A. Survey data required.
(1) Within three months after the passage of this article, all users of the sewage system who discharge industrial wastes to the public sewers shall fill in and file with the Mayor and Common Council an industrial waste questionnaire which shall furnish pertinent data, inclusive of quantity of flow and an analysis of the water discharged to the sewage works.
(2) Similarly, any person desiring to make a new connection to the sewage works for the purpose of discharging industrial wastes to the public sewers shall fill in and file with the Mayor and Common Council an industrial waste questionnaire which shall furnish pertinent or predicted data, inclusive of quantity of flow and an analysis of the industrial waste to be discharged into the sewage system.
B. Extension of time. Mayor and Common Council shall have the right, upon showing of good cause, to grant an extension of time to comply with the provisions of § 226-8A above.
C. Control manhole.
(1) Any person discharging industrial wastes into the sewerage system shall construct and maintain a suitable control manhole or manholes downstream from any treatment, storage or other approved works, to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of all wastes, including domestic sewerage, from the person.
(2) The control manhole or manholes shall be constructed at suitable and satisfactory locations and built in a manner approved by the Superintendent of Sewage Treatment.
(3) The control manhole or manholes shall be equipped with permanent-type volume-measuring devices of a type approved by the Superintendent of Sewage Treatment. The manhole shall be installed by the person discharging the waste, at his/her expense, and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be safe, accessible and in proper operating condition at all times.
(4) Plants for the construction of the control manhole or manholes and all included devices shall be approved by the Mayor and Common Council prior to the beginning of construction.
D. Measurement of flow.
(1) The volume of flow used in computing surcharges shall be the metered water consumption of the person as shown in the records of meter readings maintained by the Hammonton Water Department. Editor's Note: The Water Department was inactivated 1-24-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011. See now Ch. 53, Department of Public Utilities; Superintendent of Public Works.
(2) Where the person discharging wastes into the sewer works of the town procures any part or all of his/her water supply from sources other than the Hammonton Water Department, all or a part of which is discharged into the sewerage system, the person discharging said waste shall install and maintain at his/her expense sewer meters of a type approved by the Mayor and Common Council for the purpose of determining the proper volume of flow to be used.
E. Sewage metering.
(1) All persons discharging industrial wastes into the sewage system of the Town of Hammonton shall have the privilege at their sole discretion to install sewage meters for the specific purpose of determining the volume of industrial waste or sanitary sewage entering the sewerage system.
(2) These meters for determining the volume of flow of these sewers shall be installed, owned and maintained by the property owners. Following the installation of such meters and approval of the installation by the town, such meters may not be removed without the approval of the Mayor and Common Council.
F. Sewage sampling.
(1) The industrial wastes of each person discharging the same into the sewerage system shall be subject to periodic inspection and a determination of the character and concentration of said wastes. These determinations shall be made quarterly or as often as may be deemed necessary by the Mayor and Common Council or their authorized assistants, and a report of the determinations shall be submitted to the Mayor and the Common Council.
(2) The installation, operation and maintenance of the sewage-sampling facilities shall be assumed by the person discharging the waste and shall be subject at all times to the approval of the Mayor and Common Council. Access to the sewage-sampling location or locations shall be available to the Mayor and Common Council or their duly authorized representatives at all times. Due care shall be exercised in the collection and preservation of all samples to ensure the preservation of the samples in as nearly their natural state as possible. This includes the refrigeration of all samples which will be analyzed by biochemical methods.
G. Analysis. The laboratory methods used in the examination of all industrial waste shall be those set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage as published by the American Public Health Association. However, alternate methods for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used, subject to mutual agreement between the Mayor and Common Council and the person.