When water or sewer facilities are completed,
the Town will give all abutting property owners notice to connect
all plumbing fixtures to the respective water meter or sewer connections
provided. Property owners shall have six months to comply with the
notice. Failure to comply within six months will permit the Town to
enter the premises and have the work done at the property owner's
expense. In addition, the property owner is subject to a fine (see
Appendix A[1]) for each day beyond the six-month term that he is not
connected to the water and/or sewer system. The property owner shall
also be subject to payment of all regular connections and user charges
as outlined elsewhere herein, whether connected or not connected to
the water or sewer main.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the
Town offices.
When the property owner is ready to connect
to the water or sewer system, he/she shall complete an application
and permit for water or sewer connection (see Appendix[1]) in duplicate and make a payment to the Town in an amount
equal to the capital connection charge, the estimated connection fee
and the permit fee. At the time of application, the Town will estimate
the cost of the connection fee. The applicant will pay to the Town
the full estimated cost of the connection prior to the permit being
issued. After the Town has completed the connection, any amount of
the estimated connection fee in excess of the actual cost to the Town
will be returned to the applicant. Similarly, any actual costs in
excess of the estimated connection fee must be paid by the applicant.
The actual cost to the Town to make the connection shall include but
not be limited to labor, equipment, materials, subcontract services,
engineering fees or any other cost directly incurred by the Town in
making the required installation. When the application is approved
by the Town, the duplicate copy shall be returned to the applicant
(or his plumber) and becomes the permit to make the connections. The
permittee (or his plumber) shall notify the Town when the installation
is complete but before the trench is backfilled. The Town will inspect
the installation and witness any test called for in these regulations
or which is required by the Town. All inspection and testing results
shall be recorded on the Town's copy of the permit. Work backfilled
without inspection and approval shall be uncovered for inspection
at the expense of the property owner. Improper workmanship shall be
remedied and unsatisfactory material shall be replaced as ordered
by the Town. When this occurs, the work shall again be inspected and
a reinspection fee may be required.
[1]
Editor's Note: Applications are on file in
the Town offices.
All cesspools, sink drains and privies located
on properties connected to sewers provided by the Town shall be abandoned,
closed and filled, and left in a sanitary condition so that no odor
or nuisance shall arise therefrom.
Trenches for private connections (house connections)
shall be backfilled in a satisfactory manner. The backfilling material
shall be free of ashes, put recyclable material, large stones, or
other material of an unsatisfactory nature. The backfill material
shall be compacted by means of mechanical tamper and/or compactor.
The Town's inspector must approve the pipe work before any backfilling
is done.
A control manhole, or manhole, or manholes,
shall be constructed at suitable and satisfactory locations and be
built in a manner approved by the Town and shall be accessible to
the Town's representative at all times for sampling.
A security deposit may be required. It will
be returned to or credited to the owner's account by the Town, without
interest, when, in the opinion of the Town, the applicant has established
a record of prompt payment of charges for water or sewer (normally
after one year).
The Town requires that all work on private water
and sewer connections be performed by or under the supervision of
a registered master plumber licensed to do plumbing work in Calvert
County.
Where more than one structure exists on a single
piece of property and, in the judgment of the Town, the single piece
of property might someday be subdivided, a separate sewer and water
connection will be provided for each structure, and a separate application
and permit will be required for each structure. Exceptions to this
policy are trailer parks, motels, apartment developments and similar
developments. The Town reserves the right to review all requested
exceptions on a case-by-case basis and decide on when the exception
should be approved.
Sewer main elevations are not always low enough
to permit gravity flow from the structure receiving service. In these
cases, the property owner must provide pumping facilities at his/her
own expense to discharge sewage into the sewer lateral.
A private water or sewer connection (house connection)
across the property of another privately owned property will not be
permitted unless the Town is provided with a properly executed copy
of an agreement between the two property owners involved.
