§ 52.01 RESERVED FOR DEFINITIONS.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.02 USER CHARGES.

All users of the TPWA wastewater treatment system shall be charged in accordance with a formula adopted and amended from time to time by TPWA by motion or resolution.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.03 ENFORCEMENT.

The Sewer System Operator, the Town Health Officer, and the Town Building Inspector are vested with full authority to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.04 NOTICE TO MAKE PROPER CONNECTION.

The Sewer System Operator or the Town Building Inspector shall cause to be served on the owner or occupant of any building or establishments with any sewer connections which do not conform to the provisions hereof at the time of the passage of this Ordinance a notice in writing stating that the sanitary sewer connections do not conform to these ordinances and advising that a connection must be made as required giving thirty (30) days’ time in which to make the proper connection. If, after thirty (30) days from the day of the service of the notice the proper connection has not been made, then it will be unlawful and an offense for any person, firm, association, limited liability company, trust or corporation to maintain or use any sanitary sewer connection not conforming to the provisions hereof.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.05 PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE.

No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment, which is a part of the public sanitary sewer main system. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of malicious mischief.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.10 NEW CONNECTIONS TO SANITARY SEWERS.

The connection of the building sewer into the public sanitary sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Town plumbing code and other applicable rules and regulations of the Town and TPWA.

(A) All new sanitary sewer systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality other than ODEQ regulating aerobic systems which are not permitted in the Town, and applicable building and plumbing codes of the Town and the rules and regulations of the TPWA.

(B) No private sewer connection, whether inside or outside the Town limits, shall be made to any sanitary sewer line directly or indirectly connected with the TPWA’s public sanitary sewer main system without receiving approval of the TPWA Sewer System Operator.

(C) All new connections shall be inspected by the TPWA Sewer System Operator or the Town Building Inspector and charged a connection fee payable to TPWA as established by resolution or motion of the TPWA.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.11 SANITARY SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS.

(A) When a public sanitary sewer is available within the Town limits the building sewer shall be connected to the sanitary sewer within sixty (60) days at the expense of the property owner. The Sewer System Operator may reasonably extend the time a building has to connect to the sanitary sewer line extension for construction-related delays.

(B) All users connecting to a sanitary sewer line extension which is funded in part by the TPWA, either by cash expenditure or the furnishing of labor in constructing the extension, shall pay a fee as set by the TPWA for connecting to the sanitary sewer line extension.

(C) Any user desiring a connection to a sanitary sewer line extension in which the fee in Subsection B is due shall either pay the fee before being allowed a connection or shall execute a promissory note in the amount due with interest thereon at the date to be set by the Sewer System Operator, providing for twelve (12) monthly amortized payments, payable to the TPWA, before being allowed to connect to the sanitary sewer line extension. The monthly payments required by the promissory note given by a user shall be billed on the monthly sewer bill sent to the user. Nonpayment of the note payments shall be grounds for terminating utility service to the user.

(D) The fee in Subsection B hereof shall be automatically adjusted annually for inflation.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.12 CONNECTION TO A PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER UPON ANNEXATION.

The property line of any structure annexed into the Town must connect to the public sanitary sewer line within ninety (90) days at the expense of the property owner. The Sewer System Operator may reasonably extend the time a building has to connect to the sanitary sewer line extension for construction-related delays. The Board of Trustees of TPWA may grant an exemption from connection to the public sanitary sewer system for existing structures located in an area annexed by the Town as set forth in Section 52.09 hereof.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.13 CRITERIA FOR SANITARY SEWER LINE EXTENSION CONNECTION EXEMPTIONS.

(A) The Board of Trustees of TPWA may grant an exemption for existing structures to connect to the extension of a sanitary sewer line if the following requirements are met:

(1) The existing private sanitary sewer system is determined to be in good working order;

(2) The existing private sanitary sewer system meets the minimum requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality other than the ODEQ requirements for an aerobic system which are not permitted in the Town; and

(3) Connection to the sanitary sewer line extension would be cost prohibitive.

(B) TPWA may negotiate an exemption for existing structures to connect to the sanitary sewer line extension in exchange for an easement or annexation into the Town if:

(1) The existing private sanitary sewer system is in good working order; and

(2) The existing private sanitary sewer system meets the minimum requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality other than ODEQ requirements for aerobic systems which are not permitted in the Town.

