(A) Control manholes.
(1) Any owner who discharges or may discharge industrial wastes into a public sewer via any means such as floor drains, sinks, catch basins and the like shall be required by the Superintendent to construct and maintain, at his or her own expense, one or more control manholes, at a specified location or locations, to facilitate the observation, measurement and sampling of owner’s waste. Such manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications of the town. The Superintendent may also require the person to install and maintain in any such manhole, at said person’s expense, an approved volume-measuring device. Plans and/or shop drawings for the installation of control manholes and related equipment shall be approved by the Superintendent before any construction is begun.
(2) Any building sewer which will have or has the potential of discharging prohibited wastes and/or wastes in excess of normal domestic sewage shall have a control manhole installed in accordance with either the Specifications and Standard Drawings of the Superintendent or an approved equal.
(3) The utility has deemed it necessary to require the installation of a control manhole in all building sewer lines where the Superintendent has determined that any of the following conditions exist:
(a) Abnormal maintenance of the sewer has been required to prevent and/or correct the occurrence of blockages, back-ups and the like, which have resulted in property damage; and evidence indicates that the abnormal maintenance is the result of the discharge of wastes in excess of limitations set forth in this code of ordinances;
(b) There exists a concentration of persons discharging wastes into a public sewer through a building sewer or sewers not having control manholes;
(c) The results of laboratory analysis have demonstrated that the strength of wastes being discharged into the public sewer is in excess of limitations set forth in this code of ordinances;
(d) The Superintendent shall notify, in writing, any person who has been identified to be in violation of any of the above mentioned conditions and shall require such person or persons to install one or more control manholes;
(e) Following notification, a control manhole shall be installed within 120 days;
(f) Control manholes shall be located upon private property, shall receive all wastes from the property and shall be readily accessible to representatives of the utility in order to facilitate observations, measurement and sampling of the waste being discharged;
(g) The cost of and responsibility for installation and maintenance of control manholes and flow-metering equipment shall be determined by the Superintendent; and
(h) The Town Council may, upon application and proof of economic hardship or other reason, extend the time within which such equipment must be installed.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 6)
(B) Grease and sand traps.
(1) Whenever the Superintendent determines that interceptors or traps are needed to protect the sewerage collection system or the sewage treatment plant from grease, oil, sand or similar substances occurring in the user’s sewage and so notifies the user, then such traps shall be promptly installed by the user, on the owner’s lines, at the owner’s expense and shall be so maintained by owner that none of such substances can be carried over into the public sewers. All traps or interceptors shall meet the town’s standards as to construction, location and installation.
(2) Any building sewer which will have or has the potential of discharging waste containing grease, oil, sand or similar substances, having quantity and characteristics above that of a normal single- family residence waste, shall have a grease and/or sand trap installed in a manner to provide, at all times, the effective removal of grease, oil, sand or similar substances before discharge to the public sewer.
(3) The utility has deemed it necessary to require the installation of a grease and/or sand trap in either the building sewer or within the building’s plumbing system in accordance with the Uniform Plumbing Code, latest edition, Ch. 7, minimum requirements where the Superintendent has determined that any one of the following conditions exist.
(a) The Superintendent shall notify, in writing, any person who has been identified to be in violation of any of the above mentioned conditions and shall require such person or persons to install grease and/or sand trap.
(b) Following notification, the grease and/or sand trap shall be installed within 120 days.
(c) The cost of, and responsibility for, installation and maintenance of grease and sand traps shall be determined by the Town Council.
(d) The Superintendent may, upon application and proof of economic hardship or other reason, extend the time within which such equipment must be installed.
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 61)
(Ord. 14, 1992, passed - -1992)