CH11 - PUBLIC UTILITIES

CH11 11 .1 - Municipal Gas Works

(a) The following rates and charges are established for the use of and the service rendered by the Town gas distribution and services system:

Base Rates

General Rate

All Services including space heating                   Rates

First 0.5    MCF                                                         $15.4635

Next 4.5    MCF                                                             7.5961

Next 5.0    MCF                                                             6.8647

Over 10. 0 MCF                                                             6.4824

Minimum monthly billing will be $4.65 up to 0.3 MCF, and the rate adjustment for the above rates shall be on the basis of a rate tracking factor, occasioned solely by changes in cost of purchased gas and accomplished quarterly.

(Ord. 2-1997, passed 4/15/97)(Ord. 3-1997, passed 4/15/97)(Ord. 5-1998, passed 6/18/98), Ord. No. 9-2000, passed 7/20/00

Gas Tap Fee                         $495.00  (approved by Public Service Commission)

   (Ord. No. 6-1995; passed 7/18/95)

1. All bills shall be due and payable within 17 days of the date of mailing. Bills unpaid eighteen days following beginning of collection period shall include a collection charge of 10% on the first $3.00 of unpaid billing and 3% on the balance of unpaid billing in excess of $3.00.
2. Written disconnection notice will allow 14 days, from the date of mailing, for disconnection of services. The reconnection charge is increased to $20.00 per utility service upon the payment in full of the delinquent bill.  The town will continue the practice of entering into separate agreements with customers of the Lapel Municipal Gas System, Water System, and Sewage System for repayment of delinquent bills in an attempt to avoid the disconnection of such services.  Resolution 1-1992, passed 5/19/92)
   1. It will be the policy of the Town of Lapel to assess a $20.00 service charge, to utility customers, who present payment by check and that check is returned due to non-sufficient funds (NSF) or such check is presented on a closed account.  Notification of assessment, by the town, of the $20.00 service charge, will be submitted in writing and due and payable in 30 days upon written notification to the customer. (Resolution 3-1994, passed 3/15/94)
   2. Disconnection
      1. If property is a rental property, notify the property owner of impending disconnection to verify whether the utilities are to be left on in the owners name or disconnected.
      2. If property has been sold, verify when new owner will be in to make meter deposits.  If no deposits are received, the utilities will be disconnected until the new owner makes meter deposits.
      3. If rental property and property owner requests utilities be left on in property owner's name, the new tenant will not be billed until all meter deposits have been paid.  If no deposits are received, utility bills will remain in the property owner's name. (Resolution 10-1997, passed 8-19-97)
   3. Seasonal shut off/reconnect fee for gas is $20.00 (Ord. 6-1998, passed 6/18/98)
3. When deemed necessary by the Board, all grain elevators and private individual using natural gas to dry grain, all business establishments, churches, post offices, libraries, schools and other public buildings shall be notified by certified mail and all other natural gas consumers notified by publication in two (2) local newspapers of the following natural gas curtailments:
   1. All outside natural gas lights shall be turned off.
   2. Thermostats for room heating shall be set no higher than Sixty-Eight degrees Fahrenheit (68F).
   3. All portable natural gas space heaters that are used in conjunction with a furnace or stationary large space heater shall be disconnected.
   4. All business establishments, churches, post offices, libraries, schools, and other public buildings shall reduce thermostat settings to no higher than Fifty Five degrees Fahrenheit (55F) after business hours or when building is not occupied. 
   5. Use of natural gas by any grain elevator or private individual to dry grain shall be curtailed upon twenty-four (24) hour notice by telephone or letter from the Town Gas Company Superintendent.
   6. Customers shall close off all unused portions of buildings and homes to conserve the natural gas supply.
4. No person or persons other than authorized personnel employed by the town shall disconnect, connect, alter, regulate, adjust, or tamper with, any water, gas or sewage utility line or service line, meter, or facility used for the distribution of water, gas and sewage by the Town.
5. No interruption, adjustment or alteration of such utility service lines as defined in (c) shall be permitted other than as authorized in this section except in the case of emergency, and for the immediate protection and safety and wellbeing of persons or property in imminent peril.  The Clerk-Treasurer shall be notified immediately in the case of emergency and of any resulting interruption, connection or disconnection of utility lines and services.
6. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined an amount of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

('82 Code, Ord. No. 9-1982, passed 12/22/82) (Res. No. 1-1992, passed 5/19/92)

                                                              Codifer's note:

                                        ORDINANCE NO. -1996 PROVIDED:

 BE IT ORDAINED by the Town of Lapel, Madison County Indiana:

Pursuant to Indiana Code 8-1.5-3-9.1, the Town of Lapel of Madison County, Indiana, hereby removes the regulation of its municipal supplied utilities from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

That all notice provisions of Indiana Code 8-1.5-3-9.1 have been fulfilled and this ordinance shall take effect 60 days after this date of adoption unless a petition is received, pursuant to Indiana Code 8-1.5-3-9.1(d). 

                                       ORDINANCE NO. 3-1982 PROVIDED:

"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RATES AND CHARGES FOR THE  USE OF AND SERVICES RENDERED BY THE MUNICIPAL GAS

SYSTEM        . . .

WHEREAS, the Board . . . has considered and investigated the financial  condition of the . . . Utility and 

WHEREAS, the Board now finds that the existing rates and charges for the use of and services rendered by the Utility are too low and insufficient to enable the Town to produce revenues sufficient to properly operate the Utility and maintain the Utility in a sound physical and financial condition to render adequate and efficient service; that increased revenues will improve the services rendered by the Utility and make the same of greater value to the Town and its inhabitants; and that the existing rates and charges should be increased; and,

WHEREAS, the Board now determines that the rates and charges for the use of and services rendered by the utility should be sufficient to include a reasonable return on the Utility plant and should include an amount sufficient to compensate the Town for taxes which would be due and collected by the Town if the Utility property were privately owned; now therefore, ***"

                                                                        ***

                                       ORDINANCE NO. 6-1975 PROVIDED:

"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CURTAILMENT REGULATIONS TO CONSUMERS

OF NATURAL GAS PURCHASED FROM THE . . . MUNICIPAL GAS COMPANY. 

WHEREAS, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, has notified the Lapel Municipal Gas Company of natural gas curtailment for the future and, 

WHEREAS, penalties for use of gas in excess of these curtailments would create a hardship for the Lapel Municipal Gas Company, ***"

CH11 11 .2 - Inspections

The Town, through its employees and agents, shall be given authority to conduct inspections for code violations, fire code compliance, and zoning ordinance compliances of non-residential business properties.  Such inspection shall be conducted upon application for utility services by non-residential business properties and prior to such utility connections.

CH11 11 .3 - Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund

1. The Board hereby creates the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund.
2. All distributions received from the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund of the Indiana Cigarette Tax Fund shall be deposited in the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund.
3. An ad valorem property tax levy will be imposed and the revenues from the levy will be retained in the Town of Lapel Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund.
4. The maximum rate of levy under (c) will not exceed $.10 per $100 of Assessed Valuation.
5. The Town of Lapel Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund is reestablished until 2004.
6. The funds accumulated in the Town of Lapel Cumulative Capital Improvement could be used for purposes disclosed in Indiana Code 36-9-16-2 and Indiana Code 36-9-16-3
7. Funds accumulated in the Town of Lapel Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund may be spent for purposes other than the purposes stated in Section (f) if the purpose is to protect the public health, welfare or safety in an emergency situation which demands immediate action. Money may be spent under the authority of this section only after the Lapel Town Council issues a declaration that the public health, welfare or safety is in immediate danger that requires the expenditure of money in the fund.  
8. This re-establishment takes effect upon approval of the State Board of Tax Commissioners.
9. No disbursements shall be made from the Fund for the salaries of any employees or public officials except for expenses directly chargeable to the improvements listed in (f).

CH11 11 .4 - Municipal Sewage Works

The Board of Trustees of the Town of Lapel, Indiana enters into a contract with the Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc. for electric energy for power and light for operating a municipal WATER PUMPING AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL system.  (Ord 4 1984, passed 7/25/84)

                                                              Codifer's note:

                                      ORDINANCE NO. 22-1978 PROVIDED:

"An ordinance establishing a schedule of rates and charges to

be collected by the Town of Lapel from the owners of property served by the sewage works of said Town and other matters connected therewith.

WHEREAS, the Board . . . has heretofore approved plans, specifications and estimates and determined to establish, construct, equip, own, operate and maintain the sewage works provided for therein, and a sewage treatment plant under and pursuant to Chapter 284 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana for the year 1967,  [IND. CODE36-9-22-2] and all acts supplemental thereto, and

WHEREAS, the Town is the recipient of a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Indiana; and

WHEREAS, the Town will sell revenue bonds to fund that portion of the cost of the sewage works not covered by grants; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a schedule of rates and charges to produce sufficient revenue to pay expenses of maintenance and operation to pay the principal and interest on outstanding revenue bonds, and to provide funds for necessary replacements and improvements to the sewage works, all in a manner in accordance with guidelines of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; now therefore

      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LAPEL, INDIANA:

***"

ORDINANCE NO. 5-1978 PROVIDED:

"An ordinance providing for the establishment of an industrial cost recovery system, to recover from industrial users of the sewage treatment plant that portion of the federal grant, allocable to industrial users, for the construction of the  Lapel Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant.   

WHEREAS, the Town . . . has received a federal grant for the construction of waste treatment facilities which is identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as Project Number C-180556; and

WHEREAS, in order to comply with special grant conditions under Public Law 92-500, [33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.] which requires the Town to recover from industrial users of the waste treatment facilities, that portion of the grant amount allocable to the treatment of industrial wastes; and

WHEREAS, the Town must establish a system of industrial cost recovery based upon federal guidelines; now therefore,

     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LAPEL, INDIANA:

***"

1. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this section shall be as follows:
   
