No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, 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 storm sewers, or to a watercourse approved by the Enforcement Officer.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged,
upon approval of the Enforcement Officer to a storm sewer or watercourse.
When required by the Town Engineer, the owner
of any property served by building lateral carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole in the building lateral 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 Town
Engineer. 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 §§
166-20 and
166-22 shall be determined, in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, from suitable samples taken at control manhole provided for in §
166-23. 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 from the point at which the building lateral is connected.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between
the Town and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of
unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Town for treatment,
subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
All of the preceding standards are to apply
at the point where the industrial wastes are discharged into the sewage
works and any chemical or mechanical corrective treatment required
must be accomplished to practical completion before the wastes reach
that point. The laboratory methods used in the examination of all
industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, published
by the American Public Health Association. However, alternate methods
for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used subject to mutual
agreement between the Town Board and the producer of such wastes.
The frequency and duration of the sampling of any industrial waste
shall not be less than once a quarter, for 24 hours. However, more
frequent and longer periods may be required at the discretion of the
Town Board.