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A By-law to Regulate the Discharge of Any Matter into the Sewer Works, Including the Sanitary, Combined and Storm Sewer Systems of the City of Hamilton

Published by City of Hamilton

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Type
By-law
Published by
City of Hamilton
Date
April 27, 2022
Also called
By-law No. 14-090 - Office Consolidation
For
any
Signed by
mayor · city clerk
Building types
All building types
Pages
44

Overview

City of Hamilton By-law No. 14-090, regulating discharges into the City's sanitary, combined and storm sewer works and repealing By-law No. 04-150, in an office consolidation updated April 27, 2022 with By-law 22-103 on construction dewatering. Its parts cover prohibitions, discharges to sewer works, sewer use assessment reports and water balance studies, monitoring, grease control devices, interceptors, dental amalgam separators, pollution prevention planning, hauled sewage, spills and sewer discharge permits. Schedules set sanitary, combined and storm discharge limits and a risk assessment for food premises.

What it covers

  • Definitions
  • Application of By-law
  • General Prohibitions
  • Discharges to Sewer Works
  • Sewer Use By-law Assessment Reports and Water Balance Studies
  • Monitoring and Analyzing Discharges for Quality and Quantity
  • Grease Control Devices, Oil and Grease and Sediment Interceptors, and Dental Amalgam Separators
  • Pollution Prevention Planning
  • Hauled Sewage
  • Spills
  • Sewer Discharge Permits
  • Permits – General
  • Administration and Enforcement
  • Penalties
  • General Provisions
  • Repeal, Transition and Enactment
  • Joined Sanitary-Foundation Drain Sewer Lands
  • Limits for Sanitary Sewer and Combined Sewer Discharge
  • Limits for Storm Sewer Discharge
  • City Locations for Discharge of Hauled Sewage
  • Risk Assessment for Food Premises
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A By-law to Regulate the Discharge of Any Matter into the Sewer Works, Including the Sanitary, Combined and Storm Sewer Systems of the City of Hamilton

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