As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. (68° F.), expressed in parts per million by weight.
The City Engineer of the City.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other, but which shall be
free from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which
would produce BOD or suspended solids, each in excess of 10 parts
per million by weight.
The Director of Public Works, as head of the Department of
Public Works of the City, or his duly authorized agents.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of foods and from the handling, storage or sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
Any sewer conducting sewage from a combined sewer to a treatment
plant.
Any point of discharge into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake,
stream or other body of surface or ground water.
Sewage which will be regarded as "normal" if and when analyses
show, by weight, a daily average of not more than 2,500 pounds of
suspended solid per million gallons of waste (300 parts per million),
not more than 2,000 pounds (240 parts per million) of BOD and not
more than 834 pounds (100 parts per million) of ether-soluble matter
(grease and oil), each, per million gallons of daily flow.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions concentration, in grams per liter of solution. It is used to
indicate the concentration of free acid and alkali.
A sewer which is controlled by public authority.
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water and industrial
wastes.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which surface and ground
waters are not intentionally admitted.
The water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings,
institutions and industrial establishments, singular or in any combination,
together with such ground-, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and other waste liquids.
A pipe or conduit which carries storm- and surface waters
and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes; it may, however,
carry cooling waters and unpolluted waters.
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.
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances
imparting taste or odor in receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances
in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous
gases. It shall contain not more than 10,000 parts per million, by
weight, of dissolved solids, of which not more than 2,500 parts per
million shall be as chloride, with permissible volume subject to review
by the Director of Public Works and not more than 10 parts per million
each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed 50 parts
per million.
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
or intercepting sewer.
No person shall discharge any flow directly to an intercepting
sewer.
[Amended 3-13-1975 by Ord. No. MC-960]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes to any public sewer.
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
(2)
Any water or waste which contains grease or oil or other substance
that will solidify to become discernibly viscous at temperatures between
32° and 150° F.
(3)
Any water or wastes containing emulsified oil and grease exceeding,
on analysis, an average of 100 parts per million (834 pounds per million
gallons) of ether-soluble matter.
(4)
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or mineral oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(5)
Any water or waste that contain more than 10 parts per million, by
weight, of the following gases: hydrogen, sulphide, sulpher dioxide
or nitrous oxide.
(6)
Any garbage that has not been properly comminuted or triturated.
(7)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, chemical
residues, paint residues, cannery waste bulk solids or any other solid
or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in
sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of the sewage
works.
(8)
Any waters or wastes that contain phenols in excess of 0.005 part
per million gallons by weight; provided, however, that this limit
may be modified if the aggregate of contributions throughout the area
of service creates treatment difficulties or produces a plant effluent
discharge to the receiving waters which may be prohibitive.
(9)
Any waters or wastes, acid or alkaline in reaction, having corrosive
properties capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment
and personnel of the sewage works. Free acids and alkalis of such
wastes must be neutralized, at all times, within a permissible range
of pH limit, between six point zero (6.0) and nine point zero (9.0).
(10)
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create
any hazard in receiving waters or stormwater overflow or the effluent
of the sewage treatment plant.
(a)
Materials such as copper, zinc, chromium and similar toxic substances
shall be limited to the following quantities in the sewage at its
source or place of discharge:
|
Contaminant
|
Discharge to Sewer System Allowance
(24-hour average; concentration in mg/l)
|
|---|---|
|
Copper, cadmium, nickel,
|
1.0
|
|
hexavalent chromium, silver
|
0.5
|
|
Lead, boron
| |
|
Zinc, tin, iron
|
5.0
|
|
Cyanide, arsenic, mercury
|
0.005
|
(b)
Contributions from individual establishments are subject to
control in volume and concentration by the Director pursuant to this
chapter.
[Amended 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289]
(11)
Any cyanides in excess of two parts per million, by weight,
as Cn in the wastes from any outlet into the public sewers.
