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(A) Inspections.
(1) A plumbing system/sewer installation or any part thereof shall not be enclosed, covered or used until after such system has been inspected and approved and a certificate of approval has been issued by the Sewer Superintendent. It is the responsibility of the holder of the connection permit to arrange for such inspection with the Superintendent at least 24 hours before such inspection is to be made. Tests shall be made by the permit holder and observed by the Superintendent or other authorized representative of the city. Plumbing found not to be in compliance with the Plumbing Code or otherwise defective or unsafe shall not be approved. The use of a plumbing system not complying with the provision of the Plumbing Code or found to be defective or unsafe shall not be approved until such time as such plumbing system is brought into compliance with the Plumbing Code. The city reserves the right to disconnect any building sewer that is not in such compliance.
(2) Roughed-in inspections shall be made when the plumbing is roughed-in and before fixtures are set. Plumbing work shall not be closed-in, concealed or covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Superintendent.
(3) Upon completion of the plumbing work and before final approval is given, the Superintendent shall inspect the plumbing and observe the final tests of the plumbing system to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Plumbing Code.
(4) A re-inspection, at owners cost, is mandatory whenever a plumbing system is found not in compliance with the Plumbing Code. It is the responsibility of the plumbing permit holder to arrange for re-inspection of the plumbing system by the Superintendent. Request for re-inspection shall be made at least 24 hours before such inspection is to be made.
(5) All new, altered, extended, replaced or repaired plumbing shall be left uncovered and unconcealed until after it has been tested and approved. When plumbing work has been covered or concealed prior to being tested and approved, it shall be exposed for testing. It is the responsibility of the permit holder to expose plumbing for inspection purposes.
(B) Testing of plumbing system. New plumbing systems or systems which have been altered, extended or repaired shall be tested as prescribed in the State Plumbing Code to disclose leaks and defects, except that testing may be waived in the following cases:
(1) In any case which does not include addition to, replacement, alteration or relocation of any water supply, drainage or vent piping; and
(2) In any case where plumbing equipment may be set up temporarily for exhibition purposes.
(C) Defective work. Defective work where there is reason to believe that the plumbing system is defective, it shall be subjected to tests, inspected, and any defects found shall be corrected. Defective work shall be corrected within ten days following such inspection, or as the Superintendent may direct and the work shall be re-inspected at owners cost.
(Prior Code, § 18-8-11)
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
(Prior Code, § 18-8-12)
In addition to all other pertinent sections of this chapter, any person requesting an extension of the public sanitary sewer main may be responsible for all the following.
(A) Designs of any proposed sewer extension shall be performed by an engineering consultant selected by the city. The resulting construction plans and specifications shall be reviewed and approved by the city prior to submittal to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). All plans shall conform to the standards of the IEPA, and such additional requirements and standards that the city may establish, and shall be prepared by a professional engineer registered to practice in the state. Full-time construction observation and contract administration shall be performed by the city’s engineer.
(B) The person requesting the sewer extension shall secure all required utility easements, the location and width of which will be determined by the city. The city will furnish blank easement forms to the person who will be responsible for the proper legal description of the easement parcel and for the proper execution of the easement by the grantor. All completed easements shall be submitted at the County Register of Deeds office by the city.
(C) The person requesting the sewer extensions shall also execute any other special agreements deemed necessary by the city.
(Prior Code, § 18-8-13)
PUBLIC SEWER USER RESTRICTIONS
(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes (hereinafter prohibited substances), or additional waste, if it appears likely, in the opinion of the city, 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.
(B) In forming its opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the city 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 maximum limits established by regulatory agencies.
(C) The substances prohibited are:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F (65°C);
(2) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(3) 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;
(4) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works;
(5) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow of 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, underground garbage, paunch manure, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders;
(6) Any waters or wastes containing oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures 32 and 150°F (0 and 65°C);
(7) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded; the installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of greater than three-fourths horsepower (0.76 hp metric) shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent;
(8) Any wastes or waters having a pH in excess of 9.5;
(9) Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005mg/l as Hg at any time except as permitted by the city in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations;
(10) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes or concentration plating solution whether neutralized or not;
(11) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc or similar objectionable or toxic substance; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the city, EPA or other regulatory agency for such materials;
(12) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the city, EPA or other regulatory agency as necessary after treatment, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the city, EPA or other regulatory agency for such materials;
(13) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the city in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
(14) Any cyanide in excess of 0.05 mg/l at any time, except as permitted by the city in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations;
(15) Material that 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) Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works; or
(d) Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of wastes constituting “slugs” as defined herein.
(16) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amendable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(Prior Code, § 18-9-1) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, non-contact cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer, except as hereinafter provided.
(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designed as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city and any appropriate regulatory agency.
(C) Industrial cooling water, unpolluted process waters or non-contact cooling waters, may be discharged with approval from the appropriate regulatory agency, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(D) If user cannot discharge with approval from the approving authority to a sanitary sewer, all costs for meter installation or piping modifications to the sanitary sewer shall be borne by the user. The city will determine the location of the approved discharge point to the sanitary sewer.
(Prior Code, § 18-9-2) Penalty, see § 52.999
(A) Submission of basic data.
(1) Within three months after passage of this chapter, establishments discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer shall prepare and file with the city a report that shall include pertinent date relating to the quantity and characteristics of the wastes discharged to the wastewater treatment works.
(2) Similarly, each establishment desiring to make a new connection to public sewer for the purpose of discharging industrial wastes shall prepare and file with the city a report that shall include actual or predicted data relating to the quantity and characteristics of the waste to be discharged.
(B) Extension of time. When it can be demonstrated that circumstances exist which would create an unreasonable burden on the established to comply with the time schedule imposed by this chapter, a request for extension of time may be presented for consideration of the city.
(Prior Code, § 18-9-3)
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