(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
(B) (1) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to the sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the village, and in compliance with rules and procedures of various agencies of the State of Michigan.
(2) Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the village to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(3) The village has the right to exclude industrial or commercial waste in whole or in part, for any reason.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F;
(2) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(4) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;
(5) Any wastes having any other corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works;
(6) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, fish or aquatic life, or create any hazard in the receiving waters or in the wastewater treatment plant;
(7) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of the character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle the materials at the wastewater treatment plant;
(8) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
(9) Any water and/or waste not complying to all NPDES permit requirements, pretreatment standards, and all other unspecified state and federal regulations;
(10) Any waters or wastewaters having chlorine demand in excess of 15 mg/l;
(11) Any waters or wastes having pH less than 5.5 and greater than 9.5;
(12) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million (100 PPM), by weight, of fat, oil, or grease or exceed a daily average of 25 parts per million (25 PPM);
(13) Any grease, oil, or other substance that will become solid or viscous at temperatures between 32°F and 150°F, including mineral oils from the viscosity range of kerosene on up; and/or
(14) Any wastes that contain insoluble solids in excess of 10,000 parts per million (10,000 PPM) or exceed a daily average of 500 parts per million (500 PPM) or that contain a combination of soluble and insoluble material in excess of 20,000 parts per million (20,000 PPM) and must not contain any insoluble substance having a specific gravity greater than 2.65.
(D) (1) (a) Grease, oil, sand interceptors, and conventional grease traps shall be provided when, in the opinion of the village they are necessary for the village for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients; except that the interceptors shall not be required for single-family dwellings.
(b) All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the village, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
(2) (a) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
(b) They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight.
(E) Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(F) (1) Where necessary in the opinion of the village, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, the preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
(a) Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits as provided for in divisions (B) and (C) above; or
(b) Control the quantities and rates of discharge of the waters or wastes.
(2) Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the village and of the state regulation agencies, and no construction of the facilities shall be commenced until the approvals are obtained in writing.
(G) Application for use of sewers requires each person or establishment, with any other than domestic waste discharge, to do any or all of the following:
(1) Request service for sanitary sewer, storm sewer, other; and/or
(2) Request to include all of the following:
(a) State nature of business or enterprise;
(b) State source and volume of water used both in processing, cooling, and waste transportation;
(c) State volumes in gallons of water to be discharged to sanitary, storm, or other surface or ground areas;
(d) List all substances of a chemical, biological, or radioactive nature, other than those found in the source water supply, which are now or will be found in all wastewater discharges;
(e) Provide plan maps of buildings, waste treatment works, process flow patterns, outfall lines, and in-plant drainage lines;
(f) Sample, test, and file reports with the village and appropriate state agencies on specified waste characteristics. All schedules, locations, and methods to be approved by the village;
(g) Place waste treatment facilities, process facilities, waste streams, or other facilities generating wastes or possessing potential waste problems under designated control and supervision of person who has been approved by appropriate state agencies;
(h) Provide a report on all raw materials entering the process of support systems, including analyses and assays provided by suppliers of raw materials; and
(i) Maintain records and file reports on final disposal of specific liquids, solids, sludges, oils, radioactive materials, solvents, or other hazardous wastes.
(H) (1) Upon completion of any or all of the items under division (G) above, the village will, after reviewing applications, issue a sewer use permit which will include all or part of the following:
(a) State location of discharge points into sanitary, storm sewers, or surface water areas;
(b) Designation of maximum allowable volumes of wastewater to be discharged at discharge points;
(c) Designation of any discharge restrictions;
(d) Designation of types and sizes of containment facilities to control process spills to the designated sewers;
(e) Provision for sampling and analysis of waste discharged to designated sewers;
(f) Provisions for filing reports on waste analysis with the village;
(g) Provisions for notifying the village of any changes in process and/or wastes or proposed additional waste, or connections to the designated or other sewers;
(h) Establish limits on specific waste constituents in mg/l and in pounds per day. Limits can include, but are not limited to, B.O.D., COD, temperature, pH, suspended solids, volatile suspended solids, soluble metal wastes, toxins, pesticides, herbicides, solvents, detergents, and other wastes capable of creating hazards to humans, animal, or aquatic life or which might create any hazards to sewers, sewage treatment plant or the receiving waters;
(i) Establishment of any fees deemed necessary to defray costs of sampling, and/or analysis by the village; and/or
(j) The village reserves the right, at any time, to reappraise the requirements of any industry for its use permit.
(2) Any industry that does not normally discharge to the sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or receiving stream, but has the potential to do so from accidental spills or other circumstances, may be requested by the village to file or accomplish any of the above listed items.
(I) If the character of sewage from any manufacturing or industrial plant, or from any other building or premises, is so that it imposes an unreasonable burden upon the village's sewage system, in the discretion of the village, the owner may be required to separately and satisfactorily treat the sewage before being emptied into any public sewer, or the right to empty the sewage may be denied, if necessary, for the protection of the system, public health, or safety.
(J) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(K) (1) When required by the village, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes.
(2) The control manhole may be required by the village for any industrial or commercial building sewer whose water supply is from an unmetered private well.
(3) The manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the village.
(4) The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(L) (1) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in division (C) above, shall be determined in accordance with “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage,” and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in division (K) above, or upon suitable sample taken at the control manhole.
(2) In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
(3) In addition to the “Standard Methods,” all testing should conform with “Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants,” as published in 10-16-1973, 40 C.F.R. pt. 136.
(M) (1) No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefore by the industrial concern.
(2) The strength of any wastes referred to herein shall be determined under the requirements of division (L) above.
(1992 Code, § 10.3) Penalty, see § 51.99