(A) Responsibility of the town. The town shall be responsible for the wastewater systems and wastewater treatment plant serving the town and such other areas as authorized by the Board of Trustees.
(B) Responsibility of Superintendent. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the management of the wastewater system of the town and all of the property appertaining thereto. He or she shall see that such system is kept properly cleaned and in good working order and repair and shall also ensure proper compliance with all local, state and federal regulations for collection, treatment and discharge of wastewater and shall perform all other duties in connection with such system as may be required by the Board of Trustees and the Town Manager.
(C) Rules and regulations; adoption of. The Superintendent may adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this code for the administration of the wastewater system. Rules and regulations adopted by the Superintendent and approved by the Town Manager pursuant to this code shall pertain to, but shall not be limited to, discharge limitations, pretreatment requirements, standards, standards for installation of wastewater lines and services and implementation of standards promulgated pursuant to the Act. In establishing such rules and regulations, the Superintendent shall seek to establish standards that will assure safe, efficient operation of the wastewater system, that will limit wastewater discharges to the system in concentrations and quantities which will not harm either the wastewater system, wastewater treatment process or equipment, that will not have an adverse effect on the receiving water, or will not otherwise endanger persons or property or constitute a nuisance. Such rules and regulations shall become effective immediately as necessary, but must be ratified by the Board of Trustees of the town within 60 days thereafter in order to become permanently in effect.
(Prior Code, § 137.3) (Ord. 171, passed 7-7-1958; Ord. 339, passed - -; Ord. 480, passed 3-6-2003; Ord. 577, passed 11-6-2014)