   1. "Amounts for reconstruction and expansion" shall mean those amounts which represent a minimum of Eighty percent (80%) of the amount retained by the Town, together with interest earned thereon  These amounts shall be used solely for reconstruction and expansion of waste treatment facilities which must be approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  The remaining Twenty percent (20%) of retained amounts may be used at the discretion of the Town.
   2. "Biochemical oxygen demand" (BOD) shall mean the quantity of oxygen expressed in mg/1, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20 C).
   3. "Building drain" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning three (3) feet outside the building wall. 
   4. "Building drain - sanitary" -- A building drain which conveys sanitary or industrial sewage only.
   5. "Building drain - storm " -- A building drain which conveys storm water or other clearwater drainage, but no wastewater.
   6. "Building sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, and is identical to a house connection.
   7. "Building sewer - sanitary" -- A building sewer which conveys sanitary or industrial sewage only.
   8. "Building sewer - storm" -- A building sewer which conveys stormwater or other clearwater drainage, but no sanitary or industrial sewage.
   9. "Collector sewer" shall mean a sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from individual point source discharges.
   10. "Combined sewage" shall mean wastes including sanitary sewage, industrial sewage, stormwater, infiltration and inflow carried to the water system facilities by a combined sewer.
   11. "Combined sewer" shall mean a sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
   12. "Commercial User" shall mean any establishment listed in the Office of Management Budget's Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972 edition, as amended.
   13. "Compatible pollutant" shall mean biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, ph, and decal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES Permit if the treatment works was designed to treat such pollutants, and in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.  The term substantial degree is not subject to precise definition, but generally contemplates removals in the order of eighty (80) percent or greater.  Minor incidental removals in the order of ten (10) to thirty (30) percent are not considered substantial.  Examples of the additional pollutants which may be considered compatible include:
       1. chemical oxygen demand,
       2. total organic carbon,
       3. phosphorus and phosphorus compounds,
       4. nitrogen and nitrogen compounds, and
       5. fats, oils, and greases of animal or vegetable origin, except as prohibited where these materials would interfere with the operation of the treatment works.
   14. "Debt service costs" shall mean the average annual principal and interest payments on all outstanding revenue bonds or other long-term capital debt.
   15. "Easement" shall mean an acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
   16. "Excessive strength surcharges" shall mean an additional charge which is billed to users for treating sewage wastes with an average strength in excess of "normal domestic sewage".
   17. "Fecal coliform" shall mean any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals,  whose presence in sanitary sewer is an indicator of pollution.
   18. "Federal grant amounts" shall mean that portion of the total construction costs for Project Number c-180556 which was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
   19. "Floatable oil" shall mean oil, fat, or grease in a physical state, such that will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a pretreatment facility approved by the Town.
   20. "Force main" shall mean a pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
   21. "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
   22. "Governmental Use" shall mean any Federal, State, or local governmental user of the waste water treatment works.
   23. "Incompatible pollutant" shall mean any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including non-biodegradable dissolved solids.
   24. "Industrial Classification Manual" (1972 Edition) involved in a commercial enterprise, business or service which, based on a determination by the Town, discharges primary segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
   25. "Industrial sewage" shall mean a combination of liquid and water carried wastes, discharged from any industrial establishment, and resulting from any trade or process carried on in that establishment.  This shall include the wastes from pretreatment facilities and polluted cooling water.
   26. "Industrial user" shall mean 
       1. any non-governmental, non-residential user of the Town's sewage works which discharges more than the equivalent of Twenty Five Thousand (25,000) gallons per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes and which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972.
          • Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under on of the following divisions:
            