(12)
Any water or wastes containing the discharge of strong acid
iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized
or not.
(13)
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual provisions, attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(14)
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which, either singly
or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a hazard
or menace to life or property or preventing entry into sewers for
their maintenance and repair.
(15)
Any long half-life (over 100 days) of toxic radioactive isotopes,
without special permit. The radio active isotopes I131 and P32 used at hospitals are not prohibited
if properly diluted at the source.
(16)
Any water or wastes that, for a duration of 15 minutes, have
a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage, as
measured by suspended solids and BOD.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, any discharge into the public sewer of wastes, whose concentration of suspended solids or BOD or grease or chlorine demand, which causes at the sewage works a monthly increase in the average daily analysis of any of these constituents in excess of 2% of the annual daily average for the previous year is prohibited.
C.
Concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions or other wastes
which are highly colored or wastes which are of unusual volume, concentration
of solids or composition as, for example, in total suspended solids
of inert nature (such as Fuller's earth) or in total dissolved solids
(such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride or sodium sulphate) or
unusual in BOD are prohibited.
D.
Any water or waste which, by interaction with other water or wastes
in the public sewer system, releases obnoxious gases or develops color
of undesirable intensity or forms suspended solids in objectional
concentration or creates any other condition deleterious to structures
and treatment processes shall be subject to control or shall be debarred
from the system as determined by the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766; 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
No person shall place or deposit rubbish, refuse, slops, garbage
or other solid matter of any kind into the drainage or sewage inlets
or into any place where such matter may be carried into the inlets.
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766; 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
A.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated by the Director of Public
Works as combined sewers or storm sewers.
B.
Cooling waters or unpolluted water or wastes, wherever possible,
should be recirculated for the reuse or, upon approval of the Director
of Public Works, be discharged to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
Where necessary, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such
preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the quality and
quantity of waste to the limits set forth in this article. Such pretreatment
shall be determined on the basis of advice, in writing, from a qualified
sanitary consulting engineer or chemist retained by the City at the
expense of the applicant.
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766; 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to holding tanks or to other pretreatment facilities shall be submitted
for the approval of the Director of Public Works, and no construction
of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained
in writing. Said Director shall approve the holding tanks or other
pretreatment facilities, provided that the same shall produce an effluent
conforming to the provisions of this article.
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766]
A.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters
or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and
effective operation by the owner at his own expense and shall be subject
to periodic inspection by the Director and shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Director, provided that they produce an effluent
conforming to the provisions of this article.
B.
The owner shall maintain operating records and shall submit to the
Director of Public Works a monthly summary report of the character
of the influent and effluent, as may be prescribed by said Director,
to show satisfactory performance of the treatment facilities.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766; 7-8-2014 by Ord. No. MC-4840]
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors or traps shall be provided when,
in the opinion of the Director of Public Works, or his duly authorized
representative, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid
wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes,
sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors
or traps shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling
units. Grease traps/interceptors shall not be required for residential
users.
B.
No user may intentionally or unintentionally allow the direct or indirect discharge of any fats, oils, or greases into the City of Camden wastewater collection system in such amounts as to cause interference with the collection and treatment system, or as to cause pollutants to pass through the treatment works into the environment. Also see § 675-4 (Wastes Restricted from Public Sewer).
C.
All food service establishments shall be required to install a grease
trap/interceptor, unless an exemption is granted pursuant to this
article.
D.
All other commercial and/or industrial establishments shall be required
to install a grease trap/interceptor when, in the reasonable opinion
of the Director of Public Works, or his duly authorized representative,
grease, flammable waste, oil and sand interceptors or oil reclaimers
are necessary due to the type of activity/use of the property.
E.
