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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 01 COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO, 1 AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE USE OF THE SEWERAGE WORKS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11; PROVIDING RULES AND • REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF SEWAGE FROM THE SANITATION DISTRICTS SO ENUMERATED; THE METERING OF SAME; THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SEWAGE ADMISSABLE; AND PROVIDING FOR RATES, SURCHARGES, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No, 5 of Orange County, California does ordain as follows : ARTICLE I, DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Ordinance, certain words and terms are defined as follows: 1. B.O.D. "B.O.D. " (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean—EFe—quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 200 C. , expressed in parts per million by weight. 2. Dissolved Sulphides , "Dissolved Sulphides" shall mean sulphides n solu on as con Tasted to total sulphides, 3. District. "District" shall mean any one of County Sanitation i�its Nos, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11 of Orange County, California. 4. The Districts. The term "The Districts" shall mean all County an tation istricts numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11. Where the term is used to indicate only certain districts or combinations of districts, those districts shall be identified by number. 5. Garbage. "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce. 6. Industrial Wastes. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the wastes from dustrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. 7. Joint Construction and Operation Agreement. "Joint Construction and Opera ion AgreemenE" a ali—F 1 mean t�iat agreement dated December 12, 1951, and entered into by County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11. 8. Joint Works. "Joint Works" shall mean the combination of all trea men acilities of Sewage Treatment Plant No. 1 and Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2, as defined herein, including all arrangements of devices and all sanitary sewers or other sewerage . works jointly owned by two or more of the Districts and structures used for treating sewage; the Land and Marine Sections of the Ocean Outfall as completed in 1954; and all other facilities as purchased under the Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated February 28, 1951, entered into by County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11 and the Orange County Joint Outfall Sewer. -1- 9. PH. "pH' shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weig5E of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. 10. Properly Shredded Garbage. "Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes remration, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally pre- vailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch • in any dimension. 11. Sanitary Sewer. !'Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit or cam rrying sewage, including appurtenances thereto, 12. Sewage. "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water- carried was e�om residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present through infiltration. 13. Sewage Treatment Plant. "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrangement and structures used for treating and disposing of sewage. 14. Sewage Treatment Plant No. 1, "Sewage Treatment Plant No, 1" shall mean the sewage treatment plant which is located in an area southwesterly from the intersection of Ellis Avenue and Verano Street. 15. Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2. "Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2" shall mean the sewage treatment plant located near and west of the mouth of the Santa Ana River, approximately 1/2 mile northerly from U. S. Coast Highway 101 (Alternate) . 16. Sewerage Works. "Sewerage Works" shall mean all facilities and ap�nanaes for the collection, transportation, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage. 17. Suspended Solids. "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that e- e� o—a£on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering. 18. User. "User" shall mean any District from which sewage is discharged into the Joint works. ARTICLE II AUTHORIZATION UNDER JOINT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION AGREEMENT It is the intent of this ordinance to set forth the things called for in the Joint Construction and Operation Agreement and specifically that section of said Agreement which states . . . . . . . . "Those County Sanitation Districts having within their boun- daries sewage collection systems and discharging sewage into the sewage treatment plant and disposal works in or on any section or part of the 'Joint Sewerage System' shall bear and pay the pro- portionate share of such maintenance and operation costs as the sewage and effluent arising in each said District bears to the total volume of such sewage of all of such County Sanitation • Districts, provided that the strength of such sewage or effluent does not exceed that of normal domestic sewage. If it does so exceedsuch strength, a proportionate increase in cost based on the strength of sewage or effluent may be made. Such rate of increase shall be uniform for all County Sanitation Districts, and the rate and basis of increase to be determined by the Joint actions of all Boards of Directors. -2- a , "To effectuate a fair and equitable distribution of the costs of maintenance and oneration of the 'Joint Sewerage System' or parts thereof, meters shall be placed on the sewer mains emptying into the sewage disposal works, which meters shall measure the discharge of sewage or effluent into said sewage disposal works, and shall be considered control meters . Where more than one County Sanitation District discharges sewage or effluent into a sewer main owned by a County Sanitation District or County Sani- tation Districts, at a point or points or, such sewer main above its coint of discharge into said sewage disposal works , such County Sanitation District or Districts shall cause meters to be installed on such branch sewer lines, which meters shall determine the flow of sewage or effluent into such sewer mains Jointly used. Such meters shall be read either weekly or monthly, or more frequently, if advisable, and the readings shall be reported to the Joint administrative office. Where the sum total of such reading for the meters on such branch mains differs from the readings of the control meter, such readings shall be increased or diminished proportionatel,• to conform to the readings of the control meters. Under direction of the Chief Engineer or the General Manager, the strength of any and all sewage may be deter- mined as often as may be necessary by employees of the Joint administrative organization. . . . . . . .. ARTICLE III. METERING AND TESTING In general, sewage will be metered from each District on the trunk sewer or sewers at or near the point where the sewer leaves the District boundaries, so that all sewage originating in the District will be metered. In cases where trunk sewers are Jointly owned, meters will be installed to make a determination of sewage contributed by each District before entering Joint lines . Sewage entering either of the two treatment plants will be metered so that sewage received from any