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## THE CORPORATION OF THE UNITED TOWNSHIPS OF DYSART, DUDLEY, HARCOURT, GUILFORD, HARBURN, BRUTON, HAVELOCK, EYRE AND CLYDE
## BY-LAW NO. 2014-52
## BEING A BY-LAW TO GOVERN, REGULATE, AND CONTROL THE DISCHARGE INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS OF THE MUNICIAPLITY OF DYSART ET AL
WHEREAS, the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 8, provides that nurposat xer the spacity, ty nether and privileges of a natural person for the
AND WHEREAS, the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 9, provides that
AND WHEREAS Section 11, of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 permits a lower tier municipality to pass By-laws respecting: public assets of the municipality, the economic social and environmental well being of the municipality and the health and safety, and the well being of persons;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001, Section 87, the Municipality of Dysart et al may enter on land, at reasonable times, to inspect the discharge of any matter into the sewage system and may conduct tests and take samples;
AND WHEREAS the Council is authorized by Section 78 to 93 of the Municipal Act, 2001 as amended, to pass By-laws for services that the municipality considers necessary or desirable for the public which includes public utility services.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Dysart et al hereby enacts as follows:
## 1.0 DEFINITIONS
- 1.1 In this By-law unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
- 1.2 Biosolids means stabilized municipal sewage sludge as recovered from the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
- 1.3 Building Sewer means that part of a drainage system outside a building commencing at a point 0.9 meters from the outer face of the wall of the building and connecting the building drain to the municipal sewer or place of disposal of sewage.
- Chief Building Official (CBO) / Municipal Law Enforcement Office pointed by by Law of the uncipality o Dysaral Law Enforcement Ofice
- 1.5 irector of Public Work (DPW) means the Director of Public Worl mployed by the Municipality of Dysart et
- 1.6 Garbage means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce
- 1.7 Hauled Sewage means wastewater removed from a wastewater system. Septic tank system or cesspool, a privy fault or privy pit, a chemical toilet, a portable toilet or a sewage holding tank that is transported to a sewage works for disposal.
- unicipal Sewer means a sewer for the collection and transmission ( ewage which is owned by the Municipality of Dysart et a
- 1.9 Person means any individual, firm, partnership or other corporation.
- 1.10 Sewage means any one or combination of, sanitary sewage or non-domestic or water borne wastes from residences, businesses, institutions or industries.
- 1.12 Wastewater Treatment Plant or WWTP means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
## 2.0 ADMINISTRATION & ENFORCEMENT
- 2.1 The Director of Public Works (DPW) shall be responsible for the administration of this by-law.
- 2.2 The Chief Building Official (CBO) / Municipal Law Enforcement Officer or any person authorized by the Chief Building Official shall be responsible for enforcement of this by-law.
- 2.3 The Municipality may enter on land, at reasonable times, to inspect the discharge of any matter into the municipal sewer or into any other sewage system the contents of which ultimately empty into the municipal sewer ano may conduct tests and take samples for this purpose.
- 2.4 Where wastewater that is hazardous or creates an immediate danger to any person; endangers or interferes with the operation of the sewage works the
- 2.5 Any person who contravenes this by-law is guilty of an offence and upo onviction is liable to a fine in accordance with the Provincial Offences Ac
## 3.0 BUILDING SEWERS & CONNECTIONS
- 3.2 Where existing residential, industrial, commercial, institutional building or ar acility provided with sanitary facilities within the Municipality abutting a stree
- No person shall connect to the municipal sewer except in accordance with the following:
- (a) All fees and charges imposed by Council must be paid prior to the issuance of a Building Permit.
- (b) The Property Owner shall obtain a Building (Plumbing) Permit prior to the commencement of construction and all construction shall be it accordance with the Ontario Building Code
- (c) ll building sewers shall be a minimum of 6 feet below grade ( rotected from frost if this is not possibl
- (d) An inspection T or manhole shall be installed in the building sewer o he owners property as close as possible to the property line
- (e) A cleanout and a backwater preventer shall be installed as near as ractical to the inner face of the wall through which the drain passes
- The owner is responsible for maintaining the building sewer from the municipal sewer into the building.
- (g) If a pumping chamber is required, the chamber shall be equipped with a visual and audible alarm located in the building.
## 4.0 SANITARY SEWER REQUIREMENTS
- 4.1 Every person operating a restaurant or other industrial, commercial or institutional building where food is cooked or prepared shall install ar interceptor for oil and grease.
