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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2858-1973 - Regulating Sewers & Waste Water TreatmentORDINANCE NO. 2858-1973 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SEWERS AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT FOR THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF RICHMOND, INDIANA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, SECTION 1. - Definitions: The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this Ordinance, shall have the following meanings except in those in- stances whereby the context clearly defines otherwise: 101. "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" (B.O.D.) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes shall mean the quantity of dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter required during stabilization of the decom- posable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action under standard labora- tory procedures for five (5) days at 20 degrees Centrigrade. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods". 102. "Board" shall mean the Board of Sanitary Commissioners of the City of Richmond, Indiana, or their authorized representative. 103. "Building (or House) Drain"shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which received the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building. 104. "Building (or House) Sewer" shall mean the pipe which is connected to the building (or house) drain at a point approximately three feet out- side the foundation wall of the building and conveys discharge from the building to the public sewer or other place of disposal. 105. "Chemical Oxygen Demand" (or C.O.D.) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial Wastes is a measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods". 106. "Effluent" shall mean the water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet. 107. "Garbage" shall mean those putrescible wastes resulting from the growing, handling, storage, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. 108. "Ground Garbage" shall mean garbage that is shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely insuspension under the conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle to exceed one-half inch in size. 109. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy discharge, permitted to flow or escaping from an industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business process or from the development, recovery or processing of any natural resource. 110. "Influent" shall mean the water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing into a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet. Ill. "Normal Sewage" shall mean the loading based on B.O.D. & S.S. for which the Sewage Treatment Plant is capable of attaining desired levels of removal within it's design limitations. The following levels of concen- tration shall serve as a basis determining -ex-n1s�1ve loading as measured at the Sewage Treatment Plant. B.O.D. - 200 mg/l S.S. - 225 mg/l -2- 112. "Outlet" shall mean any outlet, natural or constructed, which becomes the point of final discharge of sewage or of treatment plant effluent into any water course, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or subsurface water. 113. "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, company, association, society, corporation, institution or group. 114. "ph" shall mean the logarithm (to the base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogenion concentration of a solution expressed in gram-atoms per liter of solution. 115. "Receiving Stream" shall mean the water course, stream or body of water receiving the waters finally discharged from the sewage treatment plant. 116. "Residential Property Unit" shall mean a building under one roof designed, arranged and used primarily for dwelling purposes by a single family. 117. "Sanitary Sewage" shall mean sewage discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels, motels), office building, factories or institutions and free from storm water, sur- face water and industrial wastes. 118. "Sewage shall mean the water -carried wastes from residences, business, institutions and industrial establishments, singular or in any combination, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present. 119. "Sewage Treatment Plant," or "Wastewater Treatment Plant" shall mean the arrangement of devices, structures and equipment used for treating and disposing of sewage and sludge. 120. "Sewage Utility", or "Water Pollution Control Utility" shall mean all facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and sludge, namely the sewerage system and the sewage treatment plant. 121. "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage or other liquid wastes. 121.1 "Combined Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries both storm and ground -water runoff and sewage. 121.2 "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of a building property have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority. 121.3 "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters and unpolluted industrial waste waters are not intentionally admitted. 121.4 "Storm Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries storm sur- face and ground -water drainage but excludes sewage. 122. "Sewer Engineer" shall mean the Chief Engineer of the City of Richmond Sanitary District or his duly authorized representative; the term shall be equivalent to the expression "Water Pollution Control Engineer". 123. "Sewerage System" shall mean the network of sewers and appurtenances used for collecting, transporting and pumping sewage to the sewage treatment plant. 124. "Shall" is mandatory! "May" is permissible. 125. "Standard Methods' shall mean the examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation. -3- ll 6. tuperintendant" shall mean the Superintendant of the Sewage Treatment Plant (or Wastewater Treatment Plant) of the City of Richmond Sanitary District or his duly authorized representatives. 127. "Strength -of -Wastes Surcharge" shall mean the extra charges for sewerage service assessed customers whose sewage is of such a nature that it imposes upon the Sewage Utility a burden greater than can be anticipated under normal conditions. 128. "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids which either float on surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtration. Their concentration shall be expressed in milligrams per liter. Quantitative determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods". 129. "Water course" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently. SECTION 2. General Provisions. 201. Statutes, Bylaws, Rules & Regulations. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to Statutes of the State of Indiana, including Acts 1917, chapter 157, section 26b, as added by Acts 1961, chapter 262, section 3 and as amended and all other Statutes of the State of Indiana, as amended, relating to sewers and sanitation departments and districts, and the Board of Sanitary Commissioners shall have all powers conferred by Statutes of the State of Indiana. The Board shall, in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Indiana, make and enforce whatever bylaws, rules and regulations it may deem necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management of the Sewage Utility, for the construction and use of building sewers and con- nections to the sewerage syst2m, for the regulation of the rates and subse- quent collection of charges for any strength of waste surcharge in general, for the implementation of the provisions of this ordinance. 202. Requirements for Connection to Public Sewers. No owner or occu- pant of any real property shall tap or drain either directly or indirectly into any public sewer until a sewer tap permit has been obtained. Permits shall be obtained from the Office of the Sanitary District Superintendant and shall be issued only to sewer tap contractors, licensed by the City of Richmond, who shall pay to the Sewage Utility a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each tap permit. When a permit has been granted, the Sewer Engineer shall, when possible designate the position or location of the appropriate "Y" branch. Material for the building sewer shall be standard glazed vitrified sewer pipe not less than six inches in diameter and shall conform to the require- ments of the specifications for clay sewer pipe of the American Society for Testing Materials. Alternate materials which equal or exceed the specifi- cations for standard glazed vitrified sewer pipe and are acceptable to the Sewer Engineer may be substituted. The connection between the building sewer and the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch provided. If no "Y" branch is available and the public sewer is not over twelve inches in diameter a "Y" branch shall be installed in the public sewer at the desired location by the sewer tap contractor. Where the public sewer is over twelve inches in diameter and where no "Y" branch was left for the building sewer, provisions shall be made at the direction of the Sewer Engineer to cut an opening in the public sewer, providing access to the building sewer connection. Provisions shall be made to assure that such a tap enter the public sewer at an angle of 45 degrees with the center line of the public sewer. Special emphasis shall be placed on securing a smooth, water tight joint acceptable to the Sewer Engineer. The grade of the building sewer shall not be less than 1/4 inch per foot for 6 inch pipe and not less than 1/8 inch per foot for pipe 8 inches or over in diameter. All pipes shall be laid on a uniform grade and where possible, on a straight line. Where the building sewer cannot be laid on a straight line, curved pipe shall be used for every deflection from a straight line of more than 3 inches per foot. All joints between two sec- tions of pipe shall be made tight by the use of suitable jointing material. -4- Proper berri<cades and lights shall be maintained around the trench 'opening to protect the public against accidental mishaps during the process of, the work. In back -filling, the material shall be carefully placed and compacted around the pipe to provide a uniform bearing and to keep the pipe in proper position. No stone, brick, etc., shall be used in the backfill until a minimum depth of at least 18 inches of fine earth or gravel has been placed over the pipe. If blasting of rock is required in excavating, utmost precaution shall be used and suitable cover such as mats, timbers, brush, etc., provided to cover the immediate blast area so that life and property in the vicinity will not be jeopardized. After making each sewer tap, the tap contractor shall serve adequate notice to the Sewer Engineer, so that the tap can be inspected and approved before the excavation is backfilled. Any tap not made in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be deemed an illegal installation and, upon dis- covery, shall be promptly disconnected at the expenses of the property owner and shall remain disconnected until all provisions of this paragraph have been complied with. The Board shall have the authority to require an owner of real property to disconnect from a building sewer which drains into a sanitary sewer any downspouts, yard drains or other drains which carry the run-off of natural precipitation. Property owners shall have thirty days after notice to comply with any such requirements, or be subject to the provisions of Paragraph 206. 