District at these points shall be accurately metered and so that total flows of sewage to the re- spective plants can be recorded either directly or by the aggregate meter readings of flow entering the plant. At each of the metering points, provisions will be made for convenient sampling of the sewage. All meters shall be sized and shall be of an approved type to accurately measure sewage flows. All metering installations shall meet the approval of the management of the Joint works and said meters may be changed or redesigned from time to time as to capacity so that all meter installations will most accurately record the sewage flow. Meter installations .shall be provided and paid for by the individual District. Where Joint sewers are involved, each District shall pay the proportionate share of the cost of installation in accordance with the uercentage of capacity rights they have in the trunk sewer being metered. ARTICLE IV. USE OF THE DISTRICTS ' SEWERAGE WORKS 1. No District shall discharge or cause to be discharged any sewage, waters, vapors or industrial wastes that has any one of the following characteristics : • -3- a. Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas, b. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works. • c. Any sewage or industrial wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance In sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, d. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. 2. A District may discharge sewage and industrial wastes into the Joint works providing the characteristics of said sewage or industrial wastes do not exceed the limitations as indicated below: a. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 850. b. Any sewage or industrial wastes which may contain more than 200 carts per million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease. c . Any properly shredded garbage, providing no particle is greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension. d. Any sewage containing over 0.5 parts per million of dissolved sulphides . e. Any sewage or industrial wastes having a pH lower than 6.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works . f. Any sewage or industrial wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials in trunk sewers or at the sewage treat- ment plant. ARTICLE V. ADMINISTRATION The management of the Joint works shall take samples, make tests, and make such laboratory determinations and at such inter- vals as is deemed necessary to properly carry out the provisions of Article IV, In general, all tests will be predicated upon 24 hour averages except where the management of the Joint works determines that tests at longer intervals are sufficiently deter- minate, but in no case less than once a month. The management shall report to each District, on or near the first of each calendar month, the results of said tests as relates to all of the Districts, and more frequently if deemed necessary. -4- ARTICLE VI. RATES, SURCHARGES AND PENALTIES 1. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance: a. Rates shall be established to pay for the cost of maintaining and operating the sewerage works on the basis of normal domestic sewage. • b. Surcharges shall be established to provide for payments of additional amounts of money necessary to cover the costs of maintenance and operation caused by sewage and Industrial waste having a strength or other character- istics harmful to the joint works and operation and mainten- ance of the sewerage works that normal domestic sewage does not have. c. Penalties shall be established for the purpose of requiring all users of the joint works to :,omply with the requirements of Article IV. In this connection it is the intent of this Ordinance to penalize any user to whatever extent necessary to require compliance with Article IV or in the event of continued non-compliance to provide suf- ficient funds through such Penalties to pre-treat such sewage and industrial wastes before the sewage and industrial wastes enter the joint works in order to require compliance with the requirements of Article IV. It is the further intent of this Ordinance that no user shall be penalized ..here its sewage and industrial wastes are discharged into a trunk sewer used by other users if its sewage and industrial wastes, though failing to meet the requirements of Article IV, at the point of discharge into such jointly used trunk, do not cause the commingled sewage and industrial waste in such trunk sewer to have characteristics prohibited in Article IV. Determination of such commingled sewage and industrial waste shall be made at the nearest manhole after such junction. 2. The rates, surcharges and penalties provided in Section 1 of this Article shall be established by Resolution which will become binding and effective on all of the Districts when such resolution is passed by the directors of any five of the seven Districts . ARTICLE VII. ENFORCEMENT. The provisions of this Ordinance may be enforced by civil action at law and by injunction. In this connection this Ordinance shall be construed as a contract between each County Sanitation District of Orange County, California adopting the provisions of this Ordinance. • -5- ARTICLE VIII. VALIDITY. If any article, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or the application of any thereof to any person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any other provision or application; and to this end the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. Five . of Orange County, California hereby declares that the provis ons of this Ordinance and each and every article, section, subsection, sentence clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other articles, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases, or the application of any thereof to any person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be declared invalid, ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall sign this Ordinance and the Secretary of the Districts shall attest thereto and certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be Dublished once in the Newport-Balboa Press , a weekl newspaper of genera circulation, pr n e , pu sic an c rcu ated in County Sanitation District No. Five of Orange County, California, within fifteen ( 15) days after the date of the passage of this Ordinance by said Board of Directors, and said Ordinance shall take effect thirty ( 30) days after its adoption by the Board of Directors of said County Sanitation District. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. Five of Orange County California at a regular meeting held on the Oth day of February 1954. Za ��rman r c ors ATTEST: ecretary of the board of Directors -6- STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ss COUNTY OF ORANGE ) I, ORA MAE MERRITT, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. S of Orange County, California, • do hereby certify the foregoing Ordinance No. 1 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board of Directors, held on the loth day of February, 1954, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Directors Willis H. Warner and Braden Finch NOES: Directors None ABSENT: Directors Norman H. Miller IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of County Sanitation District No. 5 of Orange County, California, this loth day of February ) , 1954. C/may �/irae. �1 secretary, board o Directors County Sanitation District No. 5 Orange County, California v • -7-