(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the governing body of the Town of Clayton, New Mexico, that the wastes can harm the wastewater facility or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limbs, public property or constitute a nuisance.
(B) In forming an opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the governing body of the town will give consideration to such factors as the materials of construction of the sewers, nature and capacity of the wastewater facility, degree of treatability of wastes which must be considered, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150ºF (65ºC);
(2) Any water or waste containing fats, grease, wax or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32ºF and 150ºF or 0ºC and 65ºC;
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder larger than those normally manufactured and sold for residential and noncommercial use will not be installed without specific review and approval by the governing body of the town;
(4) Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions cannot be discharged to the wastewater facility unless completely neutralized and approved by the governing body of the town for discharge;
(5) Any waters or wastes containing reducing substances of an organic or inorganic nature, toxic or nontoxic, which exert an immediate chlorine demand shall not be discharged into the wastewater facility if discharge of the agents will prevent the achievement of an adequate chlorine residual in the effluent of the wastewater treatment works;
(6) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances, in concentrations exceeding limits established by the governing body of the town after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for the discharge to the receiving waters;
(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of a half-life or concentrations as may exceed limits established by the governing body of the town, in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations;
(8) Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5;
(9) Materials which exert or cause:
(a) 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);
(b) Excessive discoloration (such as but not limited to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions);
(c) Unusual chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in quantities as to constitute a significant load on the wastewater treatment works; and
(d) Slugs or shocks constituting an unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes which will disturb the normal functioning of the wastewater facility.
(10) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment works employed, or are amenable to treatment only to the degree that the effluent cannot meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(Ord. 462, passed 2-28-1972; Am. Ord. 466, passed 6-11-1973) Penalty, see § 52.999