203. Extensions of Interceptor Sewers Outside Corporate Limits. The installation,construction or extension of interceptor sewers outside the corporate limits of the City, shall be governed solely by the Board and any connection(s) to said interceptor(s) be subject to the provisions of Paragraph 204. 204. Connections to Sewerage System by Proeerties Outside the Corporate Limits. No properties outside the corporate limits of the City shall be permitted connection(s) to the sewage utility until proper annexation pro- ceeding have been conducted by the Board, incorporating the desired area within the control boundary of the Sanitary District. It is recognized that certain properties outside said corporate limits have been properly annexed prior to the adoption of this Ordinance and said properties are presently within the Sanitary District. 205. Processing of Septic Tank Wastewater. Persons licensed by the State Health Authority shall be required to deliver said wastes to the Sewage Treatment Plant, subject to the control and provisions established by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners. 206. Violations and Penalties. Any person who willfully violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of Paragraph 202 through 205, 301, 401 through 405, 501 through 504, shall be subject to a fine in any sum not less than $25.00 and not exceeding $500.00. Each day of violation, or of failure to comply shall constitute a separate offense. 207. Amendment. The Board shall have the right to recommend amendments to this Ordinance to the Commom Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, and the procedure for adoption of same by said Common Council shall be as authorized by law. Methods for determining rates and charges, including surcharges under Section V of this Ordinance, shall be established,fixed and amended by the Board and the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, pursuant to Statutes of the State of Indiana. SECTION 3. - Prohibited Industrial Wastes. 301. Prohibitions and Limitations. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall permit the installation, discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer, any of the following described apparatus, substance, wastes or waters. 301.1 To connect any floor drain, pit drain, or any other drain subject to receiving oil, grease, or gasoline to any sewer or drain connected thereto, unless a suitable trap, approved by the Sewer Engineer, is provided that will prevent oils and greases from entering the sewer. -5- 301.2 To discharge into any sewer or drain connected to the sewerage system any oils, greases, fats, acids, chemicals, iron or mineral wastes, ashes or cinders, garbage, dead animals, rags, hair, toxic material, or wastes which may cause clogging, or which may be injurious to the Sewage Utility, or interferes with the proper treatment of domestic sewage, or the operation and maintenance of the Sewage Treatment Plant. 301.3 To discharge into the sewerage system or into any drain connected there to any hot, suffocating, corrosive, inflammable, or explosive liquids, gases, acids, vaporous substances or toxic material or liquid that can endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. 301.4 Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one - hundred -fifty degrees Fahrenheit (1500F). 301.5 Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l (N Hexane Soluble) or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees F (32°F) and one hundred and fifty degrees F. (150°F). 301.6 Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three -fourths (3/4) horse -power (0.76 H.P. metric) or larger shall be subject to the review and approval of the Sanitary District Superintendant. 301.7 Any waters or wastes that have a pH below 5.0 or above 10 or contain concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not. 301.8 Any water or wastes that contain phenols in excess of 0.50 parts per million by weight (500 parts per billion). 301.9 Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, or of high chlorine demand in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treat- ment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in receiving water or storm water over flows or the effluent of the Sewage Treatment Plant. Materials such as copper, zinc, chromium and similar toxic substances shall be limited to the following average quan- tities in the sewage as it arrives at the Sewage Treatment Plant and at no time shall the hourly concentration at the Sewage Treatment Plant exceed three times the average concentration. Iron (Fe) 15 mg/L Chromium (Cr) 5 mg/L Copper (Cu) 3 mg/L Zinc (Zn) 2 mg/L Chlorine demand 30 mg/L Cadmium (Cd) 0.1 mg/L Mercury (Hg) .002 mg/L Lead (Pb) .05 mg/L -6- Contributions of greater volume or concentration from individual establishments shall be subject to control by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners. 301.10 Any cyanides (Cn) in excess of two parts per Million by weight in the wastes from any outlet into the public sewers. 301.11 Any, water or wastes containing the discharge of acid pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not, which are capable of causing any obstruction, damage or corrosion in the sewage utility. 301.12 Any waters containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual provisions, attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treat- ment plant. 