(A) No person shall discharge any material deleterious to any part of a village sewer system. Such deleterious materials include, but are not limited to, any solid, liquid, vapor, substance, or waste which:
(1) Is capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or otherwise interferes with the proper operation of the waste water system (e.g., straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feather, tar, plastic, wood, fur, wax, or grease, and the like);
(2) Is flammable or explosive, such as gasoline, kerosene, bepzene, naphtha, or any other chemical compound capable of causing flammable or explosive conditions;
(3) Would cause the sewage temperature in a village sewer to be higher than 100ºF (38ºC);
(4) Is acid or alkaline in reaction, has corrosive properties, or is capable of causing damage or hazard to structures. Alkalinity of all wastes must be neutralized to within 5.0 to 9.5 pH;
(5) Contains readily releasable cyanide (cyanide released at a temperature of 150ºF (66ºC) and a pH = 2.5) in excess of 2 mg/l or total cyanide in excess of 5 mg/l;
(6) Contains over 100 mg/l of readily biodegradable oils and grease which may become solid or viscous within the sewer system, or over 25 mg/l of mineral or other non-degradable oils and greases, regardless of physical characteristics;
(7) Is toxic or poisonous in sufficient quantities or rate of flow to be injurious to or interfere with any treatment process; to constitute a hazard to life and limb of personnel engaged in inspection, maintenance and operation of the system; or constitutes a hazard in the receiving waters (maximum limits for such materials may be established by the village but the maximum so established should not be conclusive as to the civil liability of the offender);
(8) Is of such volume or contains such organic or other material load as to cause the waste water treatment facility’s design capacity to be exceeded or cause the village to incur additional expense in the handling or treating thereof;
(9) Is incompatible with the waste water treatment process or inhibits the performance of the treatment process at the village waste water treatment facility;
(10) Can cause the waste water treatment system’s effluent to fail to meet the state and federal regulatory agency’s effluent requirements; or cause any other product of the treatment process such as residues, sludges, or scums, to be unsuitable for disposal, reclamation, and reuse; or interferes with the reclamation process;
(11) Can cause a nuisance, cause air pollution, or prevent the effective maintenance or operation of the sewer system by the release of toxic or malodorous gases, or toxic or malodorous gas producing substances;
(12) Contains sewage in a strength in excess if 200 ppm BOD and/or 200 ppm suspended solids unless approved by the village; or
(13) Is in excess of the state and federal regulatory agency’s limitations or the following listed concentrations, whichever is the most stringent.
Substance or Material | Allowable Discharge (Mq/I) |
Substance or Material | Allowable Discharge (Mq/I) |
Arsenic | 0.5 |
Barium | 8.0 |
Cadmium | 0.3 |
Chromium - Hexavalant - Total | 1.0 6.0 |
Copper | 0.5 |
Iron | 50.0 |
Lead | 0.5 |
Manganese | 5.0 |
Mercury | 0.01 |
Nickel | 10.0 |
Selenium | 0.1 |
Silver | 0.05 |
Zinc | 2.0 |
Chloride | 1000.0 |
Phenol | 1.0 |
(B) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any natural outlet, storm sewer, or drainage system any waste water or any of the materials listed in division (A) above.
(Ord. 287, passed 3-12-2024) Penalty, see § 51.999