(A) If wastewaters containing any substance described enter into the sewer system of the town or to any sewer system tributary thereto, the Superintendent and Town Council may take action necessary to:
(1) Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
(2) Require a discharger to demonstrate that in-house modifications will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substance in conformity with this section;
(3) Require pretreatment, including storage facilities, or flow equalization necessary to reduce or eliminate the objectionable characteristics or substances so that the discharge will not violate these rules and regulations;
(4) Require the person making, causing, or allowing the discharge to pay any additional cost or expense incurred by the town for handling and treating excess loads imposed on the treatment system; and
(5) Take such other remedial action as may be deemed to be desirable or necessary to achieve the purpose of this section.
(B) The town may suspend the wastewater treatment service and/or the wastewater permit of a discharger if it appears to the town that an actual or threatened discharge presents an imminent danger to the welfare of the persons, to the environment, to the operation of the POTW, or violates any pretreatment limits of any wastewater permit.
(C) Any discharger notified of the suspension of wastewater service and/or the discharger’s wastewater permit must, within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the town, cease all discharges. If the discharger fails to comply voluntarily with the suspension order within the specified time, the town must immediately commence with judicial proceedings to comply with the discharger’s compliance with the order. The town can reinstate the wastewater permit and/or the wastewater treatment service and terminate judicial proceedings, provided the discharger can prove the elimination of the non-complying discharge or conditions.
(Prior Code, § 3.1)