(A) Except as hereinafter provided, no owner shall discharge or cause or permit to be discharged into the public sewer any of the following described substances, wastes or waters:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature greater than 140°F or causing the temperature at the influent to POTW to exceed 104°F;
(2) Any waters or wastes containing more than 100 milligrams per liter of grease, oils, fats and waxes;
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, mineral oil or any other flammable or explosive solid, liquid or gas;
(4) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which, either alone or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life, or of preventing entry into the sewer for their maintenance or repair;
(5) Any garbage that has not been properly pretreated and reduced;
(6) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, wood, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar plastics, paunch, manure, butchers offal, non- biodegradable sanitary wipes, underwear, diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons or any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage system or the sewage treatment plant;
(7) Any waters or wastes having a pH less than 6.0 or greater than 10.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or posing hazards to the structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage utility;
(8) Any waters or wastes containing toxic substances, as defined under § 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act, in sufficient quantity to interfere with the biological process of the City of Fort Wayne’s Sewage Treatment Plant, or that will pass through the plant into the receiving stream in amounts exceeding the standards set by federal, interstate, state or other competent authority having jurisdiction, or will prevent the disposal of the sludges by the plant in accordance with § 405 of said Act;
(10) Any toxic radioactive isotopes, without a special permit. The radioactive isotopes of I 131 and P 32 used in hospitals are not prohibited, if they are properly diluted before being discharged into the sewerage system, as further defined in the general rules and regulations;
(11) Any waters or wastes that for a duration of 15 minutes or more have a concentration of more than five times the average concentration of BOD or suspended solids of the user’s sewage discharged during a 24-hour period of normal operation;
(12) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual provisions, attention and expense would be required to handle such materials at the City of Fort Wayne’s Sewage Treatment Plant, the City of New Haven’s pumping stations or other facilities;
(13) Any waters or wastes containing incompatible pollutants as herein described;
(14) Any waters or wastes containing any toxic substances in quantities that are sufficient to interfere with the biochemical processes of the City of Fort Wayne’s Sewage Treatment Plant, that will pass through the plant into receiving waters, or accumulate in the sludges in an amount exceeding the limitations set forth by any federal, state, interstate or local authority, whichever is more stringent. Specifically excluded are any waters or wastes containing toxic ion, compounds, or substances in concentrations or amounts exceeding the limitations, set forth by the Board of Public Works and published in the General Rules and Regulations;
(15) Any bulk waste, either industrial or domestic, without prior written approval of the Superintendent; and/or
(16) Any substance with objectionable color not removed by the treatment process such as, but not limited to, dye waste and vegetable tanning solutions.
(B) (1) The city reserves the right to refuse, deny or revoke the connections of any user in the event the sewage service requirements of the users could or would impose an excessive burden on the utility or in the event the user is or has been in violation of this chapter.
(2) The city further reserves the right, in the event of any emergency, to restrict the allowable discharge received from any or all users of the sewage system during the time of such emergency.
(Prior Code, § 51.26) (Ord. G-93-5, passed 6-8-1993; Ord. G-17-4, passed 9-12-2017) Penalty, see §
51.999