[1997 Code § 282-29]
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
and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
[1997 Code § 282-30]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the
following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
B.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction 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 of 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.
C.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
D.
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, manure,
hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups and milk containers,
etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
E.
Any discharge that will produce an oxygen demand greater than could
be expected from domestic sewage.
[1997 Code § 282-31]
A.
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, 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.
B.
A waste flow that may be initially acceptable to the City may in the future, without any change in the character of the waste or volume, become unacceptable by virtue of the enactment of stricter and more extensive prohibitions of deleterious substances, materials, waters or wastes. In such case, the City shall take action as provided in Section 282-32 of this Article. The substances prohibited are:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
(2)
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° F. and 150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.).
(3)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 horsepower metric) or greater shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Superintendent.
(4)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and
similar objectionable or toxic substances, or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits for such materials established by the Superintendent.
(5)
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 or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(6)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
(7)
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.0.
(8)
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as but
not limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residue,
or of dissolved solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate.
(b)
Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited to dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions.
(c)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
(d)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
slugs as defined herein.
(9)
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.
[1997 Code § 282-32]
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 282-31 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:
B.
If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of
waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent
and to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
[1997 Code § 282-33]
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 of a type and capacity
approved by the Superintendent, shall be so located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection and shall be maintained
by the owner in continuous efficient operation at all times.
[1997 Code § 282-34]
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided
or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
[1997 Code § 282-35]
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.
[1997 Code § 282-36]
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.
[1997 Code § 282-37]
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and
any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to
payment therefor by the industrial concern.
[1997 Code § 282-38]
Any developer, subdivider of land or other person, firm or corporation
requiring the approval of the City as a condition precedent to approval
of a subdivision by the City of Absecon City Planning Board or any
other person seeking approval of sewers, laterals or other sewage
collection and/or treatment facilities that it is intended will be
incorporated into the City's sewerage system or any other person
requiring sewerage service for dwellings or other buildings not located
and fronting on a presently existing and accepted municipal street
or fronting on a street so accepted but not presently serviced to
the location of the property by the system of the City shall be required
to comply with this chapter herein set forth and all other rules and
regulations of the City as a condition precedent to the approval of
the City of Absecon City.
[1997 Code § 282-39]
All laterals, sewers, manholes, pumping stations, treatment
facilities and other appurtenances required to be constructed in any
new streets to be dedicated to the municipality within the boundaries
of a development or on any existing street within the City shall be
constructed by the applicant in conformity with this chapter, subject
to the City's inspection, and shall be constructed at the sole
cost and expense of the applicant for all labor, material and supervision
involved, including the cost of inspection by the City and, upon completion
and acceptance by the City, shall become the City's property,
together with any and all easements or rights-of-way necessary for
the effective operation of such collection system. The system shall
be designed so as to connect to the existing public sewerage system
at such point as shall be designated by the City.
[1997 Code § 282-40]
Where enlargement of plant facilities or extension of the City's
system to such point of connection is involved and, in the City's
opinion, the revenues to be derived from such development are either
insufficient to warrant the expense of such extension or the probability
of such revenues resulting from the development is speculative or
where, by reason of limitations of law on the City's borrowing
power or practical impediments to borrowing the needed funds to build
such extensions or enlarge said plant, the City deems it inadvisable
or impractical to continue such extension, then the City may either
refuse to construct the extension or may construct the extension on
terms involving cash or bonded payments by the developer as such payments
make such extension practicable. In the event that the City deems
the potential revenues to be derived from the development to be speculative,
the City may, in all events, require a corporate surety bond or escrow
deposit in an amount sufficient in the City's opinion to guarantee
the condition of the bond, which shall be conditioned for the payment
by the applicant of the cost of any extensions or enlargements made
necessary by reason of the development if the dwelling or other buildings
in the development are not completed within a time to be specified.
