(A) No person shall discharge to the sewerage system wastes which cause, threaten to cause, or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances, any of the following occurrences:
(1) Fire or explosion;
(2) Obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the operation of the plant;
(3) Danger to life or safety of personnel;
(4) Inhibition of biological activity in the plant resulting in interference due to the discharge of heat, but in no case may heat be discharged in quantities so that the temperature at the treatment works influent exceeds 40° C;
(5) A nuisance or hindrance of the effective maintenance or operation of the sewerage system, such as that having an unusually strong or unpleasant odor;
(6) Air pollution by the release of toxic or unusually malodorous gases or malodorous gas-producing substances;
(7) Corrosive or structural damage to the sewerage system, but in no case discharges with a pH lower than 5.0; and/or
(8) The wastewater treatment plant's effluent or any other product of tiie treatment process, residues, sludge or scum, to be unsuitable for reclamation, disposal, or to interfere with the reclamation process, or to fail to meet any of the limitations set by the Federal or state agency or the terms of the city's NPDES permit.
(B) Unpolluted water shall not be discharged through direct or indirect connection to the sewerage system. Limitations on the amount of unpolluted water that is discharged shall be part of the major contributor's permit.
(C) No person shall discharge or cause to a discharged any radioactive waste into the sewerage system.
(D) Only properly shredded garbage, as defined in this ordinance, may be discharged