Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms in this article shall be as follows:
(a) BOD (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand). - The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C expressed in milligrams per liter.
(b) Building drain. - That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
(c) Building sewer. - The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
(d) Combined sewer. - A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
(e) Department. - The water and sewage department of the City of Ozawkie.
(f) Garbage. - Solid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
(g) Industrial waste. - The liquid waste from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
(h) Natural outlet. - Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
(i) Person. - Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group, political subdivision or public agency, including the State of Kansas and the United States of America.
(j) pH - The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
(k) Pollution. - An alteration of the quality of the waters of the State by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects such waters for beneficial use or facilities which serve such beneficial uses. Pollution may include contamination.
(l) Properly shredded garbage. - The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 cm) in any dimension.
(m) Public sewer. - A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights. and is controlled by public authority.
(n) Sanitary sewer. - A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm. surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
(o) Sewage. - A combination of the water-carried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
(p) Sewage treatment plant. -Any arrangement of devices and structures for treating sewage.
(q) Sewage works. - All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
(r) Sewer. - A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
(s) Slug. - Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
(t) Storm drain. - A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
(u) Superintendent. - The water and sewage superintendent of the city or his or her authorized agents or representatives.
(v) Suspended solids. - Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
(w) Watercourse. - A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(x) Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.
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It shall be unlawful for any building now being supplied with either a metered or un-metered source of water located within the city limits to remain unconnected to the city sanitary sewer system.
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Before any connection is made to the city sanitary sewer system, a written application for a sewer discharge permit shall be made to the superintendent. Such application shall be made on forms provided by the water and sewage department and shall contain such information as the water and sewage department may require. The superintendent shall issue a permit if such planned connection conforms to the standards provided by this article and will not impair the operation of the sanitary sewer.
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It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying any building within the city limits to have or construct any lavatory, stool or other plumbing fixture attached to any septic tank within the city limits, or to erect or maintain any outdoor toilet in the city. Septic tanks, after being disconnected from lavatories, stools and other plumbing fixtures, pumped dry and filled with sand or other suitable material, as hereinafter provided, may be used by persons to receive unpolluted storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains and uncontaminated cooling water. and in order to effect such use, persons may use sump pumps to force the permitted water into the septic tank. After direct connection to the sanitary sewer in compliance with this article, any and all septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be disconnected from all building sewers, pumped dry and filled with sand or other suitable material. This section shall not prohibit the use of temporary selfcontained facilities during the erection of new buildings or other construction sites.
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(a) No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city.
(b) There shall be charged an application fee as set by fee schedule ordinance at the time of makin9 application for the permit.
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All costs incident to the installation and connection of a building sewer to the sanitary sewer system of the city shall be borne by the owner of the property.
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In the event any person shall fail, neglect or refuse to connect any building or buildings with the sanitary sewer system as herein provided for, for more than 10 days after being notified in writing by the governing body, the city may cause such building or buildings to be connected with the sanitary sewer system, or may advertise for bids for the construction and making of such sewer connection, and contract therefor with the lowest responsible bidder or bidders and may assess the costs and expenses thereof against the property and premises so connected.
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The superintendent shal1 assist the person desiring to connect to the sanitary sewer system in locating an existing wye or riser pipe. Where wyes are not available, the installation of a new wye fitting shall be properly made in the sewer line by boring, drilling and cutting for a new wye fitting. No chipping or breaking will be allowed. No pipe material, bedding rock or earth will be dropped or pushed into the sewer line during the installation of a wye fitting. The ABS, PVC or clay wye branch shall be properly installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and shall be inspected by the superintendent prior to riser pipe or services pipe connection to the wye fitting. The wye branch or fitting shall withstand the same infiltration and ex-filtration test as that given the sanitary sewer pipe.
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Persons required to obtain a sewage discharge permit as provided in section 15-303 of this article before connecting to or discharging into the city sanitary sewer system shall complete and file with the superintendent an application in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The applicant may be required to submit, in units and terms approved for evaluation, the following information:
(a) Name and address of applicant.
(b) Volume of water to be discharged.
(c) General description of activities.
(d) Number of employees and hours of work.
(e) Any other pertinent information as may be deemed by the superintendent to be necessary to determine the capability of the sanitary sewer system to convey the waste or the sewage treatment plan to treat the waste.
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The superintendent will evaluate the data furnished by the applicant for a sewage discharge permit and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished. The superintendent shall submit the application, together with his or her recommendation, to the governing body, subject to the terms and conditions provided herein.