(C) Any existing structure granted an exemption shall be deemed a lawful nonconforming use as governed in the Town Zoning Code. Repairs and routine maintenance may by performed on the private sewer system as long as the following criteria is met:

(1) The cost of such repair or maintenance work does not exceed 50% of the replacement cost of such system or 50% of the estimated cost to connect to the public sanitary sewer lien extension; and

(2) The existing private sanitary sewer system meets the current minimum requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality other than ODEQ requirements for aerobic systems which are not permitted in the Town.

(D) The TPWA Board of Trustees may extend deadlines to connect to sanitary sewer system by motion or resolution.

(E) All other ordinances regulating nonconforming uses shall apply except when in conflict with this Chapter.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.20 CONNECTIONS WITH STORM SEWERS OR NATURAL OUTLET.

It is unlawful to discharge into any storm sewer or natural outlet within the Town or in any other area under the jurisdiction of the Town, any sewage or other polluted waters except, where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with latest state and federal water quality criteria for Oologah Lake.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.21 CERTAIN WASTES, DISCHARGES PROHIBITED IN SANITARY SEWERS.

(A) It is unlawful and an offense for any person to connect or cause to be connected the downspout or conduits draining storm or rain water from the roofs, premises or other places or buildings, or uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water into any of the lateral or main sanitary sewers of the TPWA within the Town limits, or to in any manner conduct or cause to be conducted any uncontaminated cooling or unpolluted process water, storm water, surface or subsurface water or rain water whatsoever into such sanitary sewers.

(B) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sanitary sewer:

(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;

(2) Any waters or wastes containing, toxic or poisonous singly or by interaction with other wastes, or injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving water of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two (2) mg/1 as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer;

(3) Any waters or wastes having PH lower than 6.0 or greater than 10.5 or having any other chemical or corrosive property which are hazardous or capable of causing damage to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works; or

(4) Solids or viscous substances in quantities or of sizes (will not pass through a quarter (1/4) inch screen) capable of causing obstruction to flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, storm sewers, or natural outlets such as, but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, or vegetable oil, tar, plastics, wood, rubber, un-ground garbage, animal grease or oil and by-product, whole blood, paunch manure, hair, meat fleshing, entrails, bones, toe nails, bristles, horns, hooves, chicken feet, or heads, yeast, spent grain, hops, whey, whole or separated mile, paper dishes, cups, milk container, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.

(C) No person may discharge to public sanitary sewers any waste which by itself or by interaction with other wastes may:

(1) Injure or interfere with wastewater treatment processes or facilities;

(2) Constitute a hazard to humans or animals; or

(3) Create a hazard in receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent.

(D) All discharges shall be prohibited except those that meet the criteria for “domestic wastewater”. BOD concentration shall not exceed 250 mg/I.

(E) All industrial discharges are prohibited unless in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements and regulations.

(F) If an industrial user should desire to locate in the Town and make use of the sewer system, an industrial cost recovery system will be initiated in accordance with EPA and state regulations at that time to compensate for his use for the system.

(G) Any new connections from the inflow sources into the sanitary sewer portions of the sewer system shall be prohibited.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.22 GREASE, OIL AND SAND INTERCEPTORS.

Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by the landowner when, in the opinion of the Sewer System Operator or Town Building Inspector, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, and or other harmful ingredients. Such interceptors shall not be required, however, for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Sewer System Operator and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be constructed under the supervision of the Sewer System Operator and the Town Building Inspector and shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)

§ 52.23 SEWAGE BACKFLOW PREVENTION.

Where a new sanitary sewer yard line is installed and is connected to the TPWA public sanitary sewer main system a backflow valve must be installed according to the following standards:

(A) All bearing parts of the backwater valves shall be of corrosion-resistant material;

(B) All backwater valves shall comply with ASME Al 12.14.1, CSA B181.1, or CSA B181.2;

(C) Backwater valves shall be so constructed as to provide a mechanical seal against backflow;

(D) Backwater valves, when fully opened, shall have a capacity not less than that of the pipes in which they are installed; and

(E) Location of the backwater valves shall be installed so that access is provided to the working parts for service and repair and no less than twenty-four (24) inches back on the private line from the TPWA.

All other rules and regulations shall apply.

(Ord. 2024-01, passed 5-14-2024)