Except as otherwise provided by the board of trustees pursuant to the provisions hereof, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described wastes or waters into any sewer, watercourse, natural outlet or waters within the village:
A. Water or wastes to be substantially free of all oils or greases if such water or wastes are sufficient to: 1) interfere with the biological processes of a sewage treatment plant; 2) interfere with proper operation of the sewage works; 3) cause pollution as herein defined.
B. Liquids, solids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are sufficient to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the sewage works structures or to the operation of the sewage works.
C. Noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or substances which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance and repair.
D. Water or wastes having a pH lower than 4.5 or higher than 10.0 or having corrosive properties sufficient to cause damage or hazards to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works or interfering with the proper operation of the sewerage system or sewage treatment works.
E. Water or wastes containing toxic substances in quantities which are sufficient to interfere with the biological processes of the sewage treatment works.
F. Garbage that has not been ground or comminuted to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1/2") in any dimension.
G. Radioactive wastes unless they comply with the Atomic Energy Commission Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919) as amended and Part 20, Subpart D - Waste Disposal, Section 20.303, of the regulations issued by the Atomic Energy Commission or amendments thereto.
H. Solid or viscous wastes which cause obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage system or sewage treatment works such as grease, uncomminuted garbage, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bone, hair, hides, fleshings, entrails, feathers, sand, cinders, ashes, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grain, wastepaper, wood, plastic, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, gasoline, naphtha and similar substances.
I. Liquids or vapors having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) at the point of entrance into a public sewer.
(Ord. 816, 6-27-1972; amd. 1992 Code)