301.13 Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which either singly or by interaction with other wastes is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or pre- venting entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair. 301.14 Any toxic radioactive isotopes having a half-life of more than one hundred days, without a special permit issued by the Board. 301.15 Any wastes that for a duration of fifteen minutes have a concentration greater than five times that of "normal sewage" as measured by suspended solids and B.O.D. SECTION 4. - Control of Admissible Industrial Wastes 401. Control Substances. Concentrated dry wastes, spent tanning solu- tions, or other wastes which are highly colored, or wastes which are of unusual volume, concentration of solids, or composition, as for example in total suspended solids of inert nature (such as Fuller's Earth) and/or in total dissolved solids (such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride or sodium sulfate) or unusual in bio-chemical oxygen demand shall be subject to determination by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners for: (1) Approval or rejection of admission to the public sewers; or (2) Modification at the point of origin to permit admissions; or (3) Pretreatment by owner to permit admission. 402. Pretreatment. The admission into public sewers of any substances, materials, water or wastes described in Section 301 or of water or waste having an average daily flow greater than five (5) percent of the average daily flow of the Sanitary District shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board of Sanitary Commissioners. Where necessary in the judgement of the Board, the person shall provide at his expenses such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the objectionable charac- teristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 301 or to control the quantities and rate of discharge for such waters or wastes. Plans,specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilites shall be submitted to the Board and the Water Pollution Control Commission of the State of Indiana for approval, and no construction of such facilites shall be commenced until such approval is obtained in writing. Where preliminary treatment facili- ties, required under this section, are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained in satisfactory and efficient operation by the person at his expense. 403. Control Manholes. The Board, at their discretion, may require the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial waste to install suitable control manholes in the building sewer to facili- tate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste. Such manholes when required shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance to plans approved by the Board. The manholes shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. ;+ -7- 404. Test of Wastes Characteristics. All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of wastes and waters to which reference is made in Section 301 and 401 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 Section 403 upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. In the event no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest down stream manhole in public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. 405. Special Arrangement for Industrial Waste Permissible. No statements contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Sanitary District and any person whereby industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Sanitary District for treatment subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern. 406. Right of Entry. The Board of Sanitary Commissioners, Superinten- dent of the District, Sewer Maintenance Foreman or any other duly authorized employees of the District, bearing proper credentials and indentification, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties, for the purpose of obser- vations, obtaining measurement samplings and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 407. Notice. Any person found to be violating any provisions of this chapter shaTT Ee served with written notice stating the nature of the violations and provide a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory cor- rection of said violation. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violation or be subject to the provisions of Paragraph 206. SECTION 5. - Strength of Wastes Surcharge. 501. Liability for Surcharge. Each person who discharges industrial wastes into the public sewer shall be subject to a surcharge based on both the biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D.) and suspended solids (S.S.) content of the wastes. Maximum levels,measured at the source, of acceptance beyond which a surcharge will be applied are as follows: B.O.D. 200 mg/L Suspended Solids 225 mg/L 502. Application of Surcharge. Rates shall be determined by an annual audit of Sewage Utility operation and maintenance expenditures incurred in the transportation of sewage and removal process of B.O.D. and S.S. The unit charges shall then be applied to the following formula to determine the appropriate surcharge to be levied against each person exceeding the limits set out in paragraph 501. S = Vs (8.34) [A (B.O.D. -200) + B (S.S. - 225)] S= Surcharge in dollars Vs = Sewage Volume in million gallons 8.34 = Pounds per million gallons of water A* = Unit charge for B.O.D. in dollars per pound B.O.D. = Biochemical Oxygen Demand, strength index in milligrams per liter 200 = Allowed B.O.D. strength in milligrams per liter B* = Unit charge for suspended solids in dollars per pound. S.S. = Suspended solids strength index in milligrams per liter -B- 225 = Allowed S.S. strength in milligrams per liter *To be determined by annual audit of Sewage Utility operation and maintenance expenditures incurred in the transportation