The service area for the Town's water and sewer
system shall include all areas or properties which abut a street or
right-of-way which contains a public water or sewer main. Any structure
in which potable water is consumed or in which sanitary sewage is
generated must be connected to the public water and/or sewer facility
if it is less than 200 feet from the closest point to the public water
or sewer. It shall be unlawful for any person owning any property
with a building located less than 200 feet from the closest point
to the public water or sewer facilities in the service area to erect,
construct, use or maintain, or cause to be erected, constructed, used
or maintained, any privy, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or other
receptacle on such premises or otherwise for receiving sanitary sewage
or otherwise at any time to erect, construct, use or maintain any
pipe, conduit, drain to their facility for the discharge of sanitary
sewage into any gutters of the Town, any storm sewers of the Town,
or upon public or private property or otherwise, except into the Town's
sewer system. Similarly, no private water supply, treatment or distribution
facilities will be allowed for properties within the aforementioned
distance of 200 feet.
The Town shall not be liable for a deficiency
or failure of service when occasioned by emergency, required repairs,
or failure from any cause beyond its control. The Town reserves the
right to restrict the use of sewer and water service whenever the
public welfare may require it. In consideration of the right to connect
to the sewer and water systems, the Town shall not be liable for any
damage or expense resulting from leaks, stoppages or defective plumbing
or from any other cause occurring to any premises or within any building,
and it is hereby expressly agreed by all persons making connection
with the sewer and water system that no claims shall be made against
the Town on account of the breaking or stoppage of, or any damage
or expense to, any house connection where the cause thereof is found
to be in such house connection.
Water or sewer service may be discontinued by
the Town for any one of the following reasons:
A.
Misrepresentation in application for water or sewer
services.
B.
Molesting Town property or seals on appliances or
meters.
C.
Nonpayment of bills beyond 30 days.
D.
Cross-connecting service pipes with prohibited facilities,
including storm drainage pipes.
E.
Refusal of reasonable access to the property to determine
user charges.
F.
Violations of these Town rules and regulations for
sewer and water service.
The Town shall have the right to enter and inspect
any part of any premises served by its sewer or water, upon which
there may be reason to believe that violations of the requirements
of these rules and regulations have occurred or are likely to occur
for the purpose of ascertaining facts as to such violations or suspected
violation, or for obtaining samples of wastes, or substances or for
inspecting devices provided to exclude such prohibited discharges.
All persons connected to the water and sewer
system must give the Town their correct address. Failure to receive
bills will not be considered an excuse for nonpayment nor permit an
extension of the period during which bills are payable within such
period.
Fixture unit values as given in the North Beach
Plumbing Code designate the relative load weight of different kinds
of fixtures. The values shall be employed in estimating the total
load carried by a private connection (house connection). The maximum
number of fixture unit values that may be connected to a given size
private sewer connection is as follows:
|
Maximum Number of Fixture Units For
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diameter of Pipe
(inches)
|
1/8" Fall Per Foot
|
1/4" Fall Per Foot
|
1/2" Fall Per Foot
|
|
4
|
180
|
216
|
250
|
|
5
|
390
|
480
|
575
|
|
6
|
700
|
840
|
1,000
|
|
8
|
1,600
|
1,920
|
2,300
|
|
Note: This table is based on gravity
flow in drains one half full, it having been found that full practical
capacity is reached at approximately that point on account of air
trapped in sanitary house drains.
|
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge, or cause to be discharged, any of the following described
harmful wastes or waters to any public sanitary sewer:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F. (650° C.).
B.
Free or emulsified freon or hexane soluble materials
that are not readily biodegradable shall be limited on analysis to
an average of 50 mg/l of either or both. Where oil or greases are
of the nature that they will solidify at temperatures of normal wastewater
and it is probable that they will collect in the sewer lines and contribute
to the clogging, or can overload skimming and grease handling equipment,
or interfere with the treatment process, the following additional
restrictions shall be required:
(1)
Grease interceptors, as defined in the County Health
Department Regulations and in the North Beach Plumbing Code.
(2)
Routine servicing is required and records maintained
of all grease removed and be available to the Town at any time. These
records shall be maintained and kept for the latest two-year periods.
(3)
Grease and/or oil must be taken to a suitable disposal
site other than the wastewater treatment facility and must not be
mixed directly with any sanitary sewage.
(4)
No grease and/or waste contained within any commercial
cook area or automotive services area is to be discharged into any
sanitary collection system. All grease and/or oil waste must be reprocessed
by commercial reprocessors. Records of the number of pounds recycled
will be maintained by the owners or operators and be readily available
for the Water and Sewerage Division at any time. These records shall
be maintained and kept for the latest two-year period. Grease and/or
oil from private residences and others that handle less than 75 pounds
per year must contain such material and dispose of such containers
in appropriate landfills within Calvert County boundaries.
