburg or its duly appointed officers,
agents and representatives.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or
intermittently.
B.
Shall is mandatory. "May" is permissive.
A.
Connections to the public sewers shall be made only by
the Town.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit
or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the Town of Federalsburg any human or animal excrement, garbage or
other objectionable waste.
C.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet
within the Town of Federalsburg any sewage or other pollutants, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the subsequent provisions
of this chapter.
D.
It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any privy,
septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for disposal of sewage
unless:
(1)
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available
and availability is defined as being located within 100 feet being 30.5 meters
of the property line of the subject property.
(2)
Before the commencement of construction of a private
sewerage disposal system, the owner shall first file application and shall
obtain a permit for the construction of same from the Board of Housing Appeals
of Federalsburg, Maryland.
(3)
All such installations shall be made and completed to
the satisfaction of the Caroline County Health Officer and the Town Engineer
of Federalsburg.
E.
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used
for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within
the Town and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there
is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined
sewer of the Town, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet
facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper
public sewer in accordance with the provisions of requirements of the Federalsburg
Housing, Building and Plumbing Codes.
F.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff of groundwater to
a building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly with the
sanitary sewer. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers (or storm drains)
to be a natural outlet approved by the Engineer. Industrial cooling water
or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval by the responsible
regulatory agency to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
A.
No person other than authorized Town employees, shall
uncover, make any connections with or opening into, or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof.
B.
Permits for connection to the public sewers shall be
obtained from the Town Engineer and shall be made on forms provided by and
approved by the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg.
C.
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 any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new
buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by proper Town
authority, to meet all requirements of the Plumbing Code.
E.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction
of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of
the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform
to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable
rules and regulations of the Town.
F.
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 building sewer at the owner's entire
cost.
G.
The connection of the building sewer into the public
sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes
or other applicable rules and regulations of the Town.
A.
Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, uncontaminated
cooling water or unpolluted process water shall not be permitted to be discharged
into sanitary sewers.
B.
In general, no person shall discharge or cause to be
discharged any liquid or solid wastes into the sanitary sewerage system that
may result in physical damage to the sewer works, interference with operation,
or unreasonable maintenance attention or expense. Prohibited discharges shall
generally include those containing substances which are not amenable to treatment
or reduction by existing municipal wastewater treatment processes, or are
amendable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant
effluent cannot meet the current requirements of appropriate regulatory agencies
of the U. S. Government or the State of Maryland.
C.
Specifically, no person shall discharge, or cause to
be discharged, any of the following described waters or wastes to any public
sewers:
(1)
Any petroleum derivative, paint products or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(2)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150°F. (65°C.).
(3)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids,
liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by an 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 receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant. The
following substances are not permitted in concentration above those listed.
By amendment to this chapter, restrictions may also be placed on other substances,
or the present concentration limits revised, when it is shown that the presence
of these substances or concentrations at a treatment plant is sufficient to
adversely affect any portion of the treatment process.
|
Substance
|
Maximum Allowable Concentration
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic as As
|
0.5
| |
|
Cadmium as Cd
|
0.4
| |
|
Chromium (Hexavalent) as Cr
|
0.2
| |
|
Copper as Cu
|
1.0
| |
|
Cyanides or cyanogen compounds as CN
|
0.5
| |
|
Lead as Pb
|
0.5
| |
|
Mercury or Mercury compounds as Hg
|
0.5
| |
|
Nickel as Ni
|
2.0
| |
|
Zinc as Zn
|
5.0
|
(4)
Any liquid having pH values upon point of discharge into
the public sewer lower than 5.5 or higher than 10.5, except that it shall
in no way cause damage to sewer structures, equipment, or wastewater treatment
process.
(5)
Solid or viscous substances in quantities, or of such
size, capable of causing obstructions to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as, but not limited to,
improperly shredded garbage, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
rubber, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paint residues, whole
blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, paper dishes, or containers.
(6)
Any water or wastes which contain floatable grease, fats,
wax, or oils.
(7)
Any water or wastes containing emulsified oil, fats,
or grease exceeding 150 mg/l, as determined from a twenty-four-hour composite
sample. In addition, the concentration, as determined from any individual
sample, shall not exceed 200 mg/l. For the purpose of interpreting this requirement,
at least 80% of all individual samples (taken over any thirty-day period)
shall contain less than 200 mg/l.
(8)
Any waters or wastes containing discharge of strong,
acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized
or not.
(9)
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances, in such concentration exceeding the limits which
may be established by higher regulatory agencies for discharge to the receiving
waters.
(10)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by applicable state and
federal regulations.
(11)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, manganese 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 wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established by
the Town for such materials.
(12)
Any noxious, or malodorous gas or substance which 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.
(13)
Materials which exert or cause unusual concentration
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.
(14)
Materials which exert or cause excessive discoloration
such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(15)
Any wastewater that has a BOD greater than 350 mg/l,
or contains more than 350 mg/l, of suspended solids, as determined from analysis
of a twenty-four-hour composite sample. The Town may permit the discharge
of sewage from a given installation containing a higher concentration of BOD
and suspended solids, subject to the levying of a surcharge over and above
the normal rates for sewer service, such surcharge to be fixed by the Town
to achieve equitable recovery of capital and operating costs in proportion
to the rate of flow and strength of the particular waste.
(16)
Any industrial wastes that will not pass a twenty-mesh
screen or equivalent.
(17)
Any unusual volume of flow that would materially affect
the sewage works adversely.
(18)
Any substances, materials, waters, or wastes that, after
treatment of the composite sewage, cause violation of the requirements of
the state, federal or other public agencies having jurisdiction over the quality
of wastewater treatment plant discharge to the receiving waters.
D.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters contain any of the substances or possess any of the characteristics enumerated in Subsections A, B and C of this section, the Town may deny service; require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers; require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or require payment to cover the added costs of handling and treating high-strength wastes in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C(15) of this section. If the Town requires or permits the pretreatment of flow equalization of waste flows from any industry, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director of Public Works and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, laws and regulations of the local, state and federal regulatory agencies.
E.
Where pretreatment 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, in such
manner that a public nuisance or health hazard does not occur.
F.
When required by the Engineer, the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observations, 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 to the Town
at all times.
G.
All measurements, tests, and analysis of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter 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. 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 Engineer, Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted access to pretreatment of flow-equalization facilities, flow-measuring devices and/or control manholes. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to above, authorized employees of the Town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Town employees, and the Town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the flow-measuring and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 170-6.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this
provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly
conduct.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter, except § 170-8, shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. In the event the violation has caused, or can potentially cause, physical damage to the sewage works and/or degradation of the treatment plant effluent to the degree that it does not meet the current requirements of appropriate state and federal regulatory agencies, the Town shall require immediate correction of the violation or denial of service until satisfactory corrections are made.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned
the Town by reason of such violation.
