(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(1) Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;
(3) Any waters or wastes having pH lower than 6.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works, or that interfere with any treatment process; or
(4) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, underground garbage, whole blood, paunch, manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, paper, dishes, cups, milk containers, and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(B) (1) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the Superintendent that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance.
(2) In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors.
(3) The substances prohibited are:
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F or 65°C;
(b) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of (100) mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°F and 150°F or 0.0% to 65°C;
(c) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent;
(d) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not;
(e) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree than such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials;
(f) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters;
(g) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
(h) Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 10.0;
(i) Materials which exert or cause:
1. Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues, or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride, and sodium sulfate);
2. Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable tanning solutions);
3. Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works; or
4. Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting “slugs” as defined herein.
(j) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters;
(k) Any substance which may cause the treatment plant effluent or any other residues, slugs, or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
In no cause shall a substance discharged to the system cause the town to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal regulations, or permits issued under 40 C.F.R. parts 257, 403, and 503 or all state and federal requirements applicable to the sludge use and disposal practices being used by the town;
(l) Any sludges, screenings, or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes; or
(m) Any material identified as hazardous waste according to 40 C.F.R. part 261.
(C) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged, to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in division (B) above, and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
(1) Require new industries or industries with significant increase in discharges to submit information on wastewater characteristics and obtain prior approval for discharges;
(2) Reject the wastes in whole or in part for any reason deemed appropriate by the town;
(3) Require pretreatment of such wastes to within the limits of normal sewage as defined;
(4) Require control or flow equalization of such wastes so as to avoid any “slug” loads or excessive loads that may be harmful to the treatment works; or
(5) Require payment of a surcharge on any excessive flows or loadings discharged to the treatment works to cover the additional costs of having capacity for and treating such wastes.
(Ord. 10, 1998, passed 9-9-1998) Penalty, see § 51.99