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Home My WebLink AboutKIN 69 2087 Sewage discharge /.: ~,.'/ Y·..~.. ~. '!:-~" ,.~ ,~,-' THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KIN ARDINE BY-LAW NO 2087 BEING A BY-LAW to eontrol the diseharge of sewage into the sewage system of the Municipality pursuant to ragraphs 69 and 125 of sub$ectiòn 1 of section 379 of the M icipal Act, R.S.O. 1960, c. 2~9. WHEREAS it is expedient to prohibit and re ulate the diseharge of domestic sewage and industrial was es into drains, sewers, sewer systems and sewage works: · NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL of the CORPORATI N of the TOWN of KINCARDINE enacts as follows: 1. In this by-law, (a) "biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D.)" me of oxygen utilized in the biochemical 0 organic matter in five (5) days at twen centigrade as determined in accordance Methods and expressed in milligrams per (b) · . (c;:) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) . (i) · ns the quantity idation of y (20) degrees ith Standard litre j "coliform count" means the number of al eoliform bacteria and expressed in numb.r of co1 form bacteria per 100 millitres of solution, as deter ined in accordance with Standard Methods; "colour of a liquid" means· the appearan . from which the suspended solids have be determined in accordance with Standard e of a liquid, n removed, as ethodsj "combined sewer" means a sewer intended to function simultaneously as a storm sewer and a s itary sewer; "matter" includes any gaseous, liqUid 0 solid matter; "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine; "person" includes a corporation, aggreg te or sole; "pH" means the logarrithm of the recipr cal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in grams per litre of solution; "phenolic compounds" means those hydro derivatives of benzene, or its condensed nuclei, wh ch can be identified by the 4- Aminoantipyrene me hod in accordance with Standard Methods, or th Gibbs procedures, as set out in the eleventh edition of S andard Methods, for the Examination of Water and Waste ter; (j) "sanitary sewer" means a sewer for the ollection and transmission of domestic, commercial an industrial wastes or any of them; (k) "sewage" includes drainage, størm water, commercial wastes, industrial wastes, and wastewat r; (1) (m) · "sewage works" means all sewers, sewer pumping stations, sewage treatment pIa works for the collection, acceptance, treatment and disposal of sewage or fo mere of them; "Standard Methods" means, unless the c the methods and procedures set out in "Standard Methods for the Examination Wastewater" published by the American Association and current at the time of of any sewage; ystems, sewage s and other ansmission, anyone or text requires, e edition of Water and blic Health ny examination ~~.t. · · . . · · . ,., ".. . -~-' -2- (n) "storm sewer" means a sewer for the co lection and transmission of storm water run-off, d inage or sewage derived from the draining of la or from a watercourse or anyone or more of them; (Q) "suspended. solids" means a solid matte liquid, which matter is removable by f a glass fibre filter paper equivalent Glass Fibre Filter paper, No. 934 AH.; in or on a Itering with a Reeve Angel (p) ''watercourse'' means an open channel òr as or resulting from the construction work in which a flow of storm water oc continuously ør intermittently, includo and including other natural depression connected to a storm sewer or not. itch constructed f a municipal rs either g road ditches or watercourses e works, private ewer system or ic sewage or ed directly or the Ontario t between the Commission and tter harmful to any ir proper operation, age treatment t any sewer, or ns, property or y øf the foregoing, 2. No person shall discharge, into land draina branch drains ør connections to any sewer, sewage works for the carrying away of domes industrial wastes or both, which are connec indirectly to the sewage system, (provided b Water Resources Commission under an agreeme Municipality and the Ontario Water Resource dated the 18th day of June A.D. 1963,) and or quantity of matter which may be or becom sewage