C.
Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their
nature or quality, may cause fire or explosion, or be in any other
way injurious to persons, to the wastewater works or to the operation
of these works.
D.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance, which
either singly or by interaction with other wastes is capable of creating
a public nuisance or hazard of life preventing entry into sewers for
their maintenance and repair.
E.
Any garbage, other than that which has been properly
shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped
with a motor of 3/4 horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be
subject to the review and approval of the Town.
F.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, bones, feathers, hair and fleshing and whole blood, rubber,
tires, plastic, wood, paunch manure, butchers' offal, or any other
solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the
flow in sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of
the wastewater works.
G.
Any water or waste having a ph lower than 5.5 or higher
than 10.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazards to structures, equipment, or personnel of the wastewater
works or effecting the biological treatment of the waste.
H.
Any water or wastewater containing toxic substance
in quantities which might be harmful or detrimental to the treatment
process. The following substances are not permitted in concentrations
above those listed. By amendment to these regulations, restrictions
may also be placed on other substances, or the present concentration
limits revised, when it is known 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)
|
0.2
| |
|
Copper as Cu
|
1.0
| |
|
Cyanides or cyanongen Cpds. as CN
|
0.1
| |
|
Leads as Pb
|
0.5
| |
|
Mercury or Mercury Cpds. as Hg
|
0.5
| |
|
Nickel as NI
|
2.0
| |
|
Phenols or Phenolic Cpds.
|
5.0
| |
|
Zinc as AN
|
5.0
|
I.
Radioactive materials shall not be discharged.
J.
Any unusual volume of flow or concentration of waste
constituting a slug.
K.
Any waters or wastes containing substances which are
not amenable to biological treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment
processes employed, or are amenable only to such a degree that the
wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of
other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to receiving wasters.
L.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited
to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions), such that the wastewater
treatment plant effluent does not meet state or federal requirements.
M.
A five-day twenty-degree centigrade B.O.D. greater
than 300 mg/l.
N.
A chemical oxygen demand greater than 500 mg/l.
O.
A suspended solids content greater than 300 mg/l.
P.
A chlorine demand greater than 25 mg/l.
Q.
Other wastes in such concentrations as may offer possibilities
of harm to structures, processes, operation or capacity of the wastewater
works.
Any person desiring to make a new connection
to the Town's sewage system for the purpose of discharging industrial
wastes shall file with the Town an industrial waste application which
shall furnish pertinent or predicted data, including quantity of flow
and an analysis of the industrial waste to be discharged.
The following restrictions are applicable to
users of all sewers a part of, or tributary to, the Town's sewer system.
If there is evidence that a user is discharging any of the following
prohibited wastes, the Town may require the user, at the user's cost,
to collect samples and have them analyzed by a qualified laboratory
to determine if the discharge is within the limits of these regulations.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into any sewer any of the following: stormwater; surface water; groundwater;
roof run-off; subsurface drainage; cooling water; or unpolluted industrial
or commercial process water.
B.
The discharge into sanitary sewers of cooling water
from air conditioning units, three tons of refrigeration and larger,
is prohibited.
C.
Any grease, fatty material, offal, or garage on a
commercial basis that is not first approved by the Town.
D.
Any stone dust, sand, dirt, gravel, sawdust, metal
filings, broken glass, or any material which may cause or create an
obstruction in the sewer.
E.
Gasoline, benzine, fuel oil or any petroleum products
or volatile liquids.
F.
Milk or any liquid mild waste products in quantities
in excess of 10 gallons during each twenty-four-hour period.
Samples shall be a twenty-four-hour composite
sample so as to be a truly representative sample of the actual quality
of wastes. Samples, for analysis, must be collected by an engineer,
a chemist, their representative, or authorized personnel of the Town.
An analysis shall be made by a laboratory approved by the Town, using
the laboratory methods for the examination of industrial waste as
set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Wastewater, as published by the American Public Health
Association. Sampling schedules will be determined by the Town, and
all sampling costs will be borne by the user.
