(A) Conditions for disconnection. The town may terminate water and wastewater disposal service and disconnect an industrial customer from the system when:
(1) Acids or chemicals which cause damage to sewer lines or treatment processes are released to the sewer, causing the rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with the proper conveyance and treatment of wastewater;
(2) A governmental agency informs the town that the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant is no longer of a quality permitted for discharge to a watercourse, and it is found that the customer is delivering wastewater to the town system which cannot be sufficiently treated or which requires treatment that is not provided by the town as normal domestic treatment; or
(3) The industrial customer:
(a) Discharges industrial waste or wastewater which is in violation of the permit issued by the approving authority;
(b) Discharges wastewater at an uncontrolled, variable rate in sufficient quantity to cause an imbalance in the wastewater treatment system;
(c) Fails to pay the monthly bills for water and sanitary sewer services when due; or
(d) Repeats a discharge of prohibited wastes to public sewers.
(B) Authority of town. If service is discontinued pursuant to division (A)(2) above, then the town shall:
(1) Disconnect the customer;
(2) Supply the customer with the governmental agency’s report and provide the customer with all pertinent information; and
(3) Continue the disconnection until such time as the industrial customer provides additional pretreatment or other facilities designed to remove the objectionable characteristics from his or her industrial waste or complies with the town’s payment procedures.
(Prior Code, § 9-3-12) Penalty, see § 52.99