            • Division A - Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
            • Division B - Mining
            • Division D - Manufacturing
            • Division E - Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary
            • Division I - Services
          • The Town will exclude domestic wastes or discharges from sanitary conveniences in determining the amount of a user's discharge for purposes of industrial cost recovery.
          • After applying the sanitary waste exclusion above, discharge in the above divisions that have a volume exceeding Twenty Five Thousand (25,000) gpd or the weight of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) or suspended solids (S.S) equivalent to that weight found in Twenty Five Thousand (25,000) gpd of sanitary waste are considered industrial users.  Sanitary waste shall have the same meaning as normal domestic waste defined in (40) of this subsection.
       2. Any non-governmental user of the Town's sewage works which discharges waste-water to the treatment works which contains toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal systems, or to injure or interfere with any sewage or treatment process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.
   27. "Industrial wastes" shall mean the wastewater discharges from industrial, trade or business processes as distinct from employee wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
   28. "Infiltration" shall mean the water entering a sewer system, including building drains and sewers, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls.  Infiltration does not include and is distinguished from inflow.
   29. "Infiltration/Inflow" shall mean the total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow without distinguishing the source.
   30. "Inflow" shall mean the water discharge into a sewer system, including building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, unpolluted cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers, and combined sewers, catch basins, storm waters, surface run-off, street wash waters or drainage.  Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
   31. "Inspector" shall mean the person or persons duly authorized by the Board to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
   32. "Institutional User" shall mean any establishment listed in the "SICM" involved in a social, charitable, religious, and/or educational function which, based on a determination by the Town, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes from sanitary conveniences.
   33. "Interceptor sewer" shall mean a sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collector sewers to a treatment facility.
   34. "Major contributing industry" shall mean an industry that:
       1. has a flow of Fifty Thousand (50,000) gallons or more per average work day;
       2. has a flow greater than five (5%) percent of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
       3. has in its waste a toxic pollutants in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq., as amended;
       4. has a significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on a treatment works or on the quality of effluent from that treatment works.
   35. "Natural outlet" shall mean any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
   36. "Non-industrial users" shall mean any user of the Town's sewage works not included in the definition of Industrial User.
   37. "Normal domestic sewage" for the purpose of determining surcharges shall mean wastewater or sewage having an average daily concentration as follows:
       • BOD not more than 160 mg/1
       • S.S. not more than 186 mg/1
       • As defined by origin, wastewaters from segregated domestic and/or sanitary conveniences as distinct from wastes from industrial processes.
   38. "Normal domestic wastes" shall mean wastes which do not exceed 160 milligrams per liter of fluid, or a suspended solid strength in excess of 186 milligrams per liter of fluid.
   39. "NPDES Permit" shall mean a permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1251, seq., as amended.
   40. "Operation and maintenance costs" include all costs, direct and indirect, necessary to provide adequate wastewater collection, transport and treatment on a continuing basis and produce discharges to receiving waters that conform with all related Federal, State and local requirements.  These costs include replacement.
   41. "other service charges" shall mean tap charges, connection charges, area charges, and other identifiable charges, other than User Charges, debt service charges and excessive strength surcharges.
   42. "Payment to U.S. Treasury" shall mean that portion of the recovered amounts that must be returned to the United States Treasury on an annual basis.  The annual payments to the United States Treasury shall amount to Fifty (50) percent of the annual recovered amounts, together with interest earned  thereon.
   43. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group discharging any wastewater to WWTW.
   44. "pH" shall mean the reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration.  The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter of solution.
   45. "Pretreatment" shall mean the treatment of industrial sewage from privately owned industrial sources prior to introduction into a public treatment works.
   46. "Private sewer" shall mean a sewer which is not owned by a public authority.
   47. "Project Number C-180556" is defined as a separate and distinct construction project for construction of the Town Municipal Sewage Works which was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of 33 U.S.C. 1251, et.seq., as amended.  This project does not include past or future construction, equipment or other services not included under the specific project number and the approved plans, specifications and approved change orders for the project which are available for inspection in the Town Hall, and are incorporated herein by reference.
   48. "Properly shredded garbage" shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such as degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (2) inch in any dimension.
   49. "Public sewer" shall mean a sewer which is owned and controlled by the public authority consisting of a collector sewer, interceptor sewer, force main and pumping station.
   50. "Pumping station" shall mean a station positioned in the public sewer system at which wastewater is pumped to a higher level.
   51. "Recovered amounts" shall mean the annual payments from industrial users for their share of the federal grant allocable to the cost of treating industrial waste, which is determined by dividing the amount of the total federal grant, allocable to the treatment of industrial waste, by the recovery period.
   52. "Recovery period" shall mean the industrial cost recovery period, which is hereby defined as a period of thirty (30) years.
   53. "Replacement costs" shall mean the expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
   54. "Residential User" shall mean a user of the treatment works whose premises or building is used primarily as a residence for one or more persons, including all dwelling units, etc.
   55. "Retained amount" shall mean that portion of the recovered amounts retained by the Town.  The retained amounts shall be equal to Fifty percent (50%) of the recovered amounts, together with interest earned thereon. 
   56. "Sanitary sewage" shall mean the combination of liquid and water carried wastes discharged from toilet and other sanitary plumbing facilities.
   57. "Sanitary sewer" shall man a sewer which carries sanitary and industrial wastes, and to which storm, surface, and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
   58. "Segregated domestic wastes" shall mean wastes from non-residential sources, resulting form normal domestic activities and measurable and set apart from industrial trade or process discharges.
   59. "Sewage" shall mean the combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, including polluted cooling water, sanitary sewage, industrial sewage, and combined sewage.
   60. "Sewage works" shall mean the structures, equipment and processes to collect, transport and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent and accumulated residual solids.
   61. "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. 
   62. "Slug" shall mean any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than ten (10) minutes more than three (3) times the average twenty-four (24) hours concentration or flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system.
   63. "Standard methods" shall mean the laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association,  The American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
   64. "Storm sewer" shall mean a sewer for conveying water, ground water or unpolluted water from any source and to which sanitary and/or industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
   65. "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of the Town sewage works or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
   66. "Suspended solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
   67. "Total solids" shall mean the sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
   68. "Toxic amount" shall mean concentrations of any pollutant of combination of pollutants, which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse effects, such as cancer, genetic mutations, and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq., as amended.
   69. "Unpolluted water is water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and water system facilities provided.
   70. "User Charge" shall mean a charge levied on users of the water system works for the cost of operation and maintenance of such works pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1251, et.seq., as amended.
   71. "User class" shall mean the division of water system customers by source, function, waste characteristics, and process or discharge similarities i.e., residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental in the User Charge System and as industrial and non-industrial in the Industrial Cost Recovery System.
   72. "Volatile organic matter" shall mean the material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at Five Hundred Fifty degrees centigrade (550 C) for fifteen (15) to twenty (20) minutes.
   73. "Watercourse" shall mean a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.
2. Prohibited Activity:
   1. No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
   2. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any sanitary sewer, either directly or indirectly, stormwater, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage, cooling water, unpolluted water, or unpolluted industrial process water.  The Town shall require the removal of unpolluted waters from any wastewater collection of treatment facility if such removal is cost-effective and is in the best interest of all users of these facilities.
   3. Stormwater, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage, cooling water, unpolluted water or unpolluted industrial process water may be admitted to storm sewers which have adequate capacity for their accommodation.   No person shall use such sewers, however, without the specific permission of the Town.  No new connection shall be made unless there is capacity available in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant including capacity for BOD and suspended solids.
   4. No person shall place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the jurisdiction of the Town, any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this section and the NPDES Permit.
   5. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any natural outlet any wastewater or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this section and the NPDES Permit.
   6. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
   7. The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the town and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the Town, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this section, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line.
3. Private Sewage Disposal System:
   1. Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of (b)(8) the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewer disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
   2. Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent.  The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the Town, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent.  A permit and inspection fee of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the Town at the time the application is filed.  
   3. A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.  He or she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered.  The inspection shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
   4. The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the State Board of Health.  No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.  No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
   5. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in (c)(4), a direction connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this section, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
   6. The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewer disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Town.
   7. When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.
4. Building Sewers
   1. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.
   2. There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
      1. for residential and commercial service, and
      2. for service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
      3. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Town.  The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Inspector.  A permit and inspection fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the Clerk Treasurer at the time the application is filed.
   3. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.  The owner shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
   4. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.  Except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
   5. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the said Inspector, to meet all requirements of this section.
   6. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, place of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of this code or other applicable Town rules and regulations.  In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
   7. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.  In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
   8. No person shall make connection of roof down spouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface run-off or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
   9. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of this code or other applicable Town rules and regulations, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9.  All such connections shall be made gas tight and water tight.  Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
   10. The applicant of the building sewer permit shall notify the said Inspector when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the said Inspector or his or her representative.
   11. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.  Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town.
5. Improper Discharges into System:
   1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
      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 solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
      3. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one half (5.5) , or having other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
      4. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
   2. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes, if it appears likely in the opinion of the Superintendent that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance.  In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors.  The substances prohibited are:
      1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than sixty five (65) degrees centigrade.
      2. Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/1 or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two (32) and one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit/ (0 and 65) degrees C.
      3. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
      4. Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
      5. Any water or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting and excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.  
      6. Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
      7. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
      8. Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and one half (9.5).
      9. Materials which exert or cause:
         1. Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues or of dissolved solids such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
         2. Excessive discoloration such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
         3. Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
         4. Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined in this section.
      10. Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
   3. If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in (e)(4) of this section, and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
      1. Require new industries or industries with significant increase in discharges to submit information on wastewater characteristics and obtain prior approval for discharges.
      2. Reject the wastes in whole or in part for any reason deemed appropriate by the Town.
      3. Require pretreatment of such wastes to within the limits of normal sewage as defined.
      4. Require control or flow equalization of such wastes so as to avoid any "slug" loads or excessive loads that may be harmful to the treatment works, or
      5. Require payment of a surcharge on any excessive flows or loadings discharged to the treatment works to cover the additional costs of having capacity for and treating such wastes.
      6. If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the  design and installation of the plant and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
   4. Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
   5. When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes.  Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent.  The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
   6. All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this section shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.  In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole  shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.  Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards of life, limb, and property.  The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken.  Normally, but not always, BOD suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four (24) hour composites of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.
   7. No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Town and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Town for treatment, subject to payment therefore, by the industrial concern, at such rates as are compatible with the rate subsection.
6. Pretreatment of industrial wastes from major contributing industries prior to discharge to the treatment works is required and is subject to the Rules and Regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and published in the Federal Register on November 8, 1973 (40 CFR Part 128), and "Federal Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants' published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1973 (40CFR Part 136), in addition to any more stringent requirements established by the Town, and any subsequent State or Federal Guidelines, Rules and Regulations.
7. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to pretreatment or control facilities shall be submitted for approval of the Town and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until approval in writing, is granted. Where such facilities are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operating order by the owner at his expense and shall be subject to periodic inspection by the Town to determine that such facilities are being operated in conformance with applicable Federal, State  and local laws and permits.  The owner shall maintain operating records and shall submit to the Town a monthly summary report of the character of the influent and effluent to show the performance of the treatment facilities and for comparison against Town monitoring records.
8. Unpolluted water from air conditioners, cooling, condensing systems or swimming pools, shall be discharged to a storm sewer where it is available, or to a combined sewer approved by the Town. Where a storm sewer is not available, discharge may be to a natural outlet approved by the Town and by the State.  Where a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural sewer is not available, such unpolluted water may be discharged to a sanitary sewer pending written approval by the Town.
9. Industrial cooling water, which may be polluted with insoluble oils or grease or suspended solids, shall be pretreated for removal of pollutants and the resultant clearer water shall be discharge in accordance with (h).
10. The Town may require users of the treatment works, other than residential users, to supply pertinent information on wastewater flows characteristics. Such measurements, tests, and analysis shall be made at t he user's expense.  If made by the Town an appropriate charge may be assessed to the user at the option of the Town.
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    1. The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes or other non-residential wastewater may be required by the Town to install a suitable structure together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes.  Such structures, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Town.  The structures shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him as to be safe and accessible at all times.
    2. Agents of the Town, the state water Pollution Control Agencies, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall be permitted to enter all properties for purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing.
12. The strength of wastewaters shall be determined, for periodic establishment of charges provided for in the rate subsection, from samples taken at the aforementioned structure at any period of time and of such duration and in such manner as the Town may elect, or, at any place mutually agreed upon between the user and the Town. Appropriate charges for sampling and analysis may be assessed to the user at the option of the Town.  The results of routine sampling and analysis by the user may also be used, for determination of charges after verification by the Town.
13. All measurements, tests, and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this section shall be determined in accordance with latest edition of "Standard Methods", except for applications for the NPDES Permits and reports thereof which shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the USEPA, published in the Federal Register October 16, 1973 (38 CFR 20758), and any subsequent revisions subject to approval by the Town.
14. Grease, oil and sand interceptors or traps shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Town, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors or traps will not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors or traps shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Town and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.  They shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding extreme changes in temperatures and shall be of substantial construction, be gas tight, water tight, and equipped with easily removable covers.  Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors or traps shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
15. Users of the treatment works shall immediately notify the Town of any unusual flows or wastes that are discharged accidentally or otherwise to the sewer system.
16. All provisions of this section and limits set herein shall comply with any applicable State and/or Federal Requirements now or subsequently in effect.
17. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works.
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    1. The Superintendent, Inspector and other duly authorized Town employees bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this section. The Superintendent or his or her representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
       1. The Town, through its employees and agents, shall be given authority to conduct inspections for code violations, fire code compliance, and zoning ordinance compliance of non-residential business properties.  Such inspections shall be conducted upon application for utility services by nonresidential business properties and prior to such utility connection. (Res. No. 1-1993, passed 1/19/93)
    2. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in (r)(1) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized Town employees shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Town employees.  The Town shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in subsection (e).
    3. The Superintendent and other duly authorized Town employees bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the Town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement.  All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
19. In order to comply with federal regulations, in the case of federal grant assistance for the construction of waste treatment works, where it has been determined that "industrial users" as defined in (a), above, or as amended by appropriate federal regulations, are required to reimburse a portion of the federal grant amount allocable to the capital cost of constructing facilities for the treatment of "industrial wastes", rates and charges shall be collected from each industrial user connected to the Town sewage works or who otherwise discharges sewage, water or liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the Town waste treatment system, which charges shall be payable in an amount determinable as follows:
    1. The industrial cost recovery charges for the treatment of industrial wastes shall be based upon the volume of sewage flow billed to industrial users, as determined in accordance with appropriate provisions for determining billed flow included in the subsection on rates and the total strength and character of industrial wastes which is introduced into the waste treatment system.  The strength and character of industrial wastes shall be measured at the industrial user's expense as provided in the subsection on rates and furnished to the Town.  The owner or industrial user shall furnish a central sampling point available to the Town at all times.  If a measurement of the strength and character of industrial wastes is not provided to the Town on a timely basis, the measurement of the strength and character of industrial wastes shall be determined by the Town on the basis of a sample to be taken by the Town for the purpose of appropriate billing.  The industrial cost recovery rates for the treatment of wastes shall be as follows:
       • MEASUREMENT
       • Treatment Plant:
         • Monthly volume flow, which includes normal domestic wastes (BOD 160 mg/1 and suspended  solids 186 mg/1)                               $.17 per 1,000 Gal.
         • Monthly pounds of BOD in excess of                                                                   160 mg/1                                           $.03 per pound
         • Monthly pounds of suspended solids in excess of 186 mg/1             $.03 per pound
         • Sewer collection system:
           1. The industrial cost recovery charges applicable to Project C-180556 shall be recovered from present or future industrial users who will be connected to that segment of the collection system directly served by the sewer additions identified with Project C-180556.
           2. Measurement and rate:
              • Monthly volume flow, which includes normal domestic wastes (BOD 160 mg/1 and suspended solids  186 mg/1).                 $.11 per 1,000
           3. If an "industrial user" can and does show to the satisfaction of the Town that a portion of the total monthly billed sewage flow is from sanitary conveniences, then the flow and pollutant loadings to which the industrial cost recovery charge is applied shall be determined on the basis of net flow and pollutant loadings excluding sanitary conveniences.
           4. The industrial cost recovery charges for treatment services shall be prepared and billed quarterly.  
20. The Town shall determine which users are subject to paying the industrial cost recovery charges, in the following manner:
    1. The Town shall require appropriate employees of the sewage works to review billing records and prepare a list of all potential industrial users, as identified in each of the divisions listed in (a)(26) above.
    2. The list of all potential industrial users shall be analyzed on the basis of data available at the Sewage Works billing office i.e. type of business, volume charges, excessive loading charges, estimated number of employees, etc. for the purpose of developing preliminary lists of probable "industrial" and probable "non-industrial" users.
    3. The Town shall conduct an immediate survey of all probable "industrial" users in order to substantiate the validity of classifying a particular user as an "industrial" user. Each user initially classified as an industrial user shall be notified of their classification. 
    4. After completing the survey of all probable "industrial" users, the Town shall review the list or probable "non-industrial" users to determine if the initial classification of any of these users should be reconsidered.  Individual users shall be contacted in order to determine the proper classification.
    5. After an industrial user has been notified of his or her classification, the user may request reconsideration by furnishing data and measurements acceptable to the Town for the determination of sewage discharges.  The Town shall have the right to measure and determine the strength and content of all sewage and waste discharges, either directly or indirectly, into the Town's sanitary sewage system, in such manner and by such method as it may deem practicable in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of each case in order to determine the proper user classification.
    6. Within a reasonable period of time following completion of the sewage works construction project, the Town shall complete the initial classification of all industrial users.  During the first calendar year of operation, subsequent to completion of the construction project, and annually thereafter, the Town will review, classify and reclassify all users as either industrial or nonindustrial users based upon measurements and data obtained by the Town or furnished by individual users.  Normally, each user will retain his or her classification until the next succeeding classification period.  However, if there is a substantial change in the strength, volume, or delivery flow rate characteristics introduced into the treatment works by an individual user then the classification of that user may be reviewed and established during the year in the light of the conditions and circumstances of each case.
    7. The rates computed in (s)(1) above, would result in total recovery of the federal grant amount if all users were subject to the industrial cost recovery requirement, and provided that the treatment plant was operated at capacity during the cost recovery period.  Therefore, these rates will insure that each industrial user will pay only that portion of the federal grant amount applicable to the costs of the treatment facilities actually utilized to treat industrial wastes, as determined by each industrial user's flow and pollutant loadings.
21. The Town shall account for all industrial cost recovery payments in the following manner:
    1. All revenues derived from the industrial cost recovery rates and charges shall be segregated and kept in a special fund, separate and apart from all other funds of the Town.  The special fund shall be designated the "Sewage Works Industrial Cost Recovery Fund" and payment of said amount into said fund shall be deemed a reasonable expense of operation of the sewage works for the purpose of computing net operating revenue.
    2. Within forty-five (45) days following the end of the first calendar year after completion of construction of the sewage facilities and annually thereafter, the town shall return fifty percent (50%) of the amounts recovered through the industrial cost recovery charges, together with any interest earned thereon, to the U.S. Treasury.  The remaining fifty percent (50%) retained by the Town shall be invested in authorized obligations of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof.
    3. Eighty percent (80%) of the funds retained by the Town in the "Sewage Works Industrial Cost Recovery Fund" or authorized investments and the interest earned thereon, shall be expended only for the purpose of eligible costs of expansion or reconstruction of the treatment works. All such expansion or reconstruction programs must be approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prior to commitment or expenditure of the retained funds.  The remaining twenty percent (20%) of the funds retained by the Town may be utilized for any authorized use associated with the sewage works.
22. Upon request from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Town shall require each industrial user to permit representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review appropriate industrial sewage records for the purpose of independently verifying the flow and characteristics of industrial wastes which are introduced in to the treatment works. No waste introduced into the waste treatment  system shall interfere with the operation or performance of the sewage treatment works.
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    1. The industrial cost recovery rates and charges shall be prepared, billed and collected in the manner provided for in this section.
    2. The industrial cost recovery charges for treatment services shall be prepared and billed quarterly.
24. Every person whose premises are served by said sewage works shall be charged for the services provided. These charges are established for each user class, as definition order that the sewage works shall recover, from each user and user class, revenue which is proportional to its use of the treatment works in terms of volume and load.  User charges are levied to defray the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the treatment works.  User charges shall be uniform within each user class.
    1. User charges are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, published in the Federal Register August 21, 1973 (38 CFR 22523) and on February 11, 1974 (39 CFR 5252), as subsequently amended.  Replacement costs, which are recovered through the system of user charges, shall be based upon the expected service life of the sewage works plant and equipment.
    2. The various classes of users of that treatment works for the purpose of this section, shall be as follows CLASS-:
       1. Residential
       2. Commercial
       3. Governmental
       4. Institutional
       5. Wholesale residential
       6. Industrial
25. The quantity of water discharged into the sanitary sewerage system and obtained from sources other than the utility that serves the Town shall be determined by the Town in such manner as the Town shall reasonably elect, and the sewage service shall be billed at the above appropriate rates. The Town may make proper allowances in determining these wage bills for quantities of water shown on the records to be consumed, but which are also shown to the satisfaction of the Town not to enter the sanitary sewerage system.
    1. If a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is not a user of water supplied by the Town water utility, and the water used thereon or therein is not measured by a water meter, or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the Town, then the amount of water used shall be otherwise measured or determined by the Town.  The owner or other interested party shall at his or her expense, install and maintain meters, wires, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the Town to determine the sewage discharge and the rates charged under this section.
    2. If a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water supplied by the Town water utility and in addition, is a user of water from another source which is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a meter not acceptable to the Town, then the amount of water used shall be otherwise measured or determined by the Town.  The owner or other interested parties shall, at his or her expense, install and maintain meters, wires, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the Town to determine the sewage discharge and the rates charged under this section. 
    3. If two (2) or more residential lots, parcels of real estate, or buildings discharging sanitary sewage, water or other liquids into the sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, are users of water and the quantity of water is measured by a single water meter, then in each such case, for billing purposes, the quantity of water used shall be averaged for each user and the base charge and the flow rates and charges shall apply to each of the number of residential lots, parcels of real estate or buildings served through the single water meter.
    4. The billing for sewage service for residences and/or domestic users for the months of June through September inclusive shall be based upon the water usage for the previous months of December, January, February, and March.  If the water usage for said previous months is greater than the water usage for said summer months, then the billing for sewage services shall be computed on the actual water used in the month for which the sewage service bill is being rendered.  Domestic and/or residential sewage service as applicable to the sprinkling rate shall apply to each lot, parcel of real estate or building which is occupied and used as a single family residence.  The sprinkling rate shall not apply to any premises which are partially or wholly used for commercial or industrial purposes.  If a portion of the premises shall be used for commercial or industrial purposes, the owner may separate the water service so that the residential portion of the premises is served through a separate  meter.  In such  cases the  water  usage as  registered  by the  water meter serving such portion of the premises used for residential purposes shall qualify under the sprinkling rate.
    5. If a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharges sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, and uses water in excess of Fifteen Thousand (15,000) gallons per month, and it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Town that a portion of water as measured by the water meter or meters does not and cannot enter the sanitary sewage system, then the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her expense, install and maintain meters, wires, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the Town for the determination of sewage discharge.
26. The Town shall base its charges not only on the volume, but also on strength and character of the stronger-than-normal domestic sewage and wastes which it is required to treat and dispose of. The Town shall require the user to determine the strength and content of all sewage and wastes discharged, either directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewage system, in such manner and by such method as the Town may deem practicable in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge.  The user shall furnish a central sampling point available to the Town at all times. 
    1. Normal sewage domestic waste strength should not exceed a biochemical oxygen demand of One Hundred and Sixty (160) milligrams per liter of fluid or suspended solids in excess of One Hundred and Eighty-Six (186) milligrams per liter of fluid.  Additional charges for treating stronger-than-normal domestic waste shall be made on the following basis.
       1. Rate Surcharge Based Upon Suspended Solids - There shall be an additional charge of nine (9) cents per pound of suspended solids for suspended solids received in excess of One Hundred and Eighty-Six (186) milligrams per liter of fluid.
       2. Rate Surcharge Based Upon BOD - There shall be an additional charge of ten (10) cents per pound of biochemical oxygen demand for BOD received in excess of One Hundred and Sixty (160) milligrams per liter of fluid.
    2. The determination of Suspended Solids and Five (5) day Biochemical Oxygen Demand contained in the waste shall be in accordance with the latest copy of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes", as written by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, and in conformance with "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants," Regulation CFR Part 136, published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1973, as subsequently amended.
27. The owner of any lot, parcel of real estate or building connecting to the sewage works shall, prior to being permitted to make a connection, pay a connection charge in the amount of Nine Hundred and forty-five Dollars ($945.00) for each connection.  The Board now finds such a connection charge to be a reasonable and equitable pro rata cost of construction of a local or lateral sewer adequate to serve the property so connecting, and the cost of providing a connection to the sewer, excavation, backfilling, pavement replacement and installation of a sewer line from the sewer to the property line. (Ord. 9-1997, passed 8/19/97)
28. Such rates and charges shall be prepared, billed and collected by the Town in the manner provided by this section.
    1. The rates and charges for all users shall be prepared and billed monthly.
    2. The rates and charges may be billed to the tenant or tenants occupying the properties served, unless otherwise requested in writing by the owner, but such billing shall in no way relieve the owner from the liability in the event payment is not made as herein requested.  The owner's of properties occupied by a tenant or tenants, shall have the right to examine the Town collection records to determine if bills have been paid by the tenant or tenants.  Such examinations shall be made at the office at which said records are kept and during regular business hours.
    3. All rates or charges shall be due seventeen (17) days after the date of mailing of the bill.  all rates and charges not paid when due are delinquent.  A penalty of ten per cent (10%) of the amount of the rates or charges shall be attached to all delinquent charges.
29. The Town shall compile a study each year within a reasonable period of time following the normal accounting period. The study shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the costs associated with the treatment of excessive strength effluent from industrial users, volume and delivery flow rate characteristics attributed to the various users or user classes, the financial position of the sewage works and the adequacy of its revenue to provide reasonable funds for the operation and maintenance, replacements, debt service requirements and capital improvements to the waste treatment systems.
    • The study shall be conducted by Town officers or employees or by a firm of certified public accountants, or a firm of consulting engineers with experience in conducting such studies, or by any combination of officers, employees, certified public accountants, or engineers which the Town shall determine to be best under the circumstances.
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    1. The Town shall make and enforce the by-laws and regulations it deems necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management of the Town's sewage system, pumping stations and sewage treatment works, for the construction and use of house sewers and connections to the sewage system, and for the regulation, collections, rebating and refunding of rates and charges.
    2. The Town may prohibit dumping of wastes into the sewage system which it deems harmful to the operation of the sewage treatment works, or may require pretreatment of wastes to comply with the pretreatment standards included in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the sewage works.
31. ...
    1. Any person violating any provision of this section except subsection (q) shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for its satisfactory correction.  The offender shall, within the period of time stated in the notice, permanently cease all violations.
    2. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in (ee)(1) shall be fined an amount not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each violation.  Each day any violation continues beyond the time limited shall be deemed a separate offense.
    3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section including subsection (q) shall be liable to the Town for any expense, loss, or damage resulting from the violation.
32. The Board establishes the following rates and charges based upon the use of water supply for the waterworks system:
    
