(A) It is unlawful to dump waste into the city sewage system which the Board deems harmful to the operation of the sewage works system. The Board may require methods affecting pretreatment of wastes to reduce the characteristics of the waste satisfactory to the Board of Sanitation.
(B) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, or subsurface drainage into any sanitary sewer.
(C) Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Director of Public Works. Industrial cooling water of unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Director of the Department of Public Works, to the city sewer, or a natural outlet.
(D) No owner of any private sanitary sewer shall introduce into such sewer any substance or waste that is in violation of Citizens Energy Group's permit. In the event that a user introduces such prohibited substances or waste, the city has the right to reject that substance or waste from the system, or may apply a surcharge thereon for the treatment thereof, or may require pretreatment consistent with Citizens Energy Group's guidelines.
(E) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any city sewer wastewater or waste which causes, threaten to cause, or are capable of causing either alone or by interaction with other substances:
(1) Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard.
(2) Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to the wastewater works, but in no case with a pH lower than 5.0 or higher than 10.0.
(3) Solid or viscous waste in amounts which would cause obstruction to the flow in city sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater works.
(4) Wastes at a flow rate or pollutant discharge rate which is excessive over relative short time periods so that there is a treatment process upset and subsequent loss of treatment efficiency.
(F) All industrial users who discharge more than the equivalent 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary waste must obtain a permit from Citizens Energy Group.
(G) The City of Beech Grove shall adopt as part of this chapter, the Citizens Energy Group Sanitary Standards Manual and shall reference any individual standard concerning all customers of the Beech Grove Sewage Works system. The Citizens Energy Group Sanitary Standards Manual is available for public inspection at City Hall upon request.
(Ord. 1-1979, passed 4-2-79; Am. Ord. 13-1979, passed 12-17-79; Am. Ord. 1, 2013, passed 2-4-13; Am. Ord. 3, 2017, passed 8-7-17) Penalty, see § 50.999