A. General Prohibitions. No User shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW any pollutant or wastewater which causes passthrough or interference. These general prohibitions apply to all users of the POTW whether or not they are subject to categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other National, State, or local Pretreatment Standards or Requirements.
B. Specific Prohibitions. No user shall contribute or cause to be discharged, directly or indirectly, any of the following described discharges into the POTW:
(a) Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the operation of POTW.
(b) Any wastewater having a pH less than five (5.0) or higher than eleven (11.0) or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the POTW.
(c) Solid or viscous discharges which will or may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the POTW.
(d) Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, or solids which either singly or by interaction are capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(e) Any discharge which may cause the sewage treatment plant's treatment residues, sludges, or scums to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or disposal or to interfere with the reclamation or disposal process in use or contemplated for use.
(f) Any discharge which will cause the City's facilities to violate its NPDES and/or other disposal system permits.
(g) Any discharge with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(h) Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW resu1ting in interference; but in no case, wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into the POTW which exceeds forty degrees Centigrade (40°C) or 104 degrees Fahrenheit (104°F).
(i) Any slugload.
(j) Any unpolluted water including, but not limited to storm water, surface water, roof runoff, and noncontact cooling water in areas of the City serviced by separate storm and sanitary sewers.
(k) Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as exceed limits established in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
(l) Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance.
(m) Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
(o) Any discharge containing materials which are in any way deleterious to the POTW.
(p) Discharges of such volume or which contain such BOD, suspended solids, or other compatible pollutant load which wou1d cause the treatment facility to exceed its design capabilities.
(q) Discharges containing viable pathogenic organisms in such quantities as to be a hazard to public health.
(r) Any discharge which creates a fire or explosion hazard in the POTW, including but not limited to, wastestreams with a closed cup flash point of less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit (140°F) or sixty degrees Centigrade (60°C) using the test method specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
(s) Trucked or hauled pollutants.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)