The following extracts from the ordinances of Indianapolis are typical of those from many cities:
2950. No connection shall be made with any public sewer without the written permission of the Committee on Sewers and the Sewerage Engineer.
2953. No person shall be authorized to do the work of making connections until he has furnished a satisfactory certificate that he is qualified for the duties. He shall also file bond for not less than $1,000 that he will indemnify the City from all loss or damage that may result from his work and that he will do the work in conformity to the rules and regulations established by the City Council.
2955. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow premises connected to the sewers or drains to remain without good fixtures so attached as to allow a sufficiency of water to be applied to keep the same unobstructed.
2956. No butcher’s offal or garbage, or dead animals, or obstructions of any kind shall be thrown in any receiving basin or sewer in penalty not greater than $100. Any person injuring, breaking, or removing any portion of any receiving basin, manhole cover, etc., shall be fined not more than $100.
2962. No person shall drain the contents of any cesspool or privy vault into any sewer without the permission of the Common Council.
The Cleveland ordinances are similar and contain the following in addition:
1251. Rule 4. All connections with the main or branch sewers shall be made at the regular connections or junctions built into the same, except by special permit.
Rule 16. No steam pipe, nor the exhaust, nor the blow off from any steam engine shall be connected with any sewer.
Evanston, Illinois, protects its sewers against the additions of grease and other undesirable substances as follows: