Sewer System and Public Sewers Only After Approval
Whenever any industrial waste is produced in such quantities as will, in the opinion of the Superintendent, injure the public sewers into which they may be discharged or adversely affect the treatment of sewage or which does not yield readily to treatment by the processes employed in the publicly owned treatment works treatment plants, such discharge will not be permitted into the public sewers without previous approval as prescribed under Article VI.
A.
The following are some of the industries the wastes
from which may require approval and/or pretreatment before discharge
into the Town sanitary sewer: aluminum forming, battery manufacturing,
coil coating, copper forming, electrical and electronic components,
electroplating, explosives manufacturing, foundries, gum and wood
chemicals, ink formulating, inorganic chemicals, iron and steel manufacturing,
leather tanning and finishing, metal finishing, metal molding and
casting, nonferrous metals manufacturing, organic chemicals and plastic
and synthetic fibers, paint formulating, pesticides, petroleum refining,
pharmaceutical manufacturing, plastics molding and forming, porcelain
enameling, pulp and paper, steam electric, textile mills and timber
products processing.
B.
In addition, the following manufacturing industries may also require approval and/or pretreatment before discharge into the Town sanitary sewers: brewing, distilling, meat packing, food processing, salt works, slaughterhouses, dairies, dairy products, sugar refining, fat rendering, syrups, jam or jelly production or any industry producing wastes with strong acidic or alkaline reactions or which will form deposits in or cause damage to the sewers or the appurtenances of the publicly owned treatment works treatment plants. The process or processes employed in the pretreatment of such wastes shall in each case be satisfactory to and shall have the written approval of the Superintendent as set forth under Article VIII of this chapter.
Any person discharging radioactive material
or fission products must be registered with the Superintendent and
such other control agencies as may be required by law, rule or regulation.
The active elements and their local concentration permitted to be
discharged into the public sewers shall be based upon the latest knowledge
available in this technology and be at all times within limits set
by this and other municipal, county, state and federal agencies.