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Sewage discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this article and all other regulations, rates and charges established by the department. Permits shall contain the unit charge or schedule of monthly service charges and fees to be paid to the city for the sewage to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system and may contain the following:
(a) The average and maximum strength, characteristics or constituents of the sewage to be discharged.
(b) Limits on rate and time of discharge.
(c) Installation of inspection and sampling facilities, including department access to such facilities.
(d) Pretreatment requirements.
(e) Maintaining records relating to sewage discharge as specified by the department and affording department access thereto.
(f) A term for the duration of the permit.
(g) Other conditions as are necessary to insure compliance with this article and all other regulations established by the department, as a result of state or federal laws.
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The governing body may change the conditions of a sewage discharge permit from time to time as laws and regulations enacted by the state or federal government may require. Whenever the discharge from any person is causing excessive operation and/or maintenance problems in the sanitary sewer system or sewage treatment plant, the governing body may change the conditions of that sewage discharge permit to alleviate the problem.
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Any change of more than 10 percent in sewage strength or volume discharged shall be reported to the superintendent. A change in sewage strength shall immediately effect recalculation of monthly service charges and fees.
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It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters.
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No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains. uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
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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 superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the superintendent, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
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No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(a) Any gasoline, benzine, naphta, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(b) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either single or interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, creating public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two milligrams per liter as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
(c) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
(d) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(e) Any waters or wastes having (1) a five-day BOD greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or (2) containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (3) having an average daily flow greater than two percent of the average sewage flow of the city, shall be subject to the review of the superintendent. When necessary in the opinion of the superintendent, the owner shall provide at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to (1) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million by weight, or (2) reduce the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or (3) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
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No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the superintendent that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment processes or equipment, have an adverse effect upon the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject waste in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. Substances prohibited are:
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F (65°C).
(b) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° and 150° F (0° - 65° C).
(c) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 HP or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent.
(d) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(e) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degrees that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceed the limits established by the superintendent for such material.
(f) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(g) Any radioactive waves or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(h) Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
(i) Materials which exert or cause:
(1) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids; (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride or sodium sulphate).
(2) Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(3) Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
(4) Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs as defined herein.
(j) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plan effluent cannot meet the requirements or other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to meet the requirements or other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
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If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in section 15-322 of this article, and which in the judgment of the superintendent, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public nuisance, the superintendent may:
(a) Reject the wastes, or
(b) Recommend to the governing body that the conditions of the person’s sewage discharge permit be changed in accordance with section 15-314 of this article.
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Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or 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 superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. The cost of such interceptors including installation, and thereafter the cost of maintenance, repair, removal, and/or replacement shall be paid by the owner of the property being served.
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Where preliminary treatment or flow- equalizing 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.
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When required by the sewage discharge permit, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances 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 superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at the owner’s expense, and shall be maintained by the owner so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
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All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the 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. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24 hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, SOD and suspended solid analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pH’s are determined from periodic grab samples.
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Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the superintendent to meet all the requirements of this article.
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No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb a public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the superintendent.
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No sanitary sewer services shall be furnished or rendered by the city’s sewage treatment plant, collection system and other appurtenant facilities free of charge to any customer or user thereof other than to the city itself.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
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A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building. Where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no sewer is available or can be constructed to the main building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
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All excavations for building sewer installments shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
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The applicant for a building sewer permit shall notify the superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the sanitary sewer system of the city. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the superintendent or his or her representative.
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The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article. The superintendent or his or her representatives shall have no authority beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sanitary sewer for waste treatment.
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The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city shall be permitted to enter all private properties, through which the city holds a permanent easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sanitary sewer system lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, or said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the permanent easement pertaining to the private property involved.
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No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sanitary sewer system of the city. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest for the charge of disorderly conduct.
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Any person found to be violating any provision of this article, except section 15-333 above, shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in the notice, permanently cease all violations.
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Any person who shall continue in violation beyond the time limit provided for in section 15-334 above, shall be guilty of a public offense.
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Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the city by reason of such violation.
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The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of this article shall not affect the validity of any other part of this article which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts.
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The monthly charge for sewer services shall be set by fee schedule ordinance.
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The monthly service charge shall become effective with the first billing date for city water services. The monthly service charge shall be required to be paid in accordance with the other provisions of this article and the provisions of Article 1A of this chapter.
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The city clerk shall render bills monthly to all persons of any type whose premises may hereafter be connected to the sanitary sewer system as provided in Article 1A of this chapter.
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