(a) Prohibition of Unpolluted Water. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either directly or indirectly, any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. Any such connections shall be subject to immediate removal by the owner of the premises so connected and at the owner's expense. Subfoundation building drains connected to sanitary sewers before the effective date of this section shall not be required to be removed unless it is established by the Administrator that such connection is detrimental to the satisfactory operation of the sewage works and that such removal is cost-effective in accordance with guidelines established by U.S. EPA. Any such connections made after the effective date of this section shall be prohibited and shall be removed.
Should the owner of such an illegally connected premises fail to remove the connection within ninety days after the date of official notice to do so, the Board of Public Utilities shall cause the connection to be removed and the cost thereof shall be billed to the owner of the premises. If such cost is not paid within sixty days, the City shall certify such cost to the Columbiana County Auditor as an assessment upon the property.
(b) Illegal Discharges to Natural Outlet or Storm Sewer. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any natural outlet or storm sewer any sanitary or industrial wastewater unless such discharge is under an NPDES permit issued by the OEPA.
(c) Allowable Discharge of Unpolluted Water. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage, such as from air conditioning, swimming pools, etc., shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designed and designated as storm sewers or to a combined sewer or a natural outlet approved by the Administrator. Uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted wastewater may be discharged, on approval of the Administrator, to a storm sewer or natural outlet. If such waters are polluted with insoluble oils, grease or suspended solids, they shall be treated for removal of the pollutants and the clear water discharged as specified.
(d) Protection of Sanitary and Building Sewer During Construction. No person constructing a sanitary sewer, building sewer or house connection shall leave the same open, unsealed or incomplete in such fashion as to permit storm, surface or subsurface water to enter such sewers.
(e) Obstructions in Sewers. No garbage or obstruction of any kind shall be placed or thrown in any receiving basin, manhole or sewer, and persons so offending shall be subject to a penalty for each offense.
(f) General Discharge Limitations and Prohibitions. All persons that discharge or cause to be discharged, either directly or indirectly, any waters or wastes to any public sewer shall comply with Section 929.03
(a) and (b).
(g) Accidental Discharges. All users shall comply with Section 929.03
(c) upon the occurrence of a slugload or accidental discharge of substances prohibited by this chapter.
(h) Grease and Oil Interceptors. For grease, oil and inorganic material such as sand, grit, etc., interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Administrator, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts as specified in subsection (f) hereof; flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Administrator, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates, and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Administrator. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner's personnel shall be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
(i) Operation of Pretreatment Facilities. Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided or required, in coordination with Chapter 929, for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense, and shall be subject to periodic inspection by the Administrator. The owner shall maintain operating records, and shall submit to the Administrator as required by Chapter 929, a summary report of the character of the influent and effluent to show the performance of the treatment facilities.
(j) Analyses. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods" or "EPA Methods". Reference is made to EPA "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants" (40 CFR 136). Sampling methods, location, times, durations and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to approval by the Superintendent.
(k) Special Conditions. No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial wastewater of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to possible payment therefor by the industrial concern for subsequent treatment. Any industrial concern may appeal any determination made by the Administrator in the enforcement of this chapter. Any contract with an industry shall be governed by all sewer service charges and regulations as established in the City's ordinances.
(Ord. 40. Passed 8-1-88.)