(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, foundation drain water, groundwater, roof runoff, surface drainage, cooling waters, or any other unpolluted water to any sanitary sewer unless specifically authorized by the Village Administrator.
(B) No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which interferes with or passes through the POTW. The following general prohibitions shall apply to all users to the village’s POTW whether or not a user is subject to national categorical pretreatment standards or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A user may not contribute the following substances to the village’s POTW:
(1) Any liquids, solids, or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious or hazardous in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW, including but not limited to waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140°F or 60°C using the test methods specifiedin 40 CFR 261.21. At no time shall two successive readings on a meter capable of reading L.E.L. (lower explosive limit) at a point at the nearest accessible point to the POTW in a sanitary sewer, at the point of discharge into the POTW, or at any point in the POTW be more than 5% nor any single reading greater than 10%. The following materials may not be added to the sewer in detectable quantities unless specifically permitted or limited in the user’s wastewater discharge permit: gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, prechlorates, bromates, polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated biphenyls, carbides, hydrides, Stoddard solvents, and sulfides. The permitting of these items in no way relieves the user of prohibitions of discharges of explosive hazardous or injurious substances.
(2) Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities, such as but not limited to: grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension, any material which can be disposed of as trash, animal guts, or tissues, whole blood, sand, spent lime, metal, straw, grass clippings, rags, wood plastics, tar, asphalt residues from refinishing or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or tumbling and deburring stones.
(3) Any wastewater which will cause corrosive structural damage to the POTW but in no case any wastewater having a pH beyond the limits set in § 53.023.
(4) Any wastewater containing incompatible pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, to create an incompatible effect in the receiving water of the POTW, to exceed the limitations set forth in a national categorical pretreatment standard (when effective) or in §§ 53.020 et seq., or to create a public nuisance. An incompatible pollutant shall include but not be limited to any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act (33 USC 1317(a)).
(5) Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastewaters are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into sewer for their maintenance and repair.
(6) In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines, or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act (33 USC 1345); any criteria guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the RCRA and SWDA (42 USC 6901 et seq.), the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.), the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 USC 2601 et seq.); or state criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used.
(7) Any substance, which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES permit or the receiving water quality standards.
(8) Any wastewater having a temperature at the point of discharge to the POTW which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference; in no case shallwastewater be introduced to the POTW which exceeds 65°C (157°F) or which exceeds 40°C (104°F) at the POTW treatment plant.
(9) Any pollutant(s), including but not limited to petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, products of mineral oil origin, or compatible pollutants, released at a flow or pollutant concentration which will interfere with the operation of or pass through the POTW.
(10) Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by state or federal regulations.
(11) Any pollutant(s) which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
(12) Any wastewater containing BOD, total solids, or suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant, provided, however, that a user may be permitted by specific written agreement with the village, which agreement to discharge such BOD or TSS may provide for special charges, payments, or provisions for treating and testing equipment and such agreement to be negotiated with the village prior to the discharge of any such wastewater.
(13) Ammonia nitrogen in amounts that would cause a violation of the water quality standards of the receiving waters of the POTW.
(14) Any discharge exceeding the standards established in 35 Illinois Administrative Code 307 from time to time.
(15) Any slug discharged to the POTW.
(16) Detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances which may cause excessive foaming atthe POTW.
(17) Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the Village Administrator in accordance with §53.030.
(18) Sludges, screening, or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes.
(19) Wastewater which has a COD over 5,000 mg/L and a BOD which is less than 20% of the COD cannot be discharged to the POTW unless the discharge is either specifically permitted in the industrial user's operating permit or specifically permitted by written authorization from the Village Administrator. Additional charges for treating such overstrength wastes shall be determined by the village.
(20) Wastewater which imparts color which cannot be removed by the treatment process, such as but not limited to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions, which consequently imparts color to the treatment plant’s effluent.
(21) Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the village in a discharge permit.
(22) Wastewater causing, along or in conjunction with other sources, the treatment plant’s effluent to fail a toxicity test.
(C) Pollutants, substances, or wastewater prohibited by this section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they could be discharged to the POTW.
(Ord. 03-19, passed 10-20-2003) Penalty, see §§ 53.090 through 53.099