[Adopted 4-25-1972 by Ord. No. 536-72]
Unless the context otherwise requires, the meaning
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
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.
The Borough of Caldwell and, when the context requires, shall
mean its Supervising Engineer or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
The pipe which connects an industrial plant to the public
sanitary sewer.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Normal domestic sewage from toilets, baths, showers, wash
bowls and sinks, exclusive of industrial wastes or storm and surface
water and drainage.
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and to which storm,
surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried domestic wastes from residences,
offices, schools, business buildings and institutions.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
Any discharge (into the sewerage works) of water, sewage
or industrial waste from any single user which in concentration of
any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
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.
Water which is free of organic, chemical or other pollutants.
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, industrial cooling water, unpolluted
process waters and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to
a natural outlet approved by the municipality in which the industrial
plant is located.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sanitary
sewers:
A.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, petroleum products,
fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
solids, liquids or gases which, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, will injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process
or constitute a hazard to humans or animals or 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 sewerage works.
D.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities, concentrations
or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage works,
such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshing and entrails; and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers or other paper or plastic containers either whole or ground
by garbage grinders.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into the public sanitary sewer the following described substances,
materials, waters or wastes if, in the opinion of the Borough of Caldwell,
such wastes may cause damage to the sewers or sewerage works or have
an adverse effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger
life, limb, health, public safety, public property or constitute a
nuisance. Upon notification by the Borough of Caldwell, all persons
shall immediately cease to discharge such substances into the public
sanitary sewer:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature lower than
32° F. or higher than 150° F.
B.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or
oils, whether emulsified or not, or containing substances which may
solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and
150° F.
C.
Any waters or wastes containing acid, iron, pickling
wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
D.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper,
phosphates, zinc or any toxic substances whatsoever.
E.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste
or odor producing substances.
F.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by applicable state
or federal regulations.
H.
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.
A.
If any waters or wastes which contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in §§ 190-29 and 109-30 of this article are discharged by any person or are proposed to be discharged by any person to the public sanitary sewers, the Borough of Caldwell may:
B.
If the Borough of Caldwell permits the pretreatment
or equalization of waste flows, the design, installation and operation
of the pretreatment and equalization plant and equipment shall be
subject to the review, approval and periodic inspection of the Borough
of Caldwell and subject to the requirements of all applicable Borough,
state and federal codes, ordinances and laws.
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.
When required by the Borough of Caldwell, the
owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
wastes shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such
necessary meters, valves and other appurtenances in the building sewer,
to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
Said manhole, when required, shall be constructed in accordance with
plans approved by the Borough of Caldwell. 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 article 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.
If a stoppage occurs in an industrial sewer,
all necessary precautions must be taken to intercept the dislodged
material at the first downstream manhole and remove the same from
the sewer system. This may be accomplished by the use of a metallic
screen or similar device.
In addition to the requirements of §§ 190-29 and 190-30, the waste effluent from all industrial plants which are to be treated at the Caldwell Wastewater Treatment Plant must conform with the following characteristics:
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Characteristics of Domestic Waste Treated
at the Caldwell
Wastewater Treatment Plant as Determined
by Standard
Sampling and Laboratory Procedure
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Characteristic
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Units
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pH (electrometric)
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5.5 to 8.5
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Phenolphthalein alkalinity, parts per million
as CaCO3
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0.0
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Total alkalinity, parts per million as CaCO3
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197 maximum
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Turbidity, units
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210 maximum
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Chemical oxygen demand, parts per million
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398 maximum
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BOD, 5 day, 20 inches C, parts per million
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217 maximum
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Ammonia nitrogen, parts per million
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26 maximum
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Ether solubles, parts per million
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26 maximum
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Chlorine demand, 30 minimum, parts per million
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30 maximum
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Specific conductance, 7 mhos
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661 maximum
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Total solids, parts per million
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750 maximum
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Total volatile solids, parts per million
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411 maximum
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Percent total volatile solids
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55% maximum
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Suspended solids, parts per million
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155 maximum
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Volatile suspended solids, parts per million
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140 maximum
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Percent volatile suspended solids
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90.5% maximum
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Dissolved solids, parts per million
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598 maximum
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Volatile dissolved solids, parts per million
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273 maximum
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Percent volatile dissolved solids
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46% maximum
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Temperature
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32° F. to 150° F.
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A.
All persons whose industrial waste will be treated
at the Caldwell Wastewater Treatment Plant must submit an application
to the Borough of Caldwell on forms to be provided by the Borough
Engineer of Caldwell. Said application must be approved before any
wastes are discharged into the public sewers. This provision applies
with equal force and effect to all persons whose waste is being treated
on the date that this article is adopted, except that such persons
shall have 15 days from the date of the adoption of this article to
comply.
B.
If there is a change in the ownership or user of any
industrial facility, a new application must be filed with the Borough
of Caldwell within 30 days thereof.
C.
If there is any change in the nature or volume of
industrial waste to be discharged to a public sewer from any industrial
facility, a new application must be filed with the Borough of Caldwell
30 days prior to such change.
D.
An application fee in the amount required by Chapter A270, Fees, shall accompany all applications filed pursuant to this article.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
E.
If pretreatment of industrial wastes or equalization of waste flow is required under the terms of this article, the fee for the review of all plans and specifications and inspection of the construction in connection with pretreatment or equalization plants shall be the actual cost to the Borough of Caldwell of said review and inspection; provided, however, that no said fee shall be less than the amount required by Chapter A270, Fees. The fee in the amount required by Chapter A270, Fees, must accompany all plans and specifications submitted to the Borough of Caldwell for its review. Any additional fee must be paid prior to the final approval of construction of the pretreatment or equalization plant.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99]
F.
If any person violates any of the provisions of this
article, any permits issued to said person may be revoked on 10 days'
written notice from the Borough of Caldwell.
The Borough of Caldwell, its Supervising Engineer
and any other duly authorized employees of the Borough of Caldwell
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observations,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
[Amended 7-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1073-99; 10-14-2008 by Ord. No. 1187-08]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding
$2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, or a combination thereof.
Every day that such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate
offense.