The following regulations and requirements shall apply to all external
grease traps where such grease traps are installed or required to
be installed:
(1)
All interceptors or traps shall be of a type and capacity approved
by the Director of Public Works, provided that they produce an effluent
conforming to the provisions of this article, and shall be located
as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(2)
Grease and oil interceptors or traps shall be constructed of impervious
materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped
with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be
gastight and watertight. The design and pertinent data shall be submitted
to the Director of Public Works, or his duly authorized representative
for review and approval prior to construction or installation. Separators
must be constructed entirely on the property of the owner.
(3)
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors or traps shall
be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient
operation at all times.
(4)
Grease traps and interceptors shall be installed in accordance with
the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code 5:23, Subchapter 3.15, Plumbing
Subcode.
(5)
Grease traps shall have the grease retention capacity as indicated
in the Plumbing Subcode, as adopted in N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.15.
(6)
In all cases, grease traps shall conform to the Plumbing and Drainage
Institute Standards (PDI).
(7)
It is the responsibility of the establishment owner, lessee or assignee
to carry out all proceedings necessary to have any and all grease
interceptors opened and ready for inspection and to see that the equipment
is put back in proper operation after the inspection. All inspections
will be conducted by the Director of Public Works, or his duly authorized
representative.
(8)
Forms for periodic inspections will be furnished by the owner, lessee
or assignee and posted as close as possible to the interceptor to
which it applies. The form shall be protected from soiling. In those
instances where the interceptor is chemically treated, the method
and chemical of such treatment shall be approved by the Director of
Public Works. Any proposed chemical changes shall be furnished to
the Director of Public Works for approval. Copies of maintenance and
removal records shall be provided to the Director of Public Works
within seven days of such occurrence.
(9)
The fee for inspection, as required in the schedule listed, will
be the same as the plumbing fee in force at the time of the requested
or required inspection. The minimum fee will include the first three
interceptors at one location prepared and ready for inspection. Other
interceptors that are prepared and ready for inspection at the same
time, and are in excess of the first three units, will be inspected
at an additional fee of 1/2 the minimum fee for each additional interceptor.
The schedule for cleaning is as follows:
|
Grease Capacity
(pounds)
|
Maximum Inspection Intervals
(months)
|
|---|---|
|
Up to 60
|
6 months
|
|
60 and over
|
4 months
|
(10)
The above schedule may be altered by the Director of Public
Works if deemed necessary. The owner, lessee or assignee shall be
notified, in writing, of any schedule change.
(11)
New facilities. Nonresidential facilities which are newly proposed
or constructed, or existing facilities which will be expanded or renovated
to include a facility generating fats, oils, or greases, where such
facility did not previously exist, shall be required to design, install,
operate and maintain a grease interceptor in accordance with locally
adopted plumbing codes or other applicable ordinances. Grease interceptors
shall be installed and inspected prior to issuance of a certificate
of occupancy.
(12)
All existing nonresidential establishments without grease interceptors
shall install grease interceptors and follow the inspection schedule
as set forth. The existing food service establishments shall have
180 days from the effective date of this article to install a grease
interceptor.
(13)
The Director of Public Works shall require all interceptors
to be efficient in operation and may, at the expense of the owner,
lessee or assignee, require independent laboratory tests to ascertain
the concentration of grease being emitted from the effluent line of
the unit. All grease traps shall be cleaned in accordance with the
foregoing schedule and the City provided with a bill or receipt from
a licensed grease and waste disposal company or qualified recycling
company. Disagreeable odors shall require deodorants to combat said
offensive odors.
(14)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall
be subject to a written warning for the first violation, a $1,000
civil penalty for the second violation, a $1,500 civil penalty for
the third violation, and a $2,000 civil penalty for the fourth violation
within a two-year period. Consistent violations will result in a $500
increase in civil penalty and may result in termination of service.
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766; 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
Whenever any provision of this article requires approval of
the Director of a type, kind or capacity of an installation, such
approval obtained from the Director of Public Works shall not relieve
a person of the responsibility of revamping, enlarging or otherwise
modifying an installation to accomplish an intended purpose.
