§ 311-19. Limitations on wastewater discharges.

A. 

General limitations on incompatible pollutants. No person shall discharge or convey or permit or allow to be discharged or conveyed to a public sanitary sewer any wastewater containing incompatible pollutants of such character or quantity that will:

(1) 

Violate pretreatment standards.

(2) 

Cause the wastewater treatment works to violate its SPDES permit requirements.

(3) 

Violate the provisions of this chapter, the Village Local Sewer Law or other applicable laws, rules or regulations.

(4) 

Not be susceptible to treatment or interfere with the process or efficiency of the treatment system.

B. 

Specific limitations on certain incompatible pollutants. The following are the maximum concentrations of pollutants allowable in wastewater discharges to the wastewater treatment system as established by the DEC. This chapter includes by reference any future revisions or additions to this list as promulgated by the DEC or EPA. Dilution of any wastewater discharge for the purpose of satisfying these requirements shall be considered a violation of this chapter.

	Parameter		30 Day Average Effluent Concentration Limits (mg/l)
	Boron		1.0
	Cadmium		0.4
	Hexavalent Chromium		0.2
	Total Chromium		4.0
	Copper		0.8
	Lead		0.2
	Mercury		0.2
	Nickel		4.0
	Zinc		1.2
	Arsenic		0.2
	Available Chlorine		50.0
	Cyanide-free		0.4
	Cyanide-complex		1.6
	Selenium		0.2
	Sulfide		6.0
	Barium		4.0
	Manganese		4.0
	Gold		0.2
	Silver		0.2
	Fluorides
		To Fresh Water	4.0*
		To Saline Water	36.0
	Phenol		4.0

	NOTES:
	*	May be multiplied by a factor of 1.5 if the municipal water supply is not fluoridated.

C. 

Limitations on compatible pollutants. In cases where effluent characteristics of an industrial or commercial discharge exceed the permissible limits for the compatible pollutants listed below in Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Subsection C, the acceptability of such excessive strength wastewater will be left to the judgment of the Sewer Administrator and the village or any other federal, state or local agencies having jurisdiction. The primary judgment criteria for the determination of acceptability by the Sewer Administrator, village and responsible authorities will be whether the admission of such waste will, when added to the existing wastewater flows, cause the wastewater treatment system to violate its SPDES permit or other provisions of this chapter. If it is determined that the wastewater is acceptable, permission to discharge said compatible pollutants may be granted under conditions stated by the Sewer Administrator and village. However, the payment of an additional industrial operation and maintenance surcharge in accordance with Article IX for the additional industrial operation and maintenance will be required, and a user charge for the additional capital construction costs will be required to cover the cost of treating the excessive strength wastewater. These charges are in addition to any sewer charges for the nonexcessive waste discharge. "Excessive strength wastewater" is defined as:

(1) 

Suspended solids such as but not limited to lime slurries or lime residues in concentrations exceeding 250 mg/l or dissolved solids such as but not limited to sodium chloride in concentrations greater than 10,000 mg/l and sodium sulfate in concentrations greater than 500 mg/l.

(2) 

Concentrations of BOD which exceed 250 mg/l.

(3) 

Wastewater having chlorine demand requirements exceeding 9.0 mg/l.

(4) 

Concentrations of free ammonia which exceed 25 mg/l.