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Dean St. 201.871.4113 Home of the www.BergenCountyCamera.com Waldwick residents whose sump pumps are hooked up to the sanitary sewer system will have four months to disconnect them or risk a monthly surcharge if a new ordinance being proposed is adopted. The Waldwick Council last week introduced an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of storm water into the sanitary sewer system after more than a year of discussion and fine tuning. The ordinance, which targets illicitly-connected sump pumps, was prompted by a need to remedy a growing infiltration problem of water that is not sewer water going into the sewer system so as to reduce the treatment charges paid to the Northwest Bergen Utilities Authority. Cutting down on the flow to the sewerage treatment plant off Wyckoff Avenue in Waldwick would also ultimately preclude the need for an expansion of the treatment facility. Borough Administrator Gary Kratz has estimated that half of the 600 million gallons from Waldwick treated each year at the authority is “clean” storm water, most of it dumped into the sewer system through illicit sump pump connections. The borough pays nearly $2 million a year for sanitary sewer treatment. The ordinance prohibits the discharge of “any storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, yard drainage, yard fountain, swimming pool, pond overflow or any other substance other than sanitary sewage into the sanitary sewer collection system.” Hazardous substances are also prohibited from being discharged down the drain. “This is a very good way to start,” said Councilman Don Sciolaro. He explained that the governing body had been working aggressively for over six years to identify the source of the inflow and infiltration into the sewer system, until it was determined that the problem was caused by sump pump hookups. “Rainwater is not waste, and it should not be treated as such; it should go back into the storm water system,” he said. Borough Engineer Michael DeSena previously estimated that out of the 3,000 homes in town, 2,000 have sump pumps illegally discharging into the sanitary sewer system, many of them west of Crescent Avenue. Councilman Andrew Brennecke voted “no” on the ordinance. He said that while he agrees in principle that the borough needs to get control over what is going into the sewer, he disagrees with the method of enforcement. “The fact that I don’t have an alternative doesn’t mean that this solution is correct,” Brennecke said. He said he did not like the idea of inspectors going into homes looking for violations and residents being penalized if they refuse access to their home, though they may not have a sump pump. “They are considered guilty until they let them (the inspector) in; I see this as a privacy issue,” Brennecke added. The ordinance designates the building inspector, borough engineer, borough fire code official and/or a borough sub-code inspector as the persons authorized to “request entrance to any property for the purpose of inspecting, observing, testing and sampling to confirm that there is no sump pump or other prohibited discharge into the sanitary sewer system.” If entrance is refused, the $50 monthly surcharge would be imposed until an inspection is permitted to assure compliance . The surcharge is charged to the sewer utility bill, and a lien may be imposed upon the property if the surcharge goes unpaid. During an amnesty period to run until Dec. 31, residents who voluntarily report an illicit connection at their home or business and submit a remediation plan will have all the permit, connection and inspection fees waived. After this date, the resident will have to pay all the fees. In either case, the actual cost of remediation will be borne by the property owner. The disconnection must be complete and permanent and performed in a competent manner and approved and inspected by the borough. Residents can install a dry well system, connect to a storm sewer and/or use their own property for discharge of the water so long as the discharge does not affect any neighboring property. A waiver may be granted if the resident can prove that all possible remedial measures have been exhausted, which would be the case in areas such as the Woodside/Derby area where the water table is high. The borough is planning (continued on page 23)