(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. All properties served by the municipal sewer constructed during the 1998 sewer separation project shall discharge all sanitary sewage from said properties only to the sanitary sewer constructed incident to said project. Existing properties tapped into the former combined sewer for sewage purposes shall have until on or before October 1, 1999 in which to reconfigure their sewer discharge so as to discharge sanitary sewage to the sanitary sewer constructed incident to the separation project, with only storm water to remain tapped into the storm sewer created incident to the separation project. From and after October 1, 1999, only “sanitary sewage”, as defined in § 51.15, shall be permitted to be discharged in the “sanitary sewer”, as defined in § 51.15, and only storm and surface waters and unpolluted drainage shall be permitted to be discharged in the “storm sewer”, as defined in § 51.15.
(B) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Board. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Board to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(C) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following waste materials to any public sewer:
(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(2) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(3) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation to the municipal wastes works; or
(4) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
(D) The admission of any industrial wastes containing critical characteristics such as excessive temperatures that exceed 140°F, oils, fats, or grease; pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5; or having other corrosive properties, toxic or poisonous ingredients; excessive suspended solids; cyanide, free acid or caustic alkaline solution; or any other constituent critical to municipal wastes collection and treatment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board. When, in the opinion of the Board, preliminary treatment or control of wastes are necessary, suitable facilities shall be constructed according to plans approved by the Board, or the Board may prohibit the discharge of said wastes to any public sewer.
(E) (1) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Board, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Board, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(2) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
(F) Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(G) The admission into the pubic sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand in excess of normal sewage shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board. When necessary, in the opinion of the Board, such preliminary treatment as may be needed to control the quantities and rates of discharges or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents shall be constructed according to plans approved by the Board, or the Board may prohibit the discharge of said wastes to any public sewer.
(H) 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.
(I) When required by the Board, 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 accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Board. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(J) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in divisions (D) and (G) above shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in division (I) above, or upon suitable samples taken at said 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.
(H) No statement contained in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
(Ord. 1134, passed 4-7-1998; Ord. 1156, passed 2-16-1999; Ord. 1318, passed 5-3-2005) Penalty, see § 51.99