A.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
DEVELOPER
EASEMENT
ENGINEER
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
pH
POLLUTANTS
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SLUG
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "STORM SEWER")
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
Terms defined. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter are as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° 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 and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Any person or persons who undertake to construct simultaneously
or in planned sequence more than one housing unit on a given tract
or land subdivision.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
The professional engineer retained as Town Engineer by the
Town Council.
Oil, fat or grease in physical state such as that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater is considered free of floatable oil if it is
properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the
collection system.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Includes, but are not limited to, dredged spoil, solid waste,
junk, sewage sludge, munitions, chemicals, biological or radiological
materials, oil, petroleum products or by-products, heat-wrecked or
discarded equipment, rock, sand, dirt and industrial, municipal, domestic,
commercial or agricultural waste of any kind.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwaters, surface
waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwaters, surface waters 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.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds,
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five
times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal
operation.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
The Superintendent of Sewer Services of the Town.[1]
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by
the American Public Health Association; and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The spent water of a community from the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments,
together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwaters as may
be present.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial waste and dispose of
the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial waste and sludge.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
B.
Abbreviations. For the purpose of this chapter, the following abbreviations
have the meanings ascribed to them under this subsection. References
to standards of the following organizations refer to the latest edition
of same.
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ANSI means American National Standards Institute
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ASCE means American Society of Civil Engineers
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ASME means American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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ASTM means American Society for Testing and Materials
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cm means centimeter
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CS means Commercial Standards
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degrees C. means degrees Celsius
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degrees F. means degrees Fahrenheit
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DEP means Maine Department of Environmental Protection
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EPA means United States Environmental Protection Agency
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ICR means industrial cost recovery
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kg means kilogram
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l means liter
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m means meter
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mg/l means milligrams per liter
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NEIWPCC means New England Interstate Wastewater Pollution Control
Commission
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NPC means National Plumbing Code
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ppm means parts per million
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Sq. m. means square meter
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WPCF means Water Pollution Control Federation
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A.
Any person found to be violating any of the provisions of this chapter except § 13.1.1.9 is to be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender must, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. A person who violates any provision of this chapter is subject to penalties set forth in Town Code Title 1, Chapter 1.3, General Penalty.
B.
Any person who continues any such violation beyond the time limit
specified in the notice is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
thereof is to be fined in the amount not exceeding $100 for each violation.
Each day in which any such violation continues is deemed a separate
offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is liable
to the Town for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the Town by
reason of such violation.
D.
The Town Council, in addition to other remedies, may institute any
appropriate action or proceedings, including an injunction, to prevent
such unlawful use, construction or maintenance of cesspools, septic
tanks, sewage disposal systems, pipes or drains, to restrain, correct
or abate such violation and to prevent the occupancy of any building,
structure or land where said violations of this chapter are found.
A.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Town
bearing proper credentials and identification may be permitted to
enter all properties on consent of the owner or occupant thereof for
the purposes of inspection, observation, measurements, sampling and
testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
B.
The Superintendent has no authority to inquire into any processes,
including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or
other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the
kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways of facilities
for waste treatment.
C.
The Superintendent or other duly authorized employees of the Town
are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes
which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to
wastewater facilities. The industry must establish that the revelation
to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage
to competitors.
While performing the necessary work on private properties, the
Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the Town shall observe
all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company,
and the company is held for injury or death to the Town employees,
and the Town must indemnify the company against loss or damage to
its property by Town employees and against liability claims and demands
for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company
and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such
may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain
safe conditions as required.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the
Town bearing proper credentials and identification may be permitted
to enter all private properties upon consent of the owner or occupant
thereof through which the Town holds a duly negotiated easement for
the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works
lying within the easement. All entries and subsequent work, if any,
on such easement, must be done in full accordance with the terms of
the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
The Department is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance
of the main or common sewer line only.
A.
The Town Council shall establish such rates as they deem necessary
for the maintenance, operation, repair and improvements to the system,
and establish and maintain an unencumbered fund reserve (unencumbered
surplus) of an amount equal to the equivalent of 22% of the current
year operating budget. Such rates may be changed from time to time
as they deem necessary. The user charge and appropriate cost recovery
system as set out in Appendix A is to be established in accordance
with appropriate federal and state laws, rules and regulations.
[Amended 6-11-2018 by Ord. No.
06-18]
B.
Sewer charges levied pursuant to this chapter not paid by July 1
of the following year are to be certified to the Treasurer of the
Town who is to place the same on the real estate property tax bill
for that year with interest and penalties allowed by law and collected
as other Town taxes are collected.
[Amended 6-11-2018 by Ord. No.
06-18]
C.
An interest charge at the same rate as established by the Town Council
for uncollected taxes will be made on all bills not paid within 90
days after date of billing.
D.
A special sewer service charge is to be established for any industrial
firm or organization who, by virtue of the volume, strength or unusual
characteristic of its waste alone, would overload or upset the capacity
or efficiency of the sewage works or any part thereof if such waste
entered the public sewer, or whose waste disposal situation is such
that it would be in the public interest to waive the basic requirements.
The Town Council, after appropriate study, and advice from the Engineer,
shall establish a special sewer service charge to the industrial firm
by separate agreement with said firm. The applicable portions of the
preceding sections, as well as the equitable rights of the public,
are the basis for such an arrangement.
E.
Rates for nonmeter residential customers are to be as set forth in
Town Code Appendix A, or the owner may install an approved meter at
owner expense.
F.
Sewer user rate charges in accordance with this section will begin
90 days after notification by Town of the availability of the public
sewer to serve parcels and remain in force whether or not the premises
are occupied. Parcels not connected to the system are not liable for
quarterly usage charges.
In making decisions authorized pursuant to the terms of this
chapter, the Superintendent shall consider the effect of any proposed
action or inaction upon the public health, safety or welfare and the
effects of such proposed action or inaction upon the sewer works,
processes, equipment and receiving waters.
[Amended 5-30-2018 by Ord. No. 04-18]
No person may maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities. Any person
violating this provision is subject to arrest under charge of criminal
mischief as set forth in Title 17-A M.R.S. § 806, Criminal
Mischief.
Any person doing excavation work near any mains owned by the
Department is responsible for any damage to such mains as a result
of the negligence of such person, the person's agents, employees,
or servants and is liable for all costs involved in repairing or replacing
such damaged pipes.
A.
Owners of all structures with use requiring the disposal of sewage with public sewer located within 100 feet of the property line as measured along any public way are required, at their expense, to install suitable waste effluent and/or toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly to the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so. Pursuant to Town Code Title 16, Chapter 16.8, Article VII, Sewage Disposal, connection to the public sewer is required for a commercial or industrial development or a residential subdivision, where public sewer, within an abutting public way, is within 1,000 feet of the property line as measured along said public way.
B.
If an owner can demonstrate to the Town Manager diligent effort in arranging the connection, but is unable to meet the ninety-day connection deadline due to force majeure circumstances, the Town Manager may grant an extension and waive the penalties of Town Code Title 1, Chapter 1.3, General Penalty.
C.
When
gravity flow cannot be obtained from the building or the property,
connection to said public sewer is not required. However, this does
not preclude waste flows from being pumped to the public sewer should
the property owner so wish. Properties not required to connect at
the time of a main extension project for this reason must do so when
the existing septic/leach field system fails or must otherwise be
replaced.
D.
Owners
of properties with a septic tank and leach field system installed
within 20 years of any main extension project completion date may
request deferral of connection until the system has reached the 20
years after installation anniversary.
