(A) (1) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes: Having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 220 milligrams per liter; containing more than 240 milligrams per liter of suspended solids; containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 52.061(B) of this code; or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the town shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
(2) Where necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to: Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 220 milligrams per liter and the suspended solids to 240 milligrams per liter; reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided in § 52.061(B) of this code; or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent and of the state’s Stream Pollution Control Board, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approval is obtained in writing.
(B) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(C) When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(D) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in § 52.061(B) of this code and division (A) above shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in division (C) above, or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
(E) No statement contained in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the town and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the town for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern; provided, however, that the payment shall not be less than the pollutant surcharges provided for in this chapter and all ordinances amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. Said special agreement shall be valid only when ratified by a majority of the Town Council; provided further, said agreement must specify the following:
(1) Its duration, not to exceed three years;
(2) The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination or amendment of the agreement;
(3) Its purpose or purposes; and
(4) Any other necessary and proper matters.
(Ord. 17-1989, passed 12-5-1989)