Under authority of Titles III, VI and VII of
the City Charter of the City of Watertown, the following rules and
regulations are hereby promulgated by the City of Watertown pertaining
to the discharge of stormwater, well water, groundwater, cooling water,
unpolluted water, industrial wastewater, sewage or other wastewater
into the City sewer system.
[Amended 4-18-1994]
A.Â
These rules and regulations set forth uniform requirements
for users of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) for the City
of Watertown and enables the City to comply with all applicable state
and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR 403). The
objectives of these rules and regulations are to:
(1)Â
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW
that will interfere with its operation.
(2)Â
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW
that will pass through the POTW, inadequately treated, into receiving
waters or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW.
(3)Â
Protect both POTW personnel who may be affected by
wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general
public.
(4)Â
Promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater
and sludge from the POTW.
(5)Â
Provide for fees for the equitable distribution of
the cost of operation, maintenance and improvement of the POTW.
(6)Â
Enable the City to comply with its New York State
pollutant discharge elimination system (SPDES) permit conditions,
sludge use and disposal requirements and any other federal or state
laws to which the POTW is subject.
B.Â
These rules and regulations shall apply to all users
of the POTW. The rules and regulations authorize the issuance of wastewater
discharge permits; provide for monitoring, compliance and enforcement
activities; establish administrative review procedures; require user
reporting; and provide for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution
of costs resulting from the program established herein.
[Added 4-18-1994; amended 3-5-2012]
Except as otherwise provided herein, the City Engineer of the City of Watertown shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Chapter 253. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the City Engineer may be delegated by the City Engineer to other City personnel.
A.Â
Unless otherwise defined herein, technical terms shall
be as defined in the latest edition of Standards Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Health Association,
the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control
Federation, whenever used in this Part 3, unless otherwise expressly
stated or required by subject matter of context.
B.Â
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING DRAIN SYSTEM
BUILDING SEWER
CITY
CITY SEWER SYSTEM
COMBINED SEWER
COMBINED WASTE
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONTROL AUTHORITY
COOLING WATER
DEC
DEPARTMENT
EASEMENT
EFFLUENT
ENGINEER
EPA
FEDERAL ACT
FLOW RATE
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
HOLDING TANK WASTE
PERMITTED USER
POLLUTANTS
PREMISES
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
PUBLIC SEWER
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SANITARY SEWER
SANITARY WASTE
SEWER
SHREDDED GARBAGE
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS
(1)Â
(a)Â
(b)Â
[1]Â
[2]Â
[3]Â
(2)Â
STORM SEWER
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
TREATMENT WORKS
UNPOLLUTED WATER
USER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
As used in this Part 3, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building sewer, beginning three feet [nine-tenths
(0.9) meter] outside the inner face of the building wall.
That part of the plumbing system which receives, conveys
and removes liquid and water-carried wastes to a building drain.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The City of Watertown, New York.
All sewers, laterals, pump stations, treatment plants or
works or other connections which connect with or pertain to a connection
with the sewers, plants, public works and/or other projects of the
Department.
A sewer intended to receive wastewater as well as storm-
and surface water.
Wastewater containing surface and/or storm water.
A combination of individual samples of wastewater taken at
selected intervals, generally hourly, for a specified period. Individual
samples may have equal volume or may be proportioned to the flow at
the time of sampling.
The City Engineer of the City of Watertown or the City Engineer's
duly appointed representative.
[Added 4-18-1994]
The water discharges from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling refrigerations or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids
each in excess of 10 milligrams per liter.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The Engineering Department of the City of Watertown.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Treated wastewater flowing from any treatment device or facility.
The Engineer of the City of Watertown or his authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment, Public
Law 92-500, and the 1977 Clean Water Act, Public Law 95-217, and any
amendments thereto; as well as any guidelines, limitations and standards
promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the
Act.
The quantity of waste or liquid that flows in a certain period
of time.
Animal and vegetable wastes from the preparation, cooking
and disposing of food and from the handling, processing, storage and
sale of food products and produce.
A single sample of wastewater taken at either set time or
flow.
Any sanitary waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical
toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
For the purpose of permit fees, is any entity required to
obtain a permit or contract issued by the Industrial Pretreatment
Program, including but not limited to significant industrial users,
industrial users, outside permitted users and haulers.
[Added 7-1-1996]
Shall mean or may be defined now or hereafter by appropriate
local, state or federal authorities or by the Commissioner as substances
which may be present in wastewater, whether gaseous, liquid or solid,
the amount which may contain soluble or insoluble solids of organic
or inorganic nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content
of nature waters, contribute solids, contain oil, grease or floating
solids, which may cause unsightly appearance on the surface of such
waters, or contain materials detrimental to aquatic life.
Any parcel of real property, including land improvements
or appurtenances, such as buildings, grounds, etc.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292); includes any sewers that convey wastewater
to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected to a facility providing treatment.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
These rules and regulations relating to the use of the public
sewer system issued by the City of Watertown.
A sewer intended to carry only sanitary or sanitary and industrial
wastewater from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants
and institutions.
Wash water, culinary wastes, the liquid waste containing
only human excreta and similar matter, flowing in or from a building
drainage system or sewer originating in a dwelling, business building,
factory or institution.
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater.
Garbage shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particle having a dimension greater than one-half
(1/2) inch in any direction.
[Amended 4-18-1994]
Those industries meeting one or more of the
following criteria:
A user that:
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per
day or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary,
noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
Contributes a process waste stream which makes
up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW treatment plant; or
Is designated as such by the City on the basis
that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection (1)(b) has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
A sewer intended to carry only stormwaters, surface runoff,
street wash waters and drainage.
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water or wastewater, as determined by standard
methods.
Any substances, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which,
when discharged to the sewer system in sufficient amounts, may tend
to interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from the sewage
treatment plant, pose a hazard to sewer maintenance personnel or constitute
a hazard to fish or animal life or inhibit aquatic life.
Any devices or systems used in the storage, treatment, cycling
and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of liquid
nature. This includes intercepting sewers; outfall sewers; sewage
collection systems; pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances;
extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof;
elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply, such as
standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works,
including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part
of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues
resulting from such treatment; or any other method or system for preventing,
abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal
waste, including stormwater runoff or industrial waste, including
waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
Water to which no constituent has been added, either intentionally
or accidentally, which would render such water unacceptable to the
agency having jurisdiction thereof for disposal to storm or natural
drainages or directly to surface waters.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the City of Watertown treatment works.
The water carrying domestic, human or animal waste from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with
such ground infiltration, industrial and commercial wastes as may
be present.
The individual chemical, physical, bacteriological and radiological
parameters, including volume, flow rate and such other parameters
that serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality, quantity
and strength of wastewater.
Any arrangement of devices and structures or methods used
for treating sewage.
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"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
