No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer.
[Amended 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. O-32-05]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as the municipal separate storm sewer system or to a natural outlet approved by the City Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the City Engineer, to the municipal separate storm sewer system or a natural outlet.
A. 
Prohibited conduct. The spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the City of Rahway is prohibited. The spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge of pollutants into the municipal separate storm sewer system is also prohibited.
B. 
Exceptions to prohibition:
(1) 
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
(2) 
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
(3) 
Air-conditioning condensate (excluding contact and noncontact cooling water).
(4) 
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
(5) 
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows.
(6) 
Residential car washing water and residential swimming pool discharges.
(7) 
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
(8) 
Flows from fire-fighting activities.
(9) 
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
(a) 
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following its use for its intended purposes; and
(b) 
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials immediately following salt and de-icing material applications. Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to storage or reuse or properly discarded. Rinsing of equipment as noted in the above situation is limited to exterior, undercarriage and exposed parts and does not apply to engines or other enclosed machinery.
C. 
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the Department of Police and the Department of Public Works of the City of Rahway.
D. 
Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the provisions of this section after being duly notified shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A. 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B. 
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, so as to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create a public nuisance.
C. 
Any waters or wastes having a corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
D. 
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely, in the opinion of the Authority, that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming its opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Authority will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors.
B. 
The substances prohibited are:
(1) 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65° C.).
(2) 
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at a temperature between 32° F. and 150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.).
(3) 
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid from pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(4) 
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable; or toxic substances in excess of limits established by the Authority or having a pH outside of the maximum and minimum limits established by the Authority; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement.
(5) 
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Authority as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(6) 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Authority in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(7) 
Materials which exert or cause:
(a) 
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as, but not limited to, fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or of dissolved solids, such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
(b) 
Excessive discoloration, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(c) 
An unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs as defined in § 337-1.
(8) 
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed or which are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
A. 
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 337-5 of this article and which, in the judgment of the Authority, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Authority may:
(1) 
Reject the wastes.
(2) 
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge.
(3) 
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
B. 
If the Authority permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Authority and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
C. 
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Authority, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Authority. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Part 1 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
[Added 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. O-32-05]
A. 
Prohibited conduct. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the City of Rahway any domestic sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater or other industrial waste, other than stormwater.
B. 
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the Department of Police and the Department of Public Works of the City of Rahway.
C. 
Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the provisions of this section after being duly notified shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.