(A) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to reduce the pollutants such as bacteria, nutrients, sediments, oil, grease and any unknown substance discharges from utility manholes or vaults into the MS4 and/or waterbodies.
(B) Prohibition. No person shall:
(1) Discharge from any public or private underground utility manhole (including, but not limited to, electric power, gas pipeline, cable companies, telephone companies) to discharge its collected water (due to rain or surface runoff or cross connection or illegal discharge) into the MS4 and/or waterbodies or watercourse; or
(2) Discharge into MS4 and/or waterbodies from a utility manhole a flow having pH value
lower than 6.0 or higher than 10.5.
(C) Implications. All the utility manhole/vault operators who are discharging potentially contaminated collected water into the MS4 and/or waterbodies shall notify the city’s Water Department of the existence of such utility manholes, vaults and discharges into the MS4 and/or waterbodies. Such notification shall be completed within 60 days of the approval of this chapter. It is the responsibility of the operators to obtain a single use discharge permit from the Water Department for every discharge and also prove with the aid of analytical testing that the discharged flow is not contaminated, if the discharged flow is not pretreated.
(Ord. passed 7-26-2010) Penalty, see § 154.99