Sec. 18-184. Chemical oxygen demand (COD).
   The admission into the public sewers of any water or waste having a chemical oxygen demand (COD) in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) mg/l, by weight, on a twenty-four (24)-hour composite sample basis or for any grab sample having a chemical oxygen demand (COD) in excess of three (3) times the average influent valve for the affected wastewater treatment facility during the previous calendar year, will be subject to review by the director. Discharges exceeding these limits may, in addition to any other remedy, be assessed surcharge rates. Where necessary, in the opinion of the director, pretreatment may be required as stated for BOD5 heretofore.
(Ord. No. 1992-1, 1-7-92; Ord. No. 2021-09, 5-4-21)