works or which may interfere with th or which may impair or interfere with any s process, or which mayor may tend toobstru which may be or may become a hazard to pers animals, and, without limiting the generali any of the following: (a) sewage containing more than a total of 100 millgrams per litre of oil, fat and grease of an'mal and vegetable origin ; (b) sewage containing more than a total of 15 milligrams per litre of oil, grease and tar of mi eral origin; (c) sewage at a temperature in excess of 1 0 degrees fahrenheit; (d) subject to subparagraph (b) hereof, fl explosive matter, and without limiting of the foregoing, gasoline, benzene, n acetone or other solvents; (e) cting the flow t ion of any part ng the generality ashes, cinders, aI, glass, rags, any quantity of matter capable of obst in or interfering with the proper oper of the sewage works, and without limit of the foregoing, an y such quantity 0 garbage, sand, straw, mud, shavings, me feathers, plastic, wood or cellulose. (f) sewage having a pH less than 5.5 or gr ater than 9.5 or which due to its nature or content, becomes less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5 during tr nsmission to a sewage treatment plant; (g) sewage of which the B.O.D. exceeds 300 milligrans per litre; (h) sewage in which suspended solids excee 350 milligrams per litre; . .. ~ . -3- ,'\ (j) sewage that may cause a nuisance, and the generality of the foregoing, sewag hydrogen sulphide, carbon disulphide, trichloroethylene, sulphur dioxide, fo chlorine, bromine, or pyridine, in suc an offensive odour could emanate from or could cause a nuisance; sewage containing animal waste, and wi the generality of the foregoing, conta stomach casings, intestinal contents, toenails, horns, bones or poultry head containing hair, wool fur, feathers, fleshings in a quantity sufficient to the proper operation of the sewage wor ithout limiting containing mmonia, maldehyde, quantity that he sewage works (i) . hout limiting ning intestines, ides, hooves, or sewage unch manure or terfere with S' , (k) sewage containing any of the following matter in excess of the indicated concentrations: . . phenolic compounds 0.05 milligr ms per litre total cyanides, expressed as HCN 1 milligr ms per litre total sulphides, expressed as H2S:ñII milligr ms per litre total copper, expressed as Cu -y-- milligr ms per litre total chromium, expressed as Cr -,-- milligr ms per litre total nickel, expressed as Ni ~ milligr ms per litre total lead, expressed as Pb milligr ms per litre total zinc, expressed as Zn milligr ms per litre total cadmium, expressed as Cd -,-- millig ms per litre chlorides, as CI ---r500 milli rams per litre sulphates, as S04 ::=1500 Milli rams per litre . . (l)radioactive materials except as may be p Atomic Energy Control Act R.S.C. 1952, c amendments thereto and regulations (m)storm run-off, sewage derived from thedd or roofs or water used for cooling purpo 3. No person shall discharge, cause or permit he discharge or deposit into or in (i) land drainage works, private branch drains or connections to any sewer, sewer s stem or sewage works for the carrying away of domestic se ge or industrial wastes or both, that are capable of dischar ing sewage into any well, lake, river, pond, spring, stream, reservoir, or other water or watercourse, or onto any sho e or bank thereof, or into any place from which the sewage may be discharged into or deposited in any well, lake river, pond, s ring, stream, reservoir, or o~her water or watercourse, i any storm sewer or any sewer connected to a storm sewer, an of the following: The lands . (a) sewage at a temperature in excess of one hundred and fifty degrees fahrenheit (150 degrees F.); (b)sewage containing more than a total of f"fteen (15) milligrams per litre of fat, oil, grease nd other matter which is soluble in ether; (c)subject to subparagraph (b) hereof, fla explosive matter, and without limiting t of the foregoing, gasoline, benzene, nap acetone or other solvents; (d)any quantity of matter capable of obstru ing the flow in or interfering with the proper operat" n of any part of the sewage works and without lim ing the generality of the foregoing, any such q