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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118', '§ 118']

Village of Alexandria Bay, NY Use of Public Sewers
Ch 118 Pt 1 Art V Use of Public Sewers
§ 118-19 Stormwater and other drainage.
§ 118-20 Prohibited discharges.
§ 118-21 Restricted discharges.
§ 118-22 Handling of deleterious waste.
§ 118-23 Interceptors.
§ 118-24 Costs of pretreatment.
§ 118-25 Control manholes.
§ 118-26 Sampling.
§ 118-27 Special agreements.
Article V Use of Public Sewers
No persons 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; provided, however, that no new connections for stormwater or other unpolluted drainage shall be allowed to be made to any other existing combined sewer after the effective date hereof. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
Except as expressly hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interacting 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 or the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two milligrams per liter as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
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 or 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, the 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:
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° and 150° F. (0° and 65° C.)]
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 horsepower [zero and 0.76 horsepower metric] or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
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 and other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 118-21 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:
Reject the waste;
Require payment to cover the added costs of handling and treating of the waste not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of § 118-27 of this article.
If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and insulation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and subject to requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances, in the building sewer to facilitate observation, 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 Superintendent. 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 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. (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 grab samples.)
No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.[1]
Editor's Note: Former Article VI, Protection From Damage, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 12-14-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993.