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 to any sanitary sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved
by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, to a
storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
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, 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 sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides
in excess of two mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public
sewer.
C.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
having any other 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, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
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 Superintendent 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 his
opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent
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 water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or
oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° and 150° F. (0° and 65° C.).
B.
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) horse power metric] or greater shall
be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
C.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits
which may be established by the Superintendent as necessary, after
treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the
state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge
to the receiving waters.
D.
Materials which exert or cause:
(1)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids such
as, but not limited to, Fullers 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.
E.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes
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.
F.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F. (65° C.).
G.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling
wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
H.
Any waters or wastes containing 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 exceeds
the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
I.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent
in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
J.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
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 § 166-24 of this article, and which in the judgment of the Superintendent 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 Superintendent may:
B.
If the Superintendent 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 Superintendent,
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
[Added 4-28-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors or separators shall
be installed and maintained in all wastewater lines leading from all
sinks, dishwashers or other similar appliances or equipment located
in establishments within the Village of Lake George engaged in the
preparation, serving, packaging, manufacturing or processing of food
or food items, including but not limited to restaurants, cafes, fast-food
establishments, school kitchens or cafeterias. Interceptors or separators
shall not be required for residential dwellings.
B.
It shall be unlawful for the Village of Lake George to issue a building permit at any time for the construction, enlargement or modification of any establishment mentioned in Subsection A or for the Village of Lake George to issue a business license after May 1, 1989, for any such establishment without full and complete compliance with this section.
C.
All such interceptors or separators shall be of a type, design and capacity sufficient to ensure that wastewaters prohibited by § 166-24A shall not be introduced into the municipal sewer system.
D.
Permits for the installation of interceptors or separators
must be acquired from the Village of Lake George and shall be issued
only upon compliance with the following:
(1)
Applications shall be submitted upon forms provided by the municipality and shall contain plans and specifications, certified by a licensed professional engineer, licensed plumber, technical representative or manufacturer of the interceptors or separators proposed to be installed that, when installed, the equipment will effectively separate grease, oil and sand to the extent necessary to comply with the standards set forth in § 166-24A.
(2)
The applicant shall also submit to the Village of
Lake George a written plan for the periodic cleaning and maintenance
of such equipment.
(3)
No such permit shall be issued until a determination is made by the Superintendent that the equipment proposed to be installed is of a sufficient size, design and location and that the applicant's plans for cleaning and maintenance are sufficient to ensure compliance with this section and with the standards set forth in § 166-27 and to ensure proper disposal of all grease and oil removed during cleaning.
E.
The superintendent shall be entitled from time to
time and at reasonable intervals to enter upon premises required to
install and maintain interceptors or separators for the purpose of
ensuring continued compliance with this chapter.
[Added 4-28-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any establishment set forth in § 166-26 to use, maintain or process a food or waste grinder (disposal) capable of depositing waste materials therefrom into the Village of Lake George municipal sewage disposal system.
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.
A.
All measurements, tests and analyses 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.
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.
B.
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's are determined from periodic
gram samples.
A.
It shall be unlawful to use or attach any garage,
dry-cleaning or other establishment with the public sewers where gasoline,
oils or other flammable materials are used or stored, unless a system
of mud, gas and oil basins are installed, consisting of eighteen-by-twenty-four-inch,
or larger, basins, depending upon the size of the building. The inlet,
or receiving basin, shall be 20 inches in diameter on top and not
less than 30 inches deep, to be provided with a movable receptacle
inside of the basin to receive the mud and other material washed into
the basin. The basin must be provided with an air chamber in the receiver,
with a separate compartment constructed so that a separate discharge
of water and other material cannot come in direct contact with the
fluid in the basin.
B.
The inlet of the receptacle in the basin must be protected
with a guard having a solid top of sufficient size to entirely conceal
the opening of the receptacle when discharging water or other material
into the basin. The air-chamber compartment shall be provided with
at least two two-inch vent hub connections, the top of the basin to
be provided with a bar grate. Two two-inch vent stacks must be connected
with the air chamber and be extended outside the building or through
the roof. One vent pipe should be several feet higher than the other
to establish a continuous circulation. The lower vent shall terminate
not less than eight feet above grade.
C.
The word "garage" as used in the section shall be
intended to include all garages in which storage for four or more
cars is provided and in which the business of repairing or washing
cars is carried on.
Every water closet, urinal, basin, sink, washtray,
bathtub and every tub or set of tubs must be separately and effectively
trapped and connected to the sewerage system, except that a battery
of three or less basins may be connected with a single one-and-one-half-inch
trap with a one-and-one-half-inch waste pipe; also, a battery of three
or less urinals may be connected by a single two-inch trap in any
particular case if approved by the Superintendent and considered best
by him. Traps must be placed as near the fixtures as practicable,
and in no case shall the trap be more than two feet from the fixture
except by special permit from the Superintendent. In no case shall
the waste from the bathtub or other fixture be connected with water
closet traps.
A.
Antisiphonic traps, approved by the Board of Trustees
and the Board of Health, may be used without back ventilation. All
traps must be made accessible.
B.
All closets more than five feet from the main soil
line shall be ventilated by special air pipe taken from under the
floor as near the trap as possible, in no case less than two inches
in diameter for water closet traps and 1 1/4 inches for other
traps, except when more than 15 feet in length, then it shall not
be less than 1 1/2 inches in diameter. The vertical vent pipe
for traps of water closets in buildings more than four stories in
height must be at least three inches in diameter, unless the trap
is smaller, in which case the diameter of the branch vent pipe must
be at least equal to the diameter of the trap. These pipes must either
extend two feet through the roof or they may be branched into the
soil pipe above the top of the highest fixture. They may be combined
by branching together those which serve several traps. These air pipes
must always have a continuous slope to avoid collecting water by condensation.
C.
No trap vent pipe shall be used as a waste or soil
pipe.
D.
No brick, sheet metal, earthenware or chimney flue
shall be used as a sewer ventilator nor to ventilate any trap, drain,
soil or waste pipe.
