No person, firm, association or corporation shall introduce, permit or cause to be introduced, directly or indirectly, into the facilities of ALCOSAN or into any sewer, pipe or other conveyance located in the borough and transmitting substances into the facilities of ALCOSAN any of the following:
(A) Any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with or substantially adversely affect the operation or performance of the ALCOSAN treatment plant, or pass through said plant into navigable waters or streams of the commonwealth in quantities or concentrations which are a cause of and significantly contributes to a violation of any requirement of the above-cited laws or the ALCOSAN NPDES permit, or adversely affect the use or disposal of ALCOSAN sludge or other residues;
(B) Any substance which will endanger the life, health or safety of the treatment plant, sewer maintenance and plant operations personnel or which would preclude safe entry into the sewer system or any portion of the treatment plant;
(C) Any ignitable, reactive, explosive or corrosive waste;
(D) All wastes that are defined or listed as hazardous under the regulations enacted by agencies of the federal government or the commonwealth;
(E) Any wastewater with a temperature great enough to inhibit biological activity in the ALCOSAN treatment plant;
(F) Any waste which exceeds the naturally occurring background levels for either alpha, beta or gamma radiation, and/or any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration not in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
(G) Any solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of ALCOSAN’s facilities or facilities discharging into the ALCOSAN’s system;
(H) Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastes may create a public nuisance or adversely affect public health or safety;
(I) Pathological wastes from a hospital or other medical establishment;
(J) Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly shredded food waste garbage resulting from the proper use of a garbage grinder or disposer of a type approved by ALCOSAN and maintained in good operating condition;
(K) Sludges or other materials from septic tanks or similar facilities or from sewage or industrial waste treatment plants or from water treatment plants; unless the discharge of such sludges and other materials is specifically approved by ALCOSAN; and
(L) Any substance which violates discharge regulations as established by authorized agencies of the federal government, the commonwealth, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, the county or ALCOSAN.
(Ord. 936, passed 9-18-1984) Penalty, see § 51.99