    1. Treatment rate -- User charge shall be Two Dollars and Forty Cents ($2.40) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of usage.
    2. Sewer Rate Schedule- Monthly
       
       • Base Rate                                                                                               
         • 5/8  to 3/4 inch - $18.50
         • 1 inch meter - $25.35
         • 1/2 inch meter - $39.60
         • 2 inch meter - $139.30
         • 3 inch meter - $315.05
         • 4 inch meter $555.65
         • Sewer Tap Fee is $945.00 (Ord. No. 2-1978)(Ord. 6-1995, passed 7/18/95)
       • Metered Rates Per Month (Per 1,000 Gallons)
         
         • First  2,000 gallons - $5.75
         • Next 4,000 gallons - $5.22
         • Next 9,000 gallons - $4.44
         • Next 15,000 gallons - $4.03
         • Next 30,000 gallons - $2.91
       • Minimum Charge Per Month
         
         • Each user shall pay the minimum charge in accordance with the following applicable size of meter installed, for which the user will be entitled to the quantity of water set out in the above schedule of rates:
         • Gallows Allowed
           • 5/8 - 3/4 inch meter - 2,000 minimum, $11.50 per month.
           • 1 inch meter - 3,117 minimum, $17.30 per month
           • 1 - 1/4 inch meter - 5,325 minimum, $28.87 per month
           • 1 - 2 inch meter - 7,736 minimum, $40.36 per month
           • 2 inch meter - 9,009 minimum, $46.21
           • 3 inch meter - 11,509 minimum, $57.70
           • 4 inch meter - 19,624 minimum, $92.43
           • 6 inch meter - 33,433 minimum, $144.30
    3. New Service Tap Charge
       
       • The tap charge shall be $690.00 for connections requiring a meter less than one inch in size.  For taps requiring a one inch or larger meter, the charge shall be the actual expense of labor, materials and equipment required for the utility to make the connection. (Ord 6-1995, passed 7/18/95) 
    4. Fire Protection Service (Utility Maintained)
       
       • Public Hydrant Rental - per Hydrant - $259.93
       • Private Hydrant Rental – per Hydrant - $259.93
       • The foregoing rates and charges shall become effective with the May, 2000, billing period, and shall be reflected on the customer bills due and payable in June, 2000.
       • This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption.  Except as hereby amended and revised, the Prior Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Ord. 5-2000, passed 5/11/2000
       • Utility Maintained
         
         • Automatic sprinkler service connection - per annum ( in  areas maintained by utility)
         • 1 inch connection - $ 7.50
         • 2 inch connection - $30.15
         • 3 inch connection - $67.75 
         • 4 inch connection - $120.45
         • 6 inch connection - $271.00
    5. Disconnect Notice and Reconnect Charges
       
