(a) Accidental Release of Unacceptable Substances. No person shall connect to the sewerage any vessel, tank, container or receptacle of any kind used to receive, hold, store, or in any other way handle any toxic or deleterious material or substance, the discharge which is prohibited and through which quantities of such material or substance could accidentally or otherwise be discharged directly or indirectly into the system. Persons who, in the course of their business or otherwise transport, store, receive, ship or in any other way handle or process any such material or substance shall take precautions to prevent accidental spillage of such substance to any connection to the system by way of floor drains, basins, catch basins, gutters, manholes or any other such connection. Whenever the Village determines that accidental spillage has occurred through any such connection to the system, it shall require the owner to eliminate the condition.
(b) Notification of Accidental Releases; Costs.
(1) In case of any accidental release to the sewerage system of an unacceptable discharge or of any substance or material considered by the Village, to be toxic or deleterious, as provided in this section, the user shall notify the Village immediately and in no case later than one hour following such a discharge so that remedial action can be taken. Costs incurred to correct any damage resulting from such a discharge shall be charged to the user.
(2) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substance or possess the characteristics which in the judgment of the Village, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Village may:
A. Reject the wastes,
B. Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers,
C. Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or
D. Require payment to cover the added cost (surcharge) of handling and treating the wastes.
(3) All measurements, test, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this section shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136 and 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 shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents.
(c) Annual Review. The sewer service charge and user charges shall be reviewed annually by the Village, to determine whether or not they are sufficient to defray the fixed charges, amortization costs, and annual cost of operation and maintenance of the sewerage system. If the difference between the total annual revenue derived and the total annual cost is sufficient to justify an increase or decrease in the sewer service charge or user charges, the Village will adjust the rates as required. The purpose of the annual review is also to maintain a proportional user charge by classification.
(d) Annual Notification. Public notice shall be given at least annually, of the rate and that portion of the sewer service charge which is attributable to OM&R costs of wastewater treatment services based on average use by classification.
(e) Appeals. All customers shall have the right to appeal bills rendered for sewer service charges. In the event that a billing dispute cannot be resolved by the Village Administrator, it shall become the responsibility of Council to resolve such dispute.
(f) Capacity. No person, firm or corporation shall be permitted to connect to or discharge wastewater to the Village sewage system unless it has been determined by the Village that there is sufficient capacity in the system to collect, convey, and treat the proposed wastewater discharge of such person, firm or corporation.
(Ord. 641-92. Passed 11-24-92.)