(A) Mandatory sewer connection.
(1) The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the boundaries of the JSA and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is located a public sewer of the JSA, is hereby required, at the owner’s expense, to install suitable sanitary faculties therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper sewer in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(2) It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater where public sewer service is available, as defined in division (A)(1) above, except as provided for in “private wastewater disposal” (§ 34.23).
(3) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public system within 12 months in compliance with this subchapter. JSA shall provide notice of the availability of public sewers by advertisement in the Paducah Sun. Said notice shall be published one time only and within 30 days after completion of the sewer project making public sewers available. The city and county building offices shall not issue a permit for new construction unless the landowner has complied with this provision.
(B) Mandatory sewer disconnection. Wastewater service lines serving structures that have been demolished or otherwise destroyed shall be disconnected at or near the right-of-way or easement line and sealed as approved by a representative of the JSA to prevent water, debris and the like from entering the system.
(C) Unlawful discharge to storm sewers or natural outlets.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited, any sanitary wastewater in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the boundaries of the JSA.
(2) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet or storm sewer within the boundaries of the JSA, any sanitary wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment or management has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this subchapter. No provision of this subchapter shall be construed to relieve the owner of a discharge to any natural outlet of the responsibility for complying with applicable state and federal regulations governing such discharge.
(D) Compliance with local, state and federal laws. The discharge of any wastewater into the public sewer system by any person(s) is unlawful, except in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, and any more stringent state or federal standards promulgated pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, the Clean Water Act of 1977 and subsequent amendments, and 40 C.F.R. part 403.
(E) Discharge of unpolluted waters into sewer.
(1) No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged, through any leak, defect or connection any unpolluted waters such as storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any sanitary sewer, building sewer, building drain or building plumbing. The JSA shall have the right, at any time, to inspect the inside or outside of buildings or smoke test for connections, leaks or defects to building sewers and require disconnection or repair of any pipes carrying such water to the building sewer. No sanitary drain sump or sump pump discharge by manual switchover of discharge connection shall have a dual use for removal of such water.
(2) The owners of any building sewers having such connections, leaks or defects shall bear all costs to remove of such sources.
(F) Prohibited discharges.
(1) No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with performance of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of the POTW whether or not the user is subject to categorical pretreatment standards or any other federal, state or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
(2) The user shall not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(a) Any effluent having a temperature higher than 104°F (40°C);
(b) Any petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through;
(c) Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall the wastewater exhibit a closed cup flashpoint of less than 60°C (140°F), or pollutants that cause in excess of 10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL), at any point within the POTW using test methods specified in 40 C.F.R. § 261.21;
(d) Any garbage which has not been properly shredded;
(e) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities (i.e., wood, glass, ashes, sand, cinders, unshredded garbage, paper products such as cups, dishes, napkins, milk containers and the like);
(f) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than six units or higher than nine units or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the POTW;
(g) Any wastes or waters having an objectionable color that is not removable in the existing sewage treatment plant process;
(h) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance or any other material in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving stream at the POTW treatment plant;
(i) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
(j) Any substance which would cause the treatment plant to be in noncompliance with sludge use, recycle or disposal criteria pursuant to guidelines or regulations developed under § 405 of the Federal Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or other regulations or criteria for sludge management and disposal as required by the state;
(k) Any waters or wastes containing acid, iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not;
(l) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing substances in such concentrations as to exceed limits which may be established by the POTW as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state or federal government or their agencies or any entity with jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters;
(m) Any slug load, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, COD and the like), released at a flow rate and/or concentration that will cause interference with the normal operation of the POTW;
(n) Any radioactive wastes;
(o) Any trucked or hauled pollutants except at discharge points designated by the JSA;
(p) Any pollutant(s) 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;
(q) Any substance which may cause the POTW’s effluent or any other product of the POTW such as residues, sludges or scum, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process where the POTW is pursuing a reuse and reclamation program. In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under § 405 of the Act; any criteria, guidelines, or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or state criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used;
(r) Any waste or wastewater classified as a hazardous waste by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) without, at least, a 60-day prior notification of such to the Executive Director or his or her designee. This notification must include the name of the waste, EPA hazardous waster number, type of discharge, volume/mass of discharge and time of occurrence. The Executive Director or his or her designee may deny or condition this discharge at any time;
(s) Any waste or wastewater containing floating fat, oils, or grease of animal or vegetable origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through; or
(t) Any wastewater or waste containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°F (0°C) and 140°F (40°C).
(Ord. 2012-6, passed 1-28-2013)