The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the maximum beneficial
public use of the Town of Sullivan's public and private sewers
and drains through the regulation of the Town's public and private
sewer system, the installation and connection of building laterals,
the discharges of waters and wastes into the public sewer system,
the quantity and quality of discharged wastes, the degree of pretreatment
required, equitable distribution of costs, approval of building and
sewer lateral construction plans, issuance of wastewater discharge
and other miscellaneous permits, minimum building and sewer lateral
connection standards and conditions and penalties and other procedures
in cases of violation of this chapter.
A.
As of the time of enactment of this chapter, the Town of Sullivan
sewerage system is comprised of five separate sewer districts, formed
and established at various times in accordance with New York State
law to provide sewers, pipes, facilities and other appurtenances for
the collection and transport of waste to and from the sewage treatment
plants serving each respective sewer district. The Town of Sullivan
Sewer Districts include the:
B.
The Town of Sullivan sewerage system does not contain a wastewater
treatment facility. Rather, the assets of the above-referenced sewer
districts consist of sewer facilities which collect and transport
sewage to the wastewater treatment facility serving each respective
district pursuant to an intermunicipal agreement. The East Sullivan
Sewer District, Bridgeport Sewer District, West Sullivan Sewer District
and Route 31 (South) Sewer District all flow to the Village of Sylvan
Beach Sewage Treatment Plant. The Poolsbrook Sewer District flows
to the Village of Chittenango Sewage Treatment Plant. The following
assets are located within and owned by the respective sewer district,
except as stated below:
The specific purposes of this chapter are the following:
A.
To prevent the introduction of substances into the sewerage system
that will:
(1)
Interfere with the sewerage system in any way;
(2)
Pass through the sewerage system to the state's waters and cause
contravention of standards for those waters or cause violation of
the sewerage system's SPDES permit (when applicable);
(3)
Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal of sewerage system
sludge and/or residuals;
(4)
Endanger municipal employees;
(5)
Cause air pollution or groundwater pollution, directly or indirectly;
(6)
Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance condition.
B.
To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow and, as much as
possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.
C.
To assure that new sewers and connections are properly constructed.
D.
To provide for equitable distribution to all users of the sewerage
system of all costs associated with sewage transmission, treatment,
and residuals disposal and to provide for the collection of such costs.
