8-3-6: PROHIBITED DISCHARGES:

   A.   Prohibited Waste: No person may discharge to public sewers any waste which by itself or by interaction with other wastes may:

      1.   Injure or interfere with wastewater treatment processes or facilities;

      2.   Constitute a hazard to humans or animals; or

      3.   Create a hazard in receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent.

   B.   Exceptions: All discharges shall be prohibited except those that meet the criteria for "domestic wastewater". BOD concentration shall not exceed two hundred ten milligrams per liter (210 mg/l) 1 . SS shall not exceed two hundred milligrams per liter (200 mg/l) 2 .

   C.   Industrial Discharges: All industrial discharges are prohibited. At the present time, there are no industrial users in the city. If an industrial user should desire to locate in the city and make use of the sewerage system, an industrial cost recovery system will be initiated in accordance with EPA and state regulations at that time to compensate for his use of the system.

   D.   New Inflow Connections Prohibited: Any new connections from inflow sources into the sanitary sewer portions of the sewer system shall be prohibited. (1985 Code § 17-308)

 

Notes

1	1. Maximum limit for average domestic wastewater.
2	2. Maximum limit for average domestic wastewater.