       • A written disconnection notice shall be sent to allow 14 days from the date of mailing, for disconnection of services.  The reconnection charge is $20.00 per utility service upon the payment in full of the delinquent bill, for that particular service, by the customer.  The Town will continue the practice of entering into separate agreements with customers of the Lapel Municipal Gas System, Water System, and Sewage System for repayment of delinquent bills in an attempt to avoid the disconnection of such services.  
         1. It will be the policy of the Town of Lapel to assess a $20.00 service charge, to utility customers, who present payment by check and that check is returned due to non-sufficient funds (NSF) or such check is presented on a closed account. Notification of assessment, by the town, of the $20.00 service charge, will be submitted in writing and due and payable in 30 days upon written notification to the customer.
         2. Disconnect Procedures
            1. If property is a rental property, notify the property owner of impending disconnection to verify whether the utilities are to be left on in the owners name or disconnected.
            2. If property has been sold, verify when new owner will be in to make meter deposits.  If no deposits are received, the utilities will be disconnected until the new owner makes meter deposits.
            3. If rental property and property owner requests utilities be left on in property owner's name, the new tenant will not be billed until all meter deposits have been paid.  If no deposits are received, utility bills will remain in the property owner's name.
            4. Seasonal shut-off/reconnect fee for the utilities of water and gas shall be in the following amounts:
               • Shut-off/reconnect of water $20.00
               • Shut-off/reconnect of gas $20.00
               • Shut-off/reconnect of gas and water $25.00 (Ord. 6-1998, passed 6/18/98)
    6. Collection and Deferred Payment Charges 
       
       • Any user of the sewer system whose building or connected sewer is located outside the town shall pay the above rate unless otherwise determined by the Board.  All bills for water service not paid within 17 days from the date of mailing.  Bills unpaid eighteen days following beginning of collection period shall include a collection fee of 10% on the first $3.00 and 3% on the excess over $3.00.
    7. Temporary Users
       
       • Water furnished to temporary users, such as contractors, etc., shall be charged on the basis of the metered gallon rates hereinbefore set forth as estimated and established by the waterworks superintendent.
       • Rates and charges shall be collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate or building that is connected with the towns sanitary system or otherwise discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the towns sanitary sewerage system. There shall be individual water meters for each and every lot and each and every user.  These rates and charges including User charges, debt service costs, excessive strength surcharges and other service charges which rates and charges shall be payable as provided and shall be in an amount determined according to the as follows procedures:
         1. That certain monthly base rates and charges to customers of the Lapel Sewer Company shall be established according to the size of water meters servicing said customers, which said monthly base rates and charges shall hereafter be levied in accordance with the following scale:
            1. 5/8 x 3/4 inch - $18.50
            2. 1 inch - $25.35
            3. 1-1/2 inch - $39.60
            4. 2 inch - $139.30
            5. 3 inch - $315.05
            6. 4 inch - $555.65
         2. That sewage treatment charges shall be levied at the rate of $5.85 per 1,000 gallons of water usage.
         3. That sewage treatment charges for all unmetered residential structures shall be charged a flat rate of $47.75 per month which shall assume a usage of 5,000 gallons of water per month.
         4. That hereafter be established a separate charge to customers of  the Lapel Municipal Sewer Company which shall hereafter be termed Excessive Surcharge which shall be established as follows: 
            1. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (in excess of 160 milligrams per liter) $0.57 per pound.
            2. Suspended Solids (in excess of 160 milligrams per liter) $0.51 per pound. (Ord. 8-1997, passed 8/19/97) (Ord. No . 3-2000, passed 5/11/2000) (Ord. No. 102005, passed Date
         5. The foregoing rates and charges contained in new Sections 1 through 4 of the prior ordinance shall become effective with the billing period of May, 2000, and shall be reflected on the customer bills due and payable in June, 2000.
         6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption. Except as hereby amended and revised, the Prior Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
         7. ...
            1. Beginning with the calendar month of October 2004 (and to be reflected in November billing) and continuing until the month in which sanitary sewer service is available in the Fishersburg Service Area, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-9-23-27, customers in the Fishersburg Service Area shall pay a monthly interim rate of $10.00 to cover interest costs on the indebtedness incurred to bring sanitary sewer service to the Fishersburg Service Area and to pay other expenses incurred by the Town prior to service availability.  
            2. Beginning with the calendar month in which sewer service becomes available to the Fishersburg Service Area (and to be reflected in the billing in the immediately succeeding month), the monthly rate for sewer utility service for customers in the Fishersburg Service Area shall be $51.25. ( Ord. 10-2005, passed Date
            3. Customers in the Fishersburg Service Area that are not receiving service from the Towns municipal water utility shall be required to make a deposit prior to receiving service from the sewer utility in an amount equal to the estimated average payment due from such customer for a two (2) month period (based upon the rate provided for in Section 7(b) hereof) as provided for an subject to the terms of Indiana Code 36-9-23-28.
            4. The Town reserves the right to discontinue service to any customer in the Fishersburg Service Area who has an unpaid bill of more than sixty (60) days by any lawful means. In the event of any such discontinuance of service, the customer must pay a reconnection fee of $275 in order to have service restored. 
            5. The Town reserves all other rights and remedies provided for under Indiana law to ensure the timely payment of the monthly rate established in this Section 7 with respect to the Fishersburg Service Area. Customers in the Fishersburg Service Area shall be subject to a late fee of 10% for unpaid sewer bills in the same manner as other customers of the sewer utility of the Town.
            6. The Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to require a service agreement to be entered into prior to providing service to any property in the Fishersburg Service Area between the Town and the owner of the property to be served establishing the obligations of such owner to (i) pay for sewer utility service and (ii) comply with any use regulations of the sewer utility of the Town.”
         8. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption.  Except as hereby amended and revised, the Prior Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.  Ord. No 9-2004, passed 9/16/2004
33. The rights and obligations of the town concerning the issuance of water system bonds under the authority of ordinances adopted prior to the enactment of this code, including Ordinances W1-59, W2-59, and W2-60 are in no way impaired by the adoption of this Code.

('82 Code, Ord. No. 9-1982, passed 12/22/82) (Ord. No 6-1984, passed 9/12/84),

(Ord. No. 1-1986, passed 12/10/86), (Ord. No. 2-1990, passed 12/28/90), Res. 11992, passed 5/19/92), (Res. No. 1-1993, passed 1/19/93)(Ord 6-1995, passed

7/18/95) (Ord. 6-1998, passed 6/18/98)

SEWER RECONSRUCTION & REPAIR

In conjunction with the reconstruction and repair of the current sanitary sewer system and the need for future routine maintenance, improvement or elimination of deteriorated sewer pipes, structures and the need to eliminate or reduce extraneous infiltration or inflows, it may be necessary to abandon existing sewer pipes and install, construct, realign or otherwise replace those sewers with new material and structures.  The new sewer installation shall include, where applicable, new realigned or rehabilitated service lines for the reconnection of the present user along the sewer routes. 

The Town of Lapel Sewer Utility representative shall inspect existing sewer lateral, and the home owner/property owner shall make the lateral accessible for the town inspector.  That inspection along with other methods employed by the Town of Lapel shall determine the accessibility of that lateral sewer for the continued use or its removal and replacement by the home owner/land owner with acceptable materials as described and specified in the Towns Sewer Use Ordinance.

The owner shall be notified by the Town when appropriate to disconnect an existing sewer lateral and install the new sewer lateral to the provided connection. This connection shall be completed within 90 days of the notice, so as not to delay the use of the new sewer system or cause any discharge of sanitary waste to disconnected main sanitary sewers or to sewers which may have been converted to other uses.

Should the owner fail to complete the new lateral connection within the 90 day period, then the Town may impose a fine of $40.00 per day for each and every day that the owner fails to install the new system beyond the 90-day allocated period.

If the owner fails to connect to the new sewer lateral, within the 90-day period after the required notice, the Town shall be required to cap the existing lateral.  That the cap of the existing lateral will take place ten (10) days after the expiration of the above reference 90-day period.  That the cap will require the disconnection of any existing water service.

That the $40.00–per-day fine will continue to be imposed against the owner, for each and every day that the owner fails to install the new system beyond the 90-day allocated period.

In addition, the owner shall be required to pay the sewer tap fee, which tap fee schedule is currently in place by ordinance, representing the additional expense to the Town for the cap of the owners existing sewer lateral.  That the cap fee will be in addition to the $40.00 –per-day fine that is referenced above.  

That the purpose of this ordinance is to satisfy the requirement for the completion of the sewer project as dictated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in conjunction with the rehabilitation of existing sewer service lines.  \

That all terms and condition of Ordinance No.9, 1999, shall remain in full force and effect.

The owner shall notify the Town when the new lateral is ready to be inspected, and the town inspector shall have access to the replaced line for the purpose of inspection, prior to the lateral being covered and/or backfilled, and prior to its connection to the town sewer.  Failure to have the owners new lateral sewer inspected by the Town of Lapel shall be cause for its being uncovered inspected, and recovered at the owners expense.

Ord. No. 9-1999, passed 10/19/1999. Ord. No. 2-2001, passed 3/15/2001

In conjunction with the construction of the sanitary sewer system in Fishersburg, Madison County, Indiana.

The Town of Lapel Sewer Utility representative shall inspect the newly constructed sewer lateral, and the home owner/property owners shall make the lateral accessible for the town inspector.  The sewer later shall be installed with acceptable materials as described and specified in the Towns Sewer Use Ordinance.

The owner shall be notified by the Town when it is appropriate to install the new sewer lateral to the provided connection.  This connection shall be completed within 90 days of the notice, so as not to delay the use of the new sewer system.

Should the owner fail to complete the new lateral connection within the 90day period, then the Town may impose a fine of $40.00 per day for each and every day that the owner fails to install the new system beyond  the 90-day allocated period.

