In order that the rates and charges may be justly and equitably adjusted to the service rendered, the town shall have the right to base its charges not only on volume, but also on the strength and character of the sewage and waste which it is required to treat and dispose of. The town shall have the right to measure and determine the strength and content of all sewage and waste discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the town’s sanitary sewage system in a manner and by a method as may be deemed practical in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge. Any and all commercial and industrial installations shall be so controlled and/or treated as to the sewage strength that their effluent discharged to the town’s sewers shall have a B.O.D. not to exceed 300 parts per million and suspended solids not to exceed 350 parts per million at any time, which provisions are in general agreement with the recommendations contained in Manual No. 3 of the Federation of Sewage Works Association, entitled Municipal Sewer Ordinances - 1949. The town is authorized to prohibit the dumping of wastes into the town’s sewage system which, in its discretion, are deemed harmful to the operation of the sewage treatment works of the town, or to require methods of pretreatment of the wastes to reduce the characteristics of the waste satisfactory to the town.
(Ord. 1011, passed 2-24-1965)