of sewage and removal process of B.O.D. and S.S. 503. Billing and Verification. Each person subject to paragraph 501 shall, within 30 days of notification, furnish the Superintendant: (1) an estimate of the annual volume to be discharged into the sewerage system; and (2) an estimate of the representative value of the strength of the waste, B.O.D. and Suspended Solids thus discharged whether or not such amounts are in excess of the permitted amounts under paragraph 501. All measurements, tests, and analysis of the characteristics of such wastes shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods" or by other methods generally accepted under established sanitary engineering practices and approved by the Superintendant. The reports submitted shall be subject to verification by the Superintendant but may serve as the basis for extablishing surcharge rates. In the event an analysis and volume of the industrial waste is not fur- nished to the Superintendant by the aforementioned time, the charges shall be based upon estimates made by the Super - intendant, as provided in paragraph 504. The Superintendant shall have the right at any reasonable time to enter upon the premises of the person to establish such equipment as is necessary to verify the reports submitted. It shall be the duty of the person to provide all necessary clearance before entry and not to unreasonably delay or hinder the Superintendant in conducting the measuring and sampling. In cases where measurements are difficult to obtain, or the in industrial waste composition changes frequently, or representative samples are difficult to ob- tain or where other methods of measurements are necessitated for other sound engineering reasons as determined by the Superintendant, the Superintendant shall have the authority to use such other basis for determining said charges as shall be reliably- indicative of volume and B.O.D. and S.S. strength of the particular industrial waste, such as, but not limited to water purchase or usage, character of products, comparisons between the subject data and data collected from like persons. All billin s for said charges shall be payable within thirty (30� days after mailing of billings. All payments made by a person, based upon the reports sub- mitted, shall become final unless verification is made and notice given by the Superintendant of necessary adjustments, within one year of said payment. Under payment of charges based on error in user's reports and estimates shall be billed forthwith on ascertainment thereof. Over payment of charges arising from any cause shall be applied first to unpaid billing and then the excess forthwith refunded. 504. Billing Estimates. The Superintendant shall have the authority to estimate the volume and strength of the industrial waste in the event the person subject to paragraph 501 fails to file a timely report as provided in para- graph 503. The estimates shall be based upon analysis and volumes of a similar installation or the amount of water supplied to the premises by the water utility, the amount of water supplied to the premises by any private sources of water or the volume and analysis as determined by measurements and samples taken by the Superintendant or by an estimate determined by the Superintendant by any combination of the foregoing or by any other equitable method. Failure to file written objection to such estimates within ten (10) days after the mailing of written notice thereof to the person liable there for shall constitute a waiver of any right to object or appeal the estimates made by the Superintendant pursuant to this section. -9- 505. Contract with Water Utility. The Board is authorized to enter into a contractual agreement with the local water utility for the use of its services in ascertaining water volume to be utilized in determining charges imposed by this Ordinance, not to preclude the possibility of billing for and collecting such charges and for the payment to it of just and reasonable compensation of its said services. 506. Appeals to the Board. Any person may appeal the charges assessed against him to the Board and shall have a hearing upon the following condi- tions: That the person has submitted estimates required in paragraph 503 or has authorized the Superintendant to make such estimates. 2. That the person has good cause to believe that the charges assessed against him are in error. 3. That notice in writing has been given to the Board within one hundred and eighty (180) days of receipt of the charges in question. The Board is directly to notify the person making the appeal of the time and place when his appeal will be heard. Upon evidence, sufficient to the Board, submitted at the hearing that the charges are in error, the Board shall make the necessary adjustments in the charges. Adjustments may be in the form of a refund or a credit against subsequent assessments of the charges provided for in this Ordinance. 507. Rate Review. The Superintendant shall cause an annual report to be made concerning the effect of the industrial waste rates and charges on the person subject thereto. Such report shall include the amount, character and strength of the industrial waste discharged into the sewerage system and accounting of the revenues produced by the industrial waste rates. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor. PASSED AND ADOPTED b the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _,3�/day of ao tQ 1973. Av�&J�' Pre i dbVoVTbihno1 Co nciI ATTEST: City erk PRESEIFT D to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this 0�6e day of S/2�� 1973. City Clepl APPROV,ED�by the Ma or of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of ,�,/ 1973. Mayor ATTEST: 20A_-/4' City Cle