§ 53.056  INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; COUNCIL AUTHORITY.
   If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters or wastes contain substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in §§ 53.035 through 53.040 of this chapter and which, in the judgment of the Council, have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater treatment facilities, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or health or constitute a public nuisance, the Council may:
   (A)   Reject the wastes;
   (B)   Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers, pursuant to § 307(b) of the Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1317(b), and all addendums thereof;
   (C)   Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and
   (D)   Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of this chapter.
(2004 Code, § 53.051)  (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988)