A. No person shall cause to be discharged or make a connection which would allow any of the following to be discharged into any sanitary sewer:
1. Storm water, surface drainage, ground water, dwelling sump pump discharges, roof runoff, or other water not permitted to be discharged into any sanitary sewer, nor shall any dwelling sump pump or groundwater collection device be connected to any sanitary sewer.
2. No person shall cause any of the above mentioned waters to be mixed with that person's sewage in order to dilute the sewage.
3. Any person whose residence or other building is found to have a sump pump or groundwater collection device connected to the sanitary sewer before January 1, 2020, shall not be subject to the penalties and fines in Section 13.04.120. Beginning January 1, 2020, all violations of this chapter, including sump pump connections to the sanitary sewer, shall be subject to the fines and penalties in Section 13.04.120.
D. No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or wastes to any public sewer:
1. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
2. Any waters containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or other wastes, to contaminate or interrupt any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard in or have an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the water treatment plant;
3. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or more than 9.0, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the wastewater system;
4. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, underground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders;
5. Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment plant resulting in interference, or cause the temperature at the headworks of the treatment plant to exceed one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (104°F), and in no case shall any wastewater be discharged which has a temperature in excess of one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140°F);
6. Any pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.) released at a flow and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference to the processing plant five (5) times its normal strength);
7. Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotope of such half life or concentration as may exceed limits established by central Weber district general manager in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
8. Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance;
9. Wastewater containing more than twenty five milligrams per liter (25 mg/l) of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils, or products of mineral oil origin;
10. Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils, fat or grease;
11. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, restaurants or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in commercial kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises;
12. Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established by the state for such materials;
13. Any waters or wastes containing odor producing substances exceeding limits which may be established by the state;
14. Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system, or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes;
15. Any substance, liquid or condition described in chapter 2, section 2.2.2 of the central Weber sewer improvement district wastewater control rules and regulations as adopted by the city on September 5, 1991.
16. Any water from any sump pump or groundwater collection device located in or near any building.
E. Each user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause damage to the city sewer system shall be liable to the city for such damage and for all expenses incurred by the city of Farr West for repair.
F. If any water or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in subsection D of this section, or are prohibited or restricted in chapter 2, section 2.2.2 of the central Weber sewer rules and regulations, and which are determined by the city or district 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 this chapter;
4. Require a plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and pretreatment facility location;
5. Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities;
6. Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials through spills to the municipal sewer.
(Ord. 19-05 §§ 1, 2: Ord. 92-03 § 6)