Milford chronicle., 1951-01-12

TRIAL WASTE INTO THE SEW
ERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY
or MILFORD, PRESCRIBING
RULES. REGULATIONS AMI
SCHEDULES OF CHARGES FOB
THE TREATMENT THEREOF.
Be II Ordoined by,The Council
s the City Of Milford.
SECTION 1. THAT industrial
waste or sewage may be discharged
nto the City Sewer System with
he consent Of the Council provided
hat other rules and regulations
Ierein set forth and prescribed fOl
he treatment Of industrial wastes
Is sewage are fully complied with
o the satisfaction Of the Council.
SECTION 2. Definitions. Unless
he context specifically indicates
therwise. the meaning of terms
sed in this ordinance shall be as
a. Council" shall mean ths
group Of elected officials act
ing as governing body for the
City Of Milford.
"a. "Sewage Works" shall mean
all facilities for collecting
pumping, treating and dis
posing Of sewage.
C. Sewage shall mean a com
bination Of the water-carried
wastes from residences, bus
mess buildings, institutions
and industrial establishments
together with such ground
surface and storm waters as
may be presedt
d. Sewer shall mean a pipe o.
conduit for carrying sewage
e. Combined Sewer" shall mean
a sewer receiving both sur.
face runOn and sewage.
(. Sanitary Sewer" shall mean
a sewer which carries sew
age and to which storm, sur
face and ground waters are
not intentionally admitted.
g. "StOrm Sewer" shall mean q
sewer which carries storm
and surface waters and drain
age but excludes sewage and
polluted industrial waste.
h. "Sewaee Treatment Plant
shall mean any arrangement
of devices and structures us
ed for treating sewage.
I. Domestic Sewage" s b all
mean the Water-carried waste
from residences, business
buildings and institutions.
j. Industrial Wastes" shall
mean the liquid wastes from
industrial processes as dis
tinct from sanitary sewage.
k. BOD" (Biochemical Oxygen
Demand) shall mean the
quantity Of oxygen utilized in
the biochemical oxidation oi
organic matter under stand
ard laboratory procedure in
five (5) days at twenty. (20)
degree centigrade expressed
in parts per million by weight
l. Suspended Solids" shal Il
mean solids that either floai
on the surface Of or are in
suspension in water, sewage
or other liquids, and which
are removable by labOrator!
Offering.
m. Chlorine Demand" shal
mean the quantity of chlor.
inc absorbed in water, sew
age or other liquids, allowing
a residual Of O.1 parts per
million after Is minutes OF
contact.
n. "pHs shall mean the logar-
ithm of the reciprocal of the
weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter Of solution.
o. Person" shall mean any in-
dividual, firm, company, as
sociation, society, corpora
tiOn or group.
p. "Shall' is mandatory; MAY
is permissive.
SECTION 3. Use Of Public Sew.
rs.
a. It shall be unlawful for any
erson to place, deposit or permit
D be deposited in an insanitary
hammer upon public or private
within the City of Milford
7 in any area under the jurisdic.
Ion Of said City, any human oI
nimal excrement, garbage or othel
Objectionable waste.
b. It shall be unlawful to dis.
harge to any natural outlet with
n the City CT Milford or in am
rea under the jurisdiction of saiC
,ity, any sanitary sewage, indus
rial waste or other polluted waste.
.xcept where suitable treatment ha,
.een provided to the satisfaction
i the Council.
c. No person shall discharge Oi
ause to be discharged any storm
yater, surface water, ground wa
er, roof runoff, sub-surface drain
ice, cooling water or unpolluted in
lustrial process waters to any sew
Il designated by Council as a sani
ary sewer. Storm waters and al
lther unpOlluted drainage shall b
discharged to such sewers as ar,
designated as combined sewers o.
torn sewers by CounciI or to
laturai outlet approved by Coun
il. Industrial cooling water and ali
.ondi1iohSug water may be dis
.harged, lSUon approval Of til,
,ouncil, to a storm sewer or natur
i outlet,
3. Except as hereinafter provid
q. no person shall discharge 81
.ause to be discharged any Of Ii,
ollowing described waters 8
wastes to any public sewer.
Cd Any liquid or vapor havin,
a temperature higher thar
15OoF.
90 Any water or waste whicl
may contain more than 1O
parts pss million, By weight