The owner shall notify the Town when the new lateral is ready to be inspected, and the town inspector shall have access to the line for the purpose of inspection, prior to the lateral being covered and/or backfilled, and prior to its connection to the town sewer.  Failure to have the owners new lateral sewer inspected by the Town of Lapel shall be cause for its being uncovered, inspected and recovered at the owners expense.  The lateral inspection cost to the Fishersburg homeowner will be $30.00 

(Ord 7-2005, passed 2/3/2005)

CH11 11 .5 - Municipal Water - Water Mains

1. DESCRIPTION: The Contractor shall furnish and install all piping and fittings required for the water main system as shown on the plans.  Work shall include but not be limited to both mains, service connections and related appurtenances.
2. GENERAL:
   1. Safety
      • For the security and safety of person in and adjacent to trenches or construction operations, the "Manual of Accident Prevention in Construction" published by the Associated General Contractors of America and the safety regulations of the appropriate state or local agency shall be followed when specifically applicable or by similarity of operation or as necessary for adequate protection.
   2. Handling
      • Pipe fittings and accessories shall be loaded and unloaded by lifting with hoists or skidding so as to avoid shock or damage.  Under no circumstances shall such materials be dropped.  Pipe handled on skidways shall not be skidded or rolled against other pipe.
   3. Protection of Trees
      • Special care shall be taken to avoid damage to trees and their root systems.  Machine excavation shall not be used when, in the opinion of the Engineer, it would endanger the tree.  In general, when the line of trench falls within the limits of the limb spread, headers are required across the trench to protect the tree.  The operation of all equipment (particularly when employing booms), the storage of materials, and deposition of excavation shall be conducted in the manner which will not injure trees, trunks, branches, or their roots unless such trees are designated for removal.
   4. Dewatering
      • Should water be encountered, the Contractor shall furnish and operate suitable pumping equipment of such capacity adequate to dewater the trench.  The trench shall be sufficiently dewatered so that the laying and joining of the pipe is made in the day.  The Contractor shall convey all trench water to a natural drainage channel or storm sewer without causing any property damage.  
   5. Noise and Dust Control
      • The Contractor's construction activities shall be conducted so as to eliminate all unnecessary noise, dust and odors.  The use of oil for dust control shall not be permitted.
   6. All materials provided shall be manufactured similar to other materials in this system where the utility has preference.
   7. The Contractor shall be responsible to determine the conditions of all easements and permits and comply with those terms.
3. SHOP DRAWINGS
   • Shop drawings shall be submitted to the Engineer for approval.  Drawings shall include pie material type and certification, compaction methods, hydrants, valves and granular backfill material analysis.  Fabrication and installation shall be in accordance with the approved shop drawings.
4. STANDARDS
   • The standards in this section are abbreviated as follows:
     
