1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any industrial wastes without prior application for and receipt of a written permit from the Township.
2. Any person desiring to make or use a connection through which industrial wastes shall be discharged into the sewer system shall file with the Township a completed “industrial wastes questionnaire,” furnished by the Township, which shall supply pertinent data, including estimated quantity of flow, characteristics and constituents of the proposed discharge. The cost of obtaining all such data shall be borne by the person desiring to make or use the connection to the sewer system.
3. A. Ten days prior to the first day of January, April, July and October of each year, each major contributor of industrial wastes shall file with the Township a report on the quality and quantity of their discharge.
B. Major contributors shall consist of those whose total estimated or metered discharge exceeds 15,000 gallons per day, have in their waste a toxic pollutant or, in the judgment of the Township, would have potential for or a significant impact on the sewer system or the quality of its effluent.
4. A. When required by the Township, the owner of any improved property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install, at his expense, a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste flow.
B. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of “Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc., and shall be determined by or under the direct supervision of a “qualified analyst”
5. Any industrial establishment discharging domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system and contemplating a change in the method of operation which will alter the characteristics and/or volume of such wastes being discharged shall notify the Township, in writing, at least 30 days prior to institution of such change.
6. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by the owner of any industrial, commercial or institutional establishment, at his or its sole cost, when required by the Township, for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing excessive grease, inflammable wastes, sand or other harmful substances. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Township and constructed or installed at a satisfactory location in accordance with plans approved by the Township prior to installation or commencement of construction.
7. The use of mechanical garbage grinders in an industrial establishment or a commercial establishment shall not be permitted without prior approval from the Township.
8. The Township may require industrial establishments having large variations in rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating devices for equalizing waste flows to the sewer system.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. V)