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ARTICLE V, Use of Public Sewers
§ 183-26. Discharge of surface or unpolluted industrial waters.
A. 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 to any sanitary sewer.
B. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specially designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Sewer Inspector. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Sewer Inspector, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
§ 183-27. Prohibited discharge.
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, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
C. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five point five (5.5) or having any other 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, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
§ 183-28. Restricted discharge.
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 Sewer Inspector, 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 or public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Sewer Inspector shall give consideration to such factors as the quantities of the subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, the nature of the sewage treatment process, the capacity of the sewage treatment plant, the degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.).
B. Any waters or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (32° and 150° F.).
C. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower [seventy-six hundredths (0.76) horsepower metric] or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Sewer Inspector.
D. Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron-pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
E. Any wastes containing the following toxic substances in excess of their stated concentrations when discharged to the sanitary sewer:
Objectionable Substance Limitations for
Discharge to Sanitary or Combined Sewers
Parameter Concentration Limit
(milligrams per liter)
Aluminum 2.0
Cadmium 0.2
Hexavalent chromium 0.1
Total chromium 2.0
Copper 0.4
Iron 4.0
Lead 0.1
Mercury 0.1
Nickel 2.0
Zinc 0.6
Arsenic 0.1
Available chlorine 0.5
Cyanide, free 0.2
Cyanide, complex 0.8
Selenium 0.1
Sulfide 3.0
Barium 2.0
Manganese 2.0
Ammonia nitrogen --
Gold 0.1
Silver 0.1
Fluorides 3.0
F. Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Sewer Inspector 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.
G. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
H. Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine point five (9.5).
I. Materials which exert or cause:
(1) 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.
(2) Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(3) Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
(4) Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs, as defined herein.
J. Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
§ 183-29. Conditions and additional requirements for acceptance of certain wastes.
A. Conditions. 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 § 183-28 of this Article and which, in the judgment of the Sewer Inspector, 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 Sewer Inspector may:
(1) Reject the wastes;
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of § 183-34 of this Article.
B. Review and approval; additional requirements. If the Sewer Inspector 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 Sewer Inspector and subject to the requirements of all applicable provisions of this Municipal Code and laws.
§ 183-30. Interceptors.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Sewer Inspector, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Sewer Inspector and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
§ 183-31. Owner to maintain preliminary treatment facilities.
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.
§ 183-32. Manholes.
When required by the Sewer Inspector, 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 Sewer Inspector. 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.
§ 183-33. Measurements, tests and analyses.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter 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. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
§ 183-34. Special agreements.
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern, whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
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