- 4.2 Every person operating a motor vehicle service station, mechanical repair shop or any establishment where motor vehicles are repaired shall install ar interceptor for oil and grease.
- 4.3 mons when ant be made ran on e
- interceptor or other appurtenances as approved by the Municipality.
## 5.0 USE OF SANITARY SEWERS
No person shall directly or indirectly discharge any matter into the sewage system
- Sewage Volumes or matter whose daily discharge exceeds 20% of th annual average daily flow or loadings to the sewage work
- 5.2 Sewage containing Pesticides.
- 5.3 Sewage containing dyes or colouring materials which pass through th ewage plant and discolour the effluen
- 5.4 Sewage in excess of 65 degrees Celsius.
- 5.5 Forgoing, ga orine, naive let or art her souvening the generality of the
- 5.6 ny quantity of matter capable of obstructing the flow in or interfering with t oper operation of any part of the sewage wor
- 5.7 Sewage containing pathological waste.
- ewage having a pH less than 5.5 or greater than 10, or which due to i ature or content, becomes less than 5.5 or greater than 11
- Sewage containing animal waste, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, intestines, stomach casings, intestinal contents, hides, hooves
bones, fur or feathers in a quantity sufficient to interfere with the proper operation of the sewage works.
- 5.11 Any garbage or any food waste which has not been properly shredded so tha Il particles will be carried freely under normal flow condition
- 5.12 Waste radioactive prescribed substances.
- 5.13 PCB waste
- 5.14 froma watercourser from drainage of roofs or building foundations or land or
- 5.15 Sewage which consists of two or more separate liquid layers
- 5.16 Sewage containing any of the following matter in excess of the concentratior dicated in Table 1 attached as Schedule "P
- S.O. 2002 c. 4 or any successor guidelines or regulations).
- 5.18 Regardless of any limitations set forth in this by-law, any volume or quantity of matter which may cause the receiving Wastewater Treatment Plant to exceed the limits within its current Certificate of Approvals as issued by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment or by any other regulatory body.
## 6.0 HAULED SEWAGE
- 6.1 Only hauled sewage from holding tanks or privies will be accepted at the sewage works at the discretion of the DPW. Hauled sewage from septic tanks will not be accepted.
- The DPW may refuse to accept any hauled sewage at the sewage works if the sewage works does not at the time have the capacity to treat the sewage
- 6.3 Only sewage that originated within the boundaries of Municipality of Dysart e al will be accepted.
- 7.0 That this By-law shall come into force and effect as of June 1, 2014.
- 8.0 That By-law No. 1996-48, as amended, shall be and is hereby repealed.
READ a first, second and third time, signed and the Corporate Seal attached hereto, this 27" day of May, 2014.
REEVE: Murray Fearrey
CLERK: Cheryl Coulson
## SCHEDULE "A" TO BY-LAW NO. 2014-52 OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF DYSART ET AL
TABLE 1 - LIMITS FOR SANITARY AND COMBINED SEWERS
| Parameter | Limit (mg/L) |
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Aluminum, Total | 50 |
| Antimony, Total | |
| Arsenic. Total | |
| Barium, Total | |
| Benzene | 0.01 |
| Biochemical Oxygen Demand | 300 |
| Cadmium, Total | 0.7 |
| Chloride | 3000 |
| Chloroform | 0.04 |
| Chromium, Total | 5 |
| Cobalt, Total | 5 |
| Copper, Total | |
| Cyanide, Total | 1 |
| 1,4-dichlorobenzene | |
| Ethylbenzene | |
| Fat, Oil and Grease (Animal, Vegatable) | |
| Fluoride | |
| Iron, Total | |
| Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Total | |
| Lead, Total | |
| Mercury, Total | |
| Methylene Chloride | |
| Molybdenum, Total | 5 |
| Nickel, Total | |
| o-Xylene | 0.52 |
| Phenolics (4AAP) | 1 |
| Phosphorus, Total | 10 |
| Selenium. Total | |
| Silver, Total | 5 |
| Solvent Extractables - animal or vegetable in origin | 100 |
| Solvent Extractables - mineral or synthetic in origin | 15 |
| Sulphate | 1500 |
| Sulphides, Total | 1 |
| Suspended Solids, Total | 350 |
| 1,1,2,2 - Tetrachloroethane | 0.04 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 0.05 |
| Tin, Total | 5 |
| Toluene | 0.27 |
| Trichloroethylene | 0.07 |
| Zinc, Total | 5 |