(A) No person shall discharge or cause the discharge of any unpolluted waters such as storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sewer; except storm water runoff from limited areas which may be polluted at times, may be discharged to the sanitary sewer by permission of the city and Utah State Department of Environmental Quality.
(B) Storm water, other than that exempted under division (A) of this section, and all other unpolluted drainage, shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to natural outlets approved by the city and the Utah State Department of Environmental Quality. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters shall also be discharged to a storm sewer combined sewer or natural outlet.
(C) If any water or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in any of state laws or the city's sanitary sewer ordinances or policies, and which are determined by the city to have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the city may:
(1) Reject the wastes;
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of this subchapter. If the city permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flow the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the city and the Utah State Department of Environmental Quality;
(4) Require a plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and pretreatment facility location.
(5) Require details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
(6) Require details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials through spills to the municipal sewer.
(D) All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this subchapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association. Sampling methods, location, times duration and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to approval by the city.
(E) No statement contained in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the city and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the city for treatment.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 3-9-2010; Ord. 2010-003, passed 6-11-2019) Penalty, see §
50.99