The purposes of these rules and regulations are specifically stated as follows:
A. 
To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow of wastewater into the City and/or county sewerage system.
B. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any way a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance, operation and personnel.
C. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in the lateral and trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and the structures and appurtenances of the City and/or county sewerage system.
D. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution control plants as they exist or may be constructed, modified or improved in the future.
E. 
To prohibit and/or regulate the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require greater expenditures for treatment at the plants than are required for equal volumes of normal sewage, as hereinafter defined.
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To require the pretreatment, before introduction into the City sewers, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength, durability and/or purpose of the structures and/or appurtenances of the sewer system or interfere with the normal treatment processes.
G. 
To provide cooperation with the Albany County Sewer District, the Albany County Department of Health and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction for the protection of the physical, chemical and bacteriological quality of watercourses within or bounding the county.
H. 
To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
I. 
To establish penalties for violations of the provisions of this chapter.
J. 
To impose sewer rents.
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Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20º C.) [sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit (68º F.)] expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l). Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
BUILDING DRAIN
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, which begins five (5) feet outside the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER (HOUSE CONNECTION)
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
A measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of organic matter in a wastewater sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant.
CHLORINE DEMAND
Expressed in milligrams per liter, shall mean the difference between the amount of chlorine added to water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
CITY
The City of Albany and the lands contained therein.
CITY COUNCIL
The legally constituted Common Council of the City of Albany.
CITY ENGINEER
The duly designated City Engineer of the City of Albany, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and sewage.
COMMISSION
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature to the Albany County Sewer District.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of ten (10) milligrams per liter, or toxic substances as limited elsewhere herein.
COUNTY
The County of Albany.
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators, water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other appurtenant structures owned and/or operated by the Albany County Sewer District.
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
Any county sanitary sewer district as created, altered or modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
The Albany County Department of Health.
DIRECTOR
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District.
GARBAGE
Food wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed Commissioner of Health of Albany County.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance, or combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resources.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed, show by weight the following characteristics:
(1) 
BOD: Two thousand (2,000) pounds per million gallons [two hundred forty (240) milligrams per liter] or less.
(2) 
Chlorine demand: two hundred eight (208) pounds per million gallons [twenty-five (25) milligrams per liter] or less.
(3) 
Suspended solids: two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per million gallons [three hundred (300) milligrams per liter] or less.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group contributing directly or indirectly to the City sewer system.
pH
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity of the "pH" scale running from zero point zero (0.0) to fourteen point zero (14.0). A "pH" value of seven point zero (7.0), the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above seven point zero (7.0) represent alkaline conditions, and those below seven point zero (7.0) represent acid conditions.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the public sewer to which it is discharged, with no particle having a dimension greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer controlled by a public body.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial wastes and other wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and to which storm- , surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground- , surface and storm water as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage as above-defined with industrial wastes or other wastes also shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this definition.
SEWAGE SURCHARGE
The demand payment for the use of the City sewerage system for handling any sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER SYSTEM
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or useful in whole or part in connection with the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes and which are owned, operated and maintained by the City, including sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment and disposal works.
SLUG
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 fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
STORM SEWER (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by flotation, skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Waters and Wastewater.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substances, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous to sewer district personnel or tend to interfere with any biological sewage or wastewater treatment processes or to constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or to inhibit aquatic life or to create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT (SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT)
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treatment of sewage or wastewater.
B. 
Word usage.
(1) 
Whenever the context requires, words in the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural, and words in the plural number shall be deemed to include the singular.
(2) 
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.