     1. American Water Works Association (AWWA)
     2. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
     3. American Standards Association (ASA)
     4. Commercial Standards (CS)
     5. National Sanitation Foundation (NSF)
     6. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
5. RELATED WORK
   1. Pavement and Street Repair shall be in accordance with Section 2500, Pavement Drives and Walkways.
   2. Grading and Seeding shall be in accordance with Section 2400, Landscaping.
   3. Highway crossings shall be in accordance with Section 17250, Water Mains, Special Construction.
6. MATERIALS
   1. Granular Backfill and Bedding Stone - Where granular backfill is required, it shall meet the material requirements of B Borrow as defined in Section 211.02 of the Indiana Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.  Granular backfill shall be paid as a separate item as shown on the bid schedule.
   2. Where pipe bedding is required, it shall be provided as shown in the typical trench details in the drawings and as required by these specifications. All bedding shall be coarse aggregate Size No. 9 or 11 as defined by Indiana Department of Transportation Section 903.02.  In lieu of No. 9 or 11 stone bedding, Contractor may use B Borrow.  The cost of pipe bedding shall be included in the cost of the pipe pay item.
   3. Connections - Connections to different water pipe materials shall be as shown on the plans or with adaptors or couplings approved by the Engineer.
   4. Fittings for all types of pipe shall be ductile iron of the mechanical joint type in accordance with ANSI specification A21.10. To be class 250 and cement lined.  Contractor shall use tie rod joint restraints in addition to concrete kicker blocking  Fittings shall be manufactured by Clow, Tyler or Mueller.
   5. Wedge valves shall be Waterous (AFC 2500) and shall conform to AEEA C-509, latest issue. Wedge shall be ductile iron, fully encapsulated in synthetic rubber.  Synthetic rubber shall be molded in place and bonded to the wedge; mechanical fasteners are not allowed.  Stem shall be sealed by a t least two O-rings; contained within the stuffing box (grooving of stem for o-rings Is not allowed).  All stem seals shall be replaceable with the valve wide open and while subjected to full rated pressure.  Valve body an bonnet shall b e coated inside and out, with fusion-bonded epoxy.   Bonnet and body and stuffing box bolts and nuts shall b e type 18-8 stainless steel and must be installed by the manufacturer.  Wedge valves shall have a full ten (10) year money back warranty.
      • Valves shall have a 3 piece, round type, adjustable, cast iron road box with 5-1/4" shaft, with water cast in the lid.  Boxes to be for normal 4.5 cover, but shall be as required to suite each particular setting depth.  Road boxes shall be manufactured by Tyler. 
   6. Tapping Valves - Tapping valve to be equal to equipment specified for wedge valves. Valves to be Waterous.  Sleeves shall be Waterous with mechanical joints.  Class of pipe and O.D. of mains to be tapped is uncertain.  Contractor to furnish sleeves as required to suite the conditions found in the field.
   7. Hydrants - Shall be Waterous Pacer Model WB-67). Hydrant details to be as follows:
      • Shall conform to AWWA C-502 "Standard for Dry-Barrel Fire Hydrants".  Shall be of the traffic model design.  Main valve opening shall be a minimum of 51/4".  The bronze valve seat shall thread into a bronze sub-seat.  The all bronze drain plunger shall be positively operated by main operating rod.  A stop nut shall be used to provide a positive limit to the travel of main rod.  Shall have a two piece operating nut for durability and low maintenance.  Nozzle section shall have 360 degree rotation capability by loosening four bolts.
      • Nozzles to be mechanically attached with ductile iron retainer and sealed with 0-ring.  Barrel shall be of ductile iron with a minimum inside diameter of 71/4".  Shoe and lower valve washer shall be coated, inside and out, with fusionbonded epoxy.  Show shall be attached to lower barrel with stainless steel bolts and nuts.  Shoe shall have a flat bottom, ribbed back and strapping lugs.  Design shall allow for plugging of drains without excavating.  Nozzle threads shall match Town of Lapel Fire Department specifications.
   8. Service Meters - Meter 3/4" in size shall be furnished and installed by the Town. All meters over 3/4" shall be furnished and installed by Contractor.  Each residence shall have its own meter and corporation cock.
   9. Meter Pits & Vaults - For meters 3/4" through 1", the box shall be 20" diameter. Meter pits and vaults for meters over 1" in size shall be shown in attached details.
   10. Meter Box Covers - For 3/4" through 1" meters, box cover shall be C32T Ford or Tyler, with cast iron lids for 20" diameter box and having a small operating nut. It shall be standard weight construction.
   11. Corporation Cocks - Cocks to be pack joint and of bronze construction. Sizes 3/4" and 1" to suite service size.
   12. Curb Stop
       1. For all services greater than 1", provide a curb stop at the main.  Stops to be bronze and ball with Buna-N rubber "o" rings.  Connections to be for pack joints.  Any service greater than 1" see meter pit details.  
       2. Furnish 5 1/4" cast iron valve box for 48" setting by Tyler.
   13. Service Tubing
       1. Customer service tubing from the main to the meter and from the meter into the shut off valve inside the utility room shall be seamless type CTS200 P.E. Tubing in conformance with ASTM Specification D1248 and D2737.
       2. Tubing for single service 3/4" meters shall be 3/4" size, unless noted otherwise on the meter pit detail.
       3. Tubing for double service meter setting shall be 1" size unless noted otherwise.
7. INSTALLATION
   1. Trench Excavation - trenches for water pipe shall be excavated to the widths as shown on the plan details and the pipe shall have a minimum of 4'-6" cover unless otherwise noted on the drawings. If rock is encountered, the cover may be reduced but shall not be less tan 3'-6".  Water services (3/4" and 1") shall have 4 feet cover.  Excavation work and pipe installation shall include the necessary clearing, grubbing and preparation of the site; removal and disposal of all debris; excavation and trenching as required; the handling storage, transportation and disposal of all excavated materials; all necessary sheeting, shoring and protection work; preparation of subgrades; pumping and dewatering as necessary or required; protection of adjacent property; backfilling; pipe embedment; laying of pipe; construction of fills and embankments; surfacing and grading; and other appurtenant work.
      • Contractor shall do all excavation necessary for and incidental to the proper completion of work called for by the drawings and specifications.  He shall furnish all labor, materials, tools and equipment necessary for the work contemplated.  Power shovel or excavation machine may be used, and care shall be taken at all times to keep said machine out of electric or telephone lines passing across or along the site of the work.
      • The maximum cross sectional area which shall be allowed for trenches is shown in the typical trench details in the plans.  Unless permitted by the Engineer, the excavation shall not be continued below the depth indicated by the trench details and the profile drawings.  All excavations shall be leveled off at the exact depths required to insure that bedding for pipe and other structures maybe placed on the specified thickness of bedding.  Should the Contractor excavate below the depth indicated without being so authorized by the Engineer, he shall at his own expense, fill such excavated spaces with appropriate bedding material and shall bear the cost of all extra labor and materials required for such filling.
      • Unless permitted by the Engineer, no trench shall be excavated more than one hundred feet (100') in advance of the end of the built water main.
   2. Unstable Material - It is the intent of these specifications that all pipe shall have a stable foundation.  Any materials encountered at the bottom of the trench which are not stable and cannot be made so, shall be removed as directed by the Engineer and replaced with crushed stone bedding material.
   3. Sheeting - Wherever necessary, the sides of the trenches and excavations shall be firmly supported by suitable sheeting, planking and bracing. The Contractor will be held accountable and responsible for the sufficiency of all sheeting and bracing used, and for all damage to persons or property resulting from the  improper quality, strength, placing and maintaining or removing of the same.  this includes damage to trees, sidewalks, and other property in the excavation area, as well as on private grounds.  In on case shall sheeting be removed until the trench backfill has breached within two feet (2') of the top of the trench, except that lower course of sheeting may be removed from a double sheeting trench.  Excavation shall, in no case, be carried below the bottom edge of the sheeting.
      • When ordered by the Engineer, or as necessary, the sheeting shall be left in place for the protection of pipes, buildings, streets and other structures.  If sheeting is left, all cavities between the sheeting and the trench wall shall be backfilled with the same material used to backfill the trench.  The backfill for these activities shall be solidly tamped in place to insure all cavities are filled and shall be subject to the Engineers approval.
      • A box or movable sheeting, which is drawn by power equipment ma be used.  Again, the Contractor will be held accountable and responsible for all damages as stated above.
   4. Existing Structures - All existing structures, such as piles, fences, sewer, gas, water or other pipes, wires, conduit, manholes, railroad tracks and buildings shall be protected, supported and maintained from damage during construction. Proper installation of all timbers, cables or concrete for support shall be the responsibility of the Contractor, but may be subject to the Engineer's approval.  Any damages to such existing structures, while excavating or backfilling a trench or any other excavation, shall be thoroughly repaired by the Contractor at no expense to the Owner.  Some structures or utilities may be removed and replaced  by the Contractor at no expense to the Owner, if written permission of the structure's or utility's owner is first obtained.  Repairs or replacement shall be completed on a prompt and timely basis.  As noted in the drawings, the Contractor shall have the responsibility of locating existing underground structures to protect them from damage.  Excavating of the trench shall proceed at a pace and with enough caution to insure this protection.  Also, water mains shall be provided protection from sewers by providing the minimum clearances as noted in the drawings as follows:  10 feet horizontally or 18" vertically with sewer joints as far as possible from water main joints.
      • All excavated material shall be piled in a manner that will not endanger the work and will avoid obstructing sidewalks and driveways.  Hydrants under pressure, valve pit covers, valve boxes, curb stop boxes, fire and police call boxes, or other utility controls shall be left unobstructed and accessible while construction progresses.  Gutters shall be kept clear or other satisfactory provisions made for street drainage, and natural water courses shall not be obstructed.
   5. Street Closures - No drive, road or street shall be blocked except when the contractor is actually working, and such drives, roads and or streets shall be opened to use as soon as ordered by the Engineer, but such opening or using of the street shall not be held as acceptable for any part of the work. Every alternate street crossing shall be kept open for the use of the public at all times.  Street cut permits are required prior to excavating a street.
   6. Rock Excavation
      1. Definition - Rock excavation without blasting; or the use of modern power shovel of no less than one cubic yard capacity, properly used, having adequate power and in good running condition; or the use of other equivalent powered equipment.
      2. Trench - Where rock is encountered in the trench, the Contractor shall open the trench to the full depth for at least fifty feet (50') in advance of the pipe. Full depth shall be as indicated by the typical trench details and the sewer profile sheets of the plans.  The depth shall allow for the specified amount of bedding to be placed continuously under the    No rocks shall be allowed to protrude into the bedding material.
      3. Use of Explosives - where rock must be removed with explosives, the blasting operations must be executed in strict accordance with existing laws, ordinances and regulations.
         • Unless existing laws require more stringent procedures, the following specifications  shall be used for all blasting operations.  For trench excavations, the rock shall be stripped in all sections of not less than fifty feet (50') in length.  All pipe laid in rock trenches shall be covered with at least twelve inches (12") of suitable backfill immediately after laying.  The end of the last pipe, together with as much of the barrel as cannot be conveniently covered, shall be protected with sand bags to prevent flying debris from damaging sections of pipe already installed.
         • The site of any blast shall be covered with heavy timbers, mat or other devices to prevent flying rock or earth from damaging adjoining property.  Any blasting within five feet (5') of a water or gas main or electrical conduit shall be done with light charges of explosives, and the utmost care shall be used to avoid disturbing such utilities.
         • Sufficient warning shall be given to all persons in the vicinity of the work before blasting.  Also, at least two men with red flags shall be advantageous stationed to warn approaching persons that a blast is about to occur.  Finally, the Engineer or his representative shall be notified before each blast occurs to insure that all precautions are taken.  Also, the Engineer or his representative may revoke or change the number and size of charges to be set or change the time a blast may occur.
         • Solid ledge rock may be removed by use of air operated jackhammers or by use of air/hydraulic operated backhoe attached power chisel.
   7. Pipe Bedding and Installation
      1. Common Method of Bedding Pipe - The common method of pipe bedding may be utilized when water lines are not located within roadway limits, sidewalk areas and driveways unless otherwise directed by the Engineer.
         • The common method of bedding shall consist of installation of the pipe directly, on a firm trench bottom.  Bell holes shall be excavated so the pipe will be uniformly supported along its entire length.
      2. Bedding Under Roadways, Sidewalk Areas, and Driveways- Unless otherwise authorized by the Engineer, all bedding under or within 2 feet of any roadway, driveway, shoulder or sidewalk shall be "bedding stone" material as specified in Section 6B.
         • After preparation  of trench bottom, a pipe bed shall be prepared using bedding stone as shown on the eh drawings.  The bedding stone shall be spread over the full width of the trench and carefully placed around the pipe.
         • After installation of the pipe, bedding stone shall be placed around the pipe and to a point 3" above the top of the pipe.  Voids around and under the pipe shall be filled to prevent settlement and to provide fill support for the pipe.
      3. Laying Pipe - Pipe shall be laid with bell ends facing in the direction of laying.  Pipe ends shall be cleared of dirt and debris before the connection is made.   Whenever pipe laying operations are not in progress, a watertight plug or bulkhead shall be provided to protect the entrance from foreign material.  Deflection of pipe joints shall not exceed the recommendation of the manufacturer.
         • The cutting of pipe for installing valves or fittings shall be done in a neat, workmanlike manner without damage to the piping or lining.  The end shall be smooth and at right angles to the axis of the pipe.  Flame cutting of pipe by means of an oxyacetylene torch shall not be permitted.
         • When the project consists of laying new mains which will be connected into existing mains, there may be necessary interruptions to the water service to customers.  The Contractor shall plan ahead and arrange his work so that any such interruptions are kept o a minimum.  Where possible, these instances shall be scheduled during the time periods of less water usage.  The Contractor shall notify the Utility Superintendent of necessary shutdowns at least 24 hours in advance of the work.
   8. ...
      1. Trench Backfill - Backfill shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer and shall be free of sticks, wood scrap, frozen materials, sod and other deleterious material. Backfill within the limits of a roadway shall be "B" Borrow material as specified in Part 6 of this Section.
      2. Common Method
         • The common method of backfilling trenches may be utilized when water lines are not located within roadway limits, sidewalk areas and driveways unless otherwise directed by the Engineer.  
         • The common method of backfilling shall consist of reusing existing excavated materials for the remainder of the trench a along as approved by the Engineer and mounded above finished grade to allow for settlement until final grading and restoration is accomplished.  Rock with maximum dimension smaller than 2 inches may be used in the trench backfill above an elevation 12 inches over the top of the pipe, except that the top 4 inches of backfill shall contain no stone or object large than 1 inch maximum dimension.
         • Backfill Under Roadway, Sidewalk Areas, and Driveways. Unless otherwise authorized by the Engineer, all backfill under or within 2 feet of any roadway, driveway, shoulder or sidewalk shall be Granular Backfill material as described in Section 6B.
         • The method of backfilling under a roadway shall consist of placing granular backfill (B Borrow) in maximum 8" layers, loose measurement, and then each layer shall be mechanically compacted to required density.  The method of granular backfill (B Borrow) installation shall be as defined in Section 211.03, 211.04 and 211.05 of the Indiana Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, latest edition.  All backfill shall be compacted to 95% of maximum density by "Modified Proctor Method".  If open cut inspection show the existing soil to be equal to granular backfill (B Borrow) as determined by the Engineer, then the existing soil may be substituted and the Engineer will delete this item.
   9. Valves
      1. Valves shall be set vertically and bedded solidly on trench bottom.  Flanged valves shall be securely bolted utilizing red rubber or asbestos gaskets and high strength cast iron bolts and nuts.
      2. Valve boxes shall be set squarely over the wrench nut and vertical.  Leave valve box flush with finish grade and re-adjust as necessary to reconform with surface until final settlement or paving is complete.
      3. All valves shall be buried and have road boxes unless otherwise  specified.
   10. Fire Hydrants
       1. Fire hydrants shall be rigidly blocked and braced against thrust.  Contractor shall back up hydrant base with concrete and support base as detailed on the plans.  Hydrants are required to have rods with "Aduc lugs" and a  thrust block.  Grip rings can be used instead of "duc lugs".
       2. A generous envelope of washed, coarse gravel around the drain ports of the hydrants shall be provided to sure barrel drainage of the hydrants.  Gravel to be a minimum 2 feet diameter and to 6 inches above ports.
       3. Set ground line mark on hydrant 2 inches minimum and 4 inches maximum above finish grade.  All hydrants shall have one prime coat and two field coats of a suitable exterior machinery enamel of color used in this system.  Prime coat shall be touched-up prior to application of finish coat.
   11. Tapping Valves
       1. Tapping valve connections to existing mains shall be made at the locations shown on the plans.  Exact location of existing mains are somewhat in doubt in some areas; therefore, some variation of valve locations from plans may be required.  Contractor shall be required to locate tapping valve on the main at the best location at the time of installation, and no extra payment will be allowed for any such relocating.  Tapping valves and sleeve installations or crosstaps shall be made in accordance with the detail on the plans.  
       2. Tapping valves shall be installed and tap made in accordance with manufacturer's recommended procedures and good practice.  Valve shall be securely supported in vertical position during tapping operations. Tamp fill thoroughly around and under valve after installation.  Installation shall be checked for leaks before backfilling.
   12. Inserting Valves 
       1. At location shown on the plans, the Contractor shall furnish and install an inserting type valve, as specified, in the existing m mains.  The  valve shall be located where directed by the Engineer.
       2. The main shall be excavated and then thoroughly cleaned off on the outside before installing the valve body.  Final wash shall be with chlorinated water (50 PPM) to sterilize the pipe.
       3. After installing the valve, earth material shall be thoroughly compacted under and around the body before backfilling.
       4. The valve shall be fitted with a standard road box as specified for standard gate valves.
   13. Service Connections - At locations shown on the plans or where designated by the Engineer or Owner, the Contractor shall furnish all materials and labor to connect water services to mains. Any piping or fittings required to make the connection and provide service shall be furnished by the Contractor.  Meter pits and settings shall be installed plumb and true according to good construction practices.
8. STERILIZATION AND TESTING
   1. Sterilization
      1. Under this section, Contractor shall fill and sterilize all new mains, services, leads and appurtenances constructed under this contract.
      2. This work shall be done in accordance with all applicable provisions of AWWA Standard C-600-64, Installation of Cast Iron Water Mains.
   2. Filing the Mains 
      1. The new system shall be slowly filled with water from the utility distribution system.  Where pressure is insufficient  to raise water into mains at higher elevation, Contractor shall furnish booster pumping equipment to complete the filling and flushing to the Utility Superintendent and Engineers satisfaction.
      2. All air shall be expelled from the mains as they are filled. Air valves and hydrants at high purpose.  Where permanent vents are not provided, Contractor shall install corporation cocks at high points to assure removal of air.   Such cocks shall be left in place and location noted by dimension ties on the field record set of drawings.
   3. Disinfection
      1. Sterilization of mains shall be accomplished by the use of chlorine solution fed into the main at a point of entry during the main filling operation.
   4. Requirement of Chlorination
      1. Before being placed in service, all new mains and repaired portions of, or extensions to, existing mains shall be chlorinated so that a chlorine residual of not less than 25 PPM remains in the water after 24 hours standing in the pipe.
      2. A chlorine gas-water or hypochlorite mixture shall be applied by means of a solution-feed chlorinating device.  Chlorinating devices for feeding solutions of chlorine gas must provide means of preventing the backflow or water into the chlorine cylinder.
      3. The preferred point of application of chlorinating agent is ahead of the beginning of the pipeline extension or any valve section of it and through a corporation stop inserted by the Contractor, in the tope of the pipe.  The water injector for delivering the chlorine bearing water into the pipe should be supplied from a tap on the pressure side of the gate valve controlling the flow into the pipeline extension.
      4. Water from the existing distribution system or other source of supply shall be controlled so as to flow slowly into the newly laid pipeline during the application of chlorine.  The rate of chlorine mixture flow shall be in such proportion to the rate of water entering the pipe that the chlorine dose applied to the water entering the newly laid pipe shall produce at least 25 PPM after 24 hours standing.
      5. Treated water shall be retained in the pipe long enough to destroy all nonspore-forming bacteria.  This period should be  at least 24 hours and should produce no less than 25 Ppm at the extreme end of the line at the end of the retention period.
      6. If the circumstances are such that a shorter retention period must be used, the chlorine concentration shall be increased accordingly.
      7. In the process of chlorinating newly laid pipe, all valves or other appurtenances shall be operated while the pipeline is filled with the chlorinating agent.
      8. Following chlorination, all treated water shall be thoroughly flushed from the newly laid pipeline at its extremities until the replacement water throughout its length shall, up test, be proved comparable in quality to the water served the public from the existing water supply system and approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.  This satisfactory quality of water delivered by the new main should continue for a period of at least two full days as demonstrated by laboratory examination of samples taken from a tap located an installed in such way as to prevent outside contamination.
      9. Before system is placed in use, the Contractor shall obtain, from new mains two successive water samples 24 hours apart, and have them tested for bacteria content by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.  Samples shall be drawn in accordance with the Boards procedures.  Copies of submittals  shall be provided to Engineer or Water  Operator.  The Water Operator of the Lapel Water Company shall observe all samplings.
      10. If samples do not prove satisfactory, the system shall be rechlorinated and resampled until safe water is approved.
      11. The system shall be left filled with satisfactory water before final approval by the Water Operator and the Engineer will be made.
   5. Testing the Main
      1. Under this section, the Contractor shall perform a combination pressure and leakage test on the new mains after they have been filled with water as previously specified.  This work shall be done after all of the main is backfilled.  The Water Operator of the Lapel Water Company shall observe all pressure testing.
      2. The test procedure shall be as herein specified and in accordance with applicable provision s of AWWA Standard C-600-64.
      3. The mains shall be subjected to a test pressure of 150 PSI in the reach of main being tested.  The duration of each test shall be at least one hour.  If the pressure does not decrease during the test period, then the leakage test is not required.  Each valved section of pipe shall be so tested.
      4.  A test pressure shall be developed by a pump, connections, test gauges, and all unnecessary apparatus, to be furnished by the Contractor.
      5. A leakage test under pressure shall be made after the main has been filled and if the pressure test fails.  The test shall be carried out in the following manner:
         1. Record time and line pressure (Example: 60 PSI 10:00 A.M.) (See P.W.U. - Form #P.T. 1-22-79).
         2. Pump water into new main line until pressure reaches 105 PSI, record time and reading of gauge (Example: 150 PSI - 10:05 A.M.).
         3. After pressure has reached 150 PSI, stop pumping.
         4. For an hour, remain at the site and not if any changes are made to the pressure gauges or equipment.  None should be made by anyone.  Test void if adjustments are made, with the exception of tightening fittings to prevent loss of pressure on test equipment provided.
         5. At the end of one hour, open valve to gauge and record time and pressure reading (Example:  140 PSI-11:05 A.M.)
         6. Using a pre-measured amount of water (container should measure pints and gallons),  proceed to pump line pressure back-up to 150 PSI.
         7. Record timeline pressure, and amount of water used to pump line pressure back up to 150 PSI (Example:  10:10 A.M. - 150 PSI - 1 gallon loss).
         8. Leave line alone for another hour.  
         9. At the end of the second hour, again record the time and line pressure (Example:  12:05 P.M. - 135 PSI).
         10. Using a pre-measured amount of water (container should measure pints and gallons), proceed to pump line pressure back up to 150 PSI.
         11. Record time, line pressure, and amount of water used to pump line back up to 150 PSI (Example:  12:10 P.M. - 150 PSI - 1.5 gallon loss).
         12. A line is considered satisfactory if it meets the following specifications:
             