tity of ashes, cinders, garbage, sand, straw, mud, shav' gs, metal, glass, rags, feathers, plastics, wood, c llulose, tar, animal wastes or other matter that is no dissolved in a liquid at the time of its introduction i 0 the sewage works; -~ sewage containing co loured matter whic require a dilution in excess of four ( distilled water to one (1) part of suc produce a mixture the colour of which distinguishable frQm that of distilled tested in accQrdance with the Ontario Commission Standard Laboratory Sewage Determinat~$n Test; (k) sewage containing toxic or poisonous tter in sufficient quantity to constitute a hazard to per ons, property or animals, and, without limiting the gen rality of the foregoing, sewage contining any of the following matter in excess of the indicated concentrati ns; , " , " · ~~ .\ (e) · (f) (g) (h) (i) · · ( j) -4- sewage contàining any matter in a qU8n concentration that will or may cause t injury of any person, property or ani sewage having a pH less than 5.5 or gr or which due to its nature or content than 5.5.or greater than 9.5 during tr through the sewage works; sewage in which suspended solids conte (15) milligrams per litre or sewage co solids which are incapable of passing having openings not larger than one q inch square; sewage that has or may cause an offens without limiting the generality of the $ewage contatntng hydrogen sulphide, c ammonia, trichloroethylene, sulphur di hyde, chlørine, bromine; pyridine, in that an offensive odeur could emanate works or could cause a nuisance; sewage of which the B.O.D. milligrams per litre; ity or e death of or 1; ater than 9.5 ecomes less nsmission t exceed fifteen taining any suspended hrough a screen rter (k) of an ve odour, and foregoing, rbon disulphide, xide, formalde- uch quantity rom the sewage (15 ) sewage would ) parts of sewage to s not wa ter when ater Resources o lour phenolic compounds 0.020 illigrams per litre · total cyanides, expressed as HCN 0.1 illigrams per litre total cadmium, expressed a8 Cd 1.0 illigrams per litre total chromium, expressed as Cr 1.0 illigrams per litre · total copper, expressed as Cu 1.0 illigrams per litre total nickel, expressed as Ni 1.0 illigrams per litre total zinc, expressed as Zn 5.0 i11igrams per litre total iron, expressed as Fe 17.0 illigrams per litre chlorides, as Cl 1500 i11igrams per litre sulphates, as SO~ 1500 i11igrams per litre sewage in which the cóliform count four hundred (2400) per one hundred as determined by Standard Methods radioactive materials except as may be The Atomic Energy Control Act, R.S.C. and amendments thereto and regulations Except as otherwise specifically provided in t tests, measurements, analyses and examinations characteristics or contents shall be carried 0 accordance with Standard Methods. (1) (mJ 4. · eds two thousand 0) millilitres permitted under 952 Chapter 11, thereunder. s by-law all f sewage, its in ',. . . . ~ . . V~ · , . · · -5- 5. The discharge of sewage that would otherwis by this by-law may be permitted to an exten agreement with the municipality under such respect to payment or otherwise as may be n compensate for any additional costs of trea agreement shall be subject to the approv.l Water Resources Commission.) 6. Every person who CQntravenes any provision upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay, a of the convicting magistrate, a penalty (ex not exceeding Three Hundred dollar for each offence. Each day in which any su shall be deemed to be a separate offAnce, S be retÐverable under the provisions of the Act. 7. By-law No. 1857 is hereby repealed. READ a FIRST and SECOND time this Fifth ~d::( 7?t~ be prohibited fixed by onditions with cessary to ment. (Any such f the Ontario f this by-law shall the discretion lusive of costs) ($ 300.00 ) h contravention occurs ch penalties shall ummary Convictions da of September 1969. ~ -'~- .- .... ,r ¡'_ . "- -::-. /"-... - ..... ./ - - - - ~. -. ........ "y ..............' - -:. -~ READ a THIRD time and finally passed this Fift day of September 1969. ~dþ~- """'C er· . - ~ .' ~ -........ -".~ \ .~.:..~'--..... :::- ~ ,.."" ,,/ "../ -... -- ~- -~ -.:.:. - .~ ~. ~- -- . -.. .¡:~~- .;:. -'- /'.- .....-- -.::--