(a) Approval Required. No person shall initiate a discharge of industrial wastes into the public sewers or any waters until the approval of the Safety-Service Director has first been obtained.
(b) Regulations for Industrial Discharge into Sanitary Sewers. In the installation of a sewer connection and in the issuance of a permit for the use thereof, the following requirements shall be observed by an industrial user.
(c) Industrial User means and includes users discharging wastes resulting from manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into other products. These activities occur in establishments usually described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and material handling equipment. Also, included are facilities involved in the generation, handling, transportation, disposal, treatment, or land filling of domestic, dental or medical, and construction or hazardous wastes.
(d) Industrial Waste means any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, resulting from any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process, from the development, recovery, or processing of natural resources, or from the generation, handling, transportation, disposal, recovery, treatment or land filling of domestic, dental or medical, and construction or hazardous wastes.
(e) General Provisions:
(1) Separate connections to the sanitary sewer will be made and maintained by the industrial user for sewage and industrial waste as defined above.
(2) The Safety-Service Director shall require the creation and maintenance of a sampling point for the purpose of routine monitoring of industrial waste. The industrial user will submit plans for the construction to the Safety-Service Director for approval. The Safety-Service Director will inspect and approve the final installation. The Industrial user will provide access to the sampling station at all times by employees of the City for the purpose of insuring compliance to any requirements that may be imposed under the permit.
(f) Limitations on Wastewater Discharges.
(1) Dilution: No Industrial User shall increase the use of potable, process, or water from any source, nor mix separate waste streams for the purpose of diluting a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the standards or limitations set forth by either local, state, or federal statutes or regulations.
(Ord. 10-16. Passed 4-26-16.)