Section 134-9 PRETREATMENT MEASURES

A. The Administrator is authorized and may require industrial users to restrict their discharge during peak flow net periods, to designate that certain wastewater be discharged only into specific sewer lines, to relocate and/or consolidate points of discharge, to separate domestic sewage waste streams from industrial sewage waste streams and to impose such other conditions as may be necessary to protect the municipal wastewater system and to ensure the industrial user's compliance with the requirements of this Article.

 

B.  Each person discharging into the municipal wastewater system an amount greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons per day or an amount greater than five percent (5%) of the average daily flow in the system shall install and maintain on his property and at his sole expense a suitable storage and flow-control facility designed to ensure equalization of flow over a twenty-four hour period.  Said facility shall have a capacity for at least fifty percent (50%) of the daily discharge volume by the user and shall be equipped with alarms and a rate of discharge controller.  The regulation of flow from said facility shall be directed by the Administrator.  The Town may issue a wastewater permit solely for flow equalization.

 

C.  Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Administrator, said interceptors are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand or other harmful substances.  All interception units shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Administrator and shall be so located as to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.  The Administrator shall determine a schedule for the inspection, cleaning and repair of said interceptors, the costs of which shall be borne by the property owner at his sole expense.

 

D.  The Town may require industrial users with the potential to discharge flammable substances to install and maintain at their own expense an approved combustible gas detection meter.

 

E.  All facilities constructed after the date of this Article shall separate domestic sewage from industrial wastewater until the industrial wastewater has passed through, the required pretreatment system and the industrial user's monitoring facility.  The Administrator may require industrial users with previously existing facilities to separate domestic sewage from industrial waste streams when it appears that the combination of domestic sewage and industrial waste streams causes or contributes to interference with the municipal wastewater system.

 

(Ord. No. 4-92 Amended Entire Section 4-27-92-Effective Upon Passage)