             • Reference AWWA Spec - #C600-64
             • Leakage Test:  Apply 150 PSI # pressure for two (2) hours.
             • Allowable Leakage:
               
               • 1.1 gal/hr. allowed for 6 in. pipe per 1,000 ft. of pipe.
               • 1.47 gal/hr. allowed for 8 in. pipe per 1,000 ft. of pipe.
               • 1.84 gal/hr allowed for 10 in. pipe per 1,000 ft. of pipe.
               • 2.20 gal/hr allowed for 12 in. pipe per 1,000 ft of pipe.
      6. If the leakage from a test section shall be greater than permitted under these specification, the Contractor, at his own expense, shall locate and repair the defective joints or other defects.  The leakage test shall then be repeated until no defects or evidence of leakage are found.  All material for this work shall be at the Contractor's expense.
   6. Granular Backfill - The Contractor shall employ a soils testing laboratory, approved by the Engineer to determine the moisture-dry density relationship of the materials to be compacted in accordance with ASTM D 1557. The approved soils testing laboratory shall make field moisture and density tests to verify the degree of compaction being obtained. Tests shall be made at least once for every 250 cubic yards, or fraction thereof, of compacted material.  Tests shall be made at locations selected by the Engineer under paved areas.  Two copies of all test reports shall be sent directly to the Engineer.

DEVELOPERS AND NEW USERS OF THE SEWAGE FACITILIES – CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS

Whereas the Town of Lapel operates and maintains a water system and  collection system and whereas the town has and will expend public monies for improvement of the water system and collection system for the benefit of future customers to the system, and  Whereas the Town wants to be fair to the present and future users of the system now therefore the Town hereby adopts the following ordinance:

Definitions.

For the purpose of this sub-chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Application Fee:   A fee charged at the time application for sewage service is made, which in non-refundable and which represents the cost to the town of processing such application.

Availability: Charge A payment which shall be required for the privilege of connecting a service line or lateral sewer from a residence, commercial user for tract of ground into the towns local sewers or interceptor as a capital contribution for the availability of service, present or future.

Connection Charge:   A payment required to cover the cost to inspect the connection of a service line to the local sewer.  This payment shall be charged and paid at the time the application for connection is made.  This charge applies to the single family residence and all equivalent dwelling units. i.e., residential, commercial, industrial, et. Seq.  

Developer:  Any person, individual, corporation or entity engaged in developing a property, tract of ground or improving a lot or group of lots or structures thereon for the use of occupancy, owning or selling the property to be connected or served by the sewage facilities.

Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU):  The single family resident situated upon a single lot, and also the sewage contribution from that residence being 300 gallons per day.

Equivalent Dwelling Unit Revenue:   That monthly revenue charged the  resident based upon the then current schedule of rates and charges.

Interceptor Sewer: The sanitary sewer, usually located within the streets, alley or easements, which normally receives the sewage from the local sewers.  This sewer usually conveys the sewage to the treatment plant or point of ultimate disposal.

Lateral Sewer:  The sanitary sewer, usually located with the street, alley or easements, which normally receives the sewage from the local sewers.  Service lines are not excluded from connecting directly to this sewer.

Local Sewer: The sanitary sewer, eight inches minimum, usually located within  the street, alley or easements, which receives the sewage from the individual service lines.

Over sizing Costs:  The costs or over sizing sewers or the sewage treatment plant or other facilities in anticipation of the need to serve future customers.

Ratio of Equivalent Dwelling Unit Revenue:   That monthly revenue charged a user or customer, or the sewage facility, divided by the Equivalent Dwelling Unit Revenue.

Service Area:  That area to be served by the town sewage treatment plant and collection sewers.  Such area will usually include the drainage area permitting the use of gravity sewers, and certain adjacent areas that may be readily pumped into such sewers.

Service Lateral:   A branch, from the local or collecting sewer, between that sewer and the property line of the intended user.  Usually installed by the developer or in certain cases the lot owner or user.

Service Line:   The sewer line, six inches minimum, installed between the residence or structure for the purpose of conveying the sewage discharge to the service lateral on the local or collecting sewer.  This line is installed by the individual owner or builder.

Expansion and Connection Policy.

1. All local and lateral sewers to be connected directly or indirectly into the towns sewer facility or collection system shall, at the owners or developers expense, be designed, constructed and installed by the owner or developer to the towns specifications. The new sewers shall be located in such streets, alleys, right-of way, and easements as are approved  by the town.
2. All interceptor sewers shall be designed and built by the town. They shall be funded by a combination of the above defined charges, plus the use of state and federal funds, if available.  
3. The sewage treatment plant expansions shall be designed and built by the town. The expansions shall be funded by a combination of the above defined charges, plus the use of state and federal funds, if available.
4. No sewer collection facilities shall be extended, nor shall any connections be made to the towns sewage treatment facility unless and until such area to which facilities will be extended ins within the town limits, or has agreed to be annexed to the town or has agreed not to remonstrate against such annexation.
5. Prior to the commencement of construction of any sewer, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's approval shall be furnished to the town.
6. Prior to the commencement of construction of any sewer or collection facility, the plans shall be approved in writing by the Town Engineer.

Contributions; Method of Payments and Reimbursement

1. Contributions and Charges: When the towns sewage facilities are capable of serving an area of property within two miles of the town, and such area or property is to be connected, contributions and charges on behalf of the unconnected property shall be required as follows for the application situation:
   1. Application: An application for connection shall be submitted on a form approved by the town.
   2. Availability Charge: A charge of $2,000 per EDU, based upon the use proposed for said property.  The equivalent number of dwelling units in the case of users of units other than single family residences, shall be determined in accordance with the following table.  The number of equivalent units for situations not covered by the table will be determined by the Town Council.  Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein to the contrary, the town may contract with the owner or developer for an additional availability charge for treatment plant capacity to be collected in advance by the town for purposes of expanding the capacity of the sewage treatment plant to meet such owners or developers needs. 
      1. Ratio of sewer usage of single family residence to other types of uses.  A single family residence is equivalent to 300 gallons per day.
         • Type of Service - Ratio
         • Single family residence - 1.0
         • Two family residence - 1.8
         • Multi-family and apartments - .7 per unit
         • Mobile homes and parks - .8 per unit
         • Motels and hotels - .4 per unit
         • Service clubs and churches - per 200 members or fraction hereof:
           • Without kitchen - 1.0
           • With kitchen - 2.0
         • Office buildings - per 1,000 sqft - .25
         • Health service offices - .6
         • Personal care - per chair - .4
         • Restaurant - per seat - .1
         • Food drive in - per car space - .2
         • Food and club retail service - per employee - .2
         • Laundry - per washer - 1.3
         • Car wash - per bay - 2.0
         • Automatic car wash - set by Town Council
         • Service station - 1.5
         • Retail sales and service - each three employees or fraction thereof - 1.0
         • Manufacturing or warehouses - sanitary use only, eight employees - 1.0
         • Manufacturing - other use - set by Town Council
         • Bars and coctail lounges - per seat - .05
         • Bowling alley - per alley - .4
         • Bowling alley - with bar - per alley - 2.0
         • Dentist office - per chair - 1.4
         • Physician's office - per examining room - .6
         • Schools with gym and cafeteria - per student - .6
           • Without gym and cafeteria - per student - .04
         • Speculative commercial industrial - per acre - 1.0
           • At base, actual when building permit received.
         • Other uses - set by Town Council
      2. Method of Payment. The availability charges, where applicable, shall be paid in cash at the time so designated by the Town. This will usually be either at the time of the application for a construction permit or at the time of application for a building permit.

50.40 Connection Charge

It is the intention of this sub-chapter that there will be an application for a service line connection to the local sewers.  The application is to be submitted by the individual builder, lot owner or customer at the time of application for a building permit.

At this time there will not be any charge for this application.