The purpose of this article is to provide for equitable charges
to industrial users based upon quantity and strength of wastewater
discharge in compliance with 18 CFR 601.34, dated July 2, 1970, as
may be amended from time to time.
A.
Acceptable wastes. No industrial liquid waste shall be discharged
into the sanitary sewer system of the Township unless it is amenable
to secondary or biological treatment processes. No toxic materials
or wastes containing explosive or flammable substances which would
be detrimental to the collection system, including pumping stations
and all treatment plant facilities and equipment, or treatment processes
shall be permitted to be discharged into the collection system.
[Amended 1-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-01]
B.
Chemical analysis submitted. Every industry proposing to connect
with the Township sewer system and to discharge industrial waste into
same shall submit a complete chemical analysis of the waste, including
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended
solids, chlorine demand, phosphates, nitrates and other waste characteristics
required by the regulatory agencies and the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection.
C.
Sampling and testing. The Township shall undertake periodic sampling
and testing of the waste to determine both volume and strength of
waste characteristics. The owner shall reimburse the Township for
all costs of sampling and testing.
D.
Determination of volume. The volume of sewage and/or industrial waste
from each industrial establishment may be determined by meters paid
for and installed and maintained by the owner, actual water meter
records and/or private well meter records combined with Township water
records or from estimates or measurements made by the Rahway Valley
Sewerage Authority and/or the Township Engineer or designees.[1]
E.
Determination of waste characteristics. The characteristics of the
industrial waste shall be determined from actual samplings or other
approved means and shall be based upon analyses made in accordance
with the procedures outlined in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
of Analysis of Water and Sewage," published by the American Public
Health Association. The Township may require the installation of automatic
samplers at the cost of the owner to obtain representative samples
during a calendar quarter or as may be required.
F.
Additional determinations. Additional classifications of waste characteristics
or modifications of the rate schedule may be established by the Township
from time to time, as deemed necessary.
G.
Agreement to accept waters. The Township will accept industrial wastes
into the sanitary sewerage system upon execution of a formal, written
agreement and under and subject to the provisions appearing in such
agreement and the rules, regulations and rates stated herein. The
agreement will set out in detail the characteristics of the wastes,
the flow conditions which shall govern and the conditions with respect
to the physical connection or connections. It will be the policy of
the Township to consider each application on its own merits and to
establish specific conditions applicable to the particular situation
for each agreement. No connection shall be made prior to execution
of the agreement.
H.
Applicant to submit data. Prior to approving an application for a
connection involving the acceptance of industrial liquid wastes, the
applicant shall submit complete data with respect to the following:
(1)
Average, maximum and minimum rates of flow to be expected daily and
seasonally.
(2)
Flow diagrams showing points of applications of chemicals, type and
quantity of each chemical used per day and per shift, a schedule of
operations, expected chemical characteristics of the untreated wastes,
and the point or points of connection to the sewerage system. The
normal situation will require the separation of and separate points
of connection for domestic sewage and industrial wastes from each
industrial establishment.
(3)
Chemical analyses and waste characteristics of liquid industrial
waste to be discharged into the system.
[Added 5-19-2003 by Ord. No. 03-20]
A.
Flow meter required. Any industrial or commercial establishment or
facility within the Township of Clark which shall discharge more than
1,000,000 gallons of combined industrial and sanitary waste into the
Clark Township sanitary sewer system shall install and maintain a
flow meter to measure continuously the quantity of flow for the purpose
of determining rates and charges based on actual flow. Further, said
establishment shall monitor loading for total suspended solids (TSS),
biodegradable oxygen demand (BOD), and pH. The flow meter and installation
and the monitoring and maintenance required hereunder shall be installed
at the cost and expense of the property owner and/or operator of the
premises generating the industrial and sanitary waste.
B.
Inspections. The Township of Clark, through the Department of Public
Works and Engineering, Division of Engineering, shall have the right
of access to the industrial or commercial user facility during business
hours and upon reasonable notice and shall be provided with access
in order to inspect the flow meter and/or flow records and/or flow
and loading records and/or to take samples for verification and testing.
C.
Certification of water usage.
(1)
The property owner and/or operator of the industrial premises shall
be required annually to submit a certification of the current year's
water usage. Said certification shall be delivered on or before February
1 of every year for the twelve-month period concluding September 30
of the previous year.
(2)
In addition to the foregoing, the property owner and/or operator
shall be required by the date aforesaid to submit accurate records
from the supplying water utility as verification of the annual water
usage to the Township of Clark.
D.
Applicability. This section shall be applicable to all industrial
and or commercial users whose combined industrial and sanitary waste
transmissions exceed 1,000,000 gallons of flow per year.
E.
Administration fee. All users affected by this section shall pay
to the Township of Clark an administration fee equal to 10% of the
treatment cost for the facility as established by the Rahway Valley
Sewerage Authority. Said sum shall be deemed payable in the same manner
as taxes and, if not paid when due, shall become a lien upon the property.
The annual administration charge shall be billed not later than May
1 and shall be paid not later than July 1 of each year. Any payment
due hereunder shall bear interest to the same extent and in the same
manner as may be charged for any delinquency or late payment of real
estate taxes.
Where the owner provides his/her own water supply, entirely
separate from that supplied by the Township, or provides from its
own sources a portion of the water consumed on the premises which
eventually finds its way into the sewerage system of the Township,
all aforementioned provisions will apply. This does not relieve the
owner from the requirement to furnish, install and maintain a meter
of the indicator-register-record type to measure the discharge of
industrial wastes as provided herein. All costs of furnishing, installing
and maintaining the industrial waste flow meter will be borne by the
owner.
The Township representative shall have access at reasonable
times to industrial establishments and to any meters used to determine
waste volumes discharged into the sewer system or excluded from the
sewer system.
