(a) It is unlawful for any person to connect any pipe, open channel, or any other conveyance system that discharges anything except stormwater or unpolluted water, which is approved by the Director, into receiving waters.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to continue the operation of any such illicit connection regardless of whether the connection was permissible when constructed. Improper connections in violation of this article must be disconnected and redirected, if necessary, to the satisfaction of the Director and any other federal, state, or local agencies or departments regulating the discharge.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to throw, drain, run or otherwise discharge to any component of the Greenville County MS4 or to the Waters of the State or to cause, permit or allow to suffer to be thrown, drained, run, or allow to seep or otherwise discharge into such system or receiving water all matter of any nature excepting only such storm or surface water as herein authorized.
(d) The Director may require controls for or exempt from the prohibition provision in (a), (b) and (c) above the following, discharges provided the Director determines these discharges are not a significant source of pollution:
(1) Unpolluted industrial cooling water, but only under the authorization and direction of the Director and appropriate NPDES permit.
(2) Water line and fire hydrant flushing performed or required by a government agency, diverted stream flows, rising ground waters.
(3) Unpolluted pumped ground water.
(4) Unpolluted discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, springs, water from crawl space pumps, footing drains, lawn watering, individual car washing, residential pool backwashing, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, and street wash water.
(5) Discharges or flows from firefighting activities.
(6) Other unpolluted water.
(7) All authorized non-stormwater discharges must not cause erosion of soil or the stream bank or result in sediment impacts to the receiving stream.
(e) In the event of an accidental discharge or an unavoidable loss to the Greenville County MS4 of any pollutant, the responsible person shall inform the Greenville County Land Development Division as soon as possible, but not to exceed 24 hours, of the nature, quantity and time of occurrence of the discharge. The responsible person shall take immediate steps to contain the waste, treat the waste or other actions to minimize effects of the discharge on the MS4 and receiving waters. The responsible person shall also take immediate steps to ensure no recurrence of the discharge.
(1976 Code, § 8-91) (Ord. 3551, passed 11-11-2001; Ord. 4281, passed 5-5-2009; Ord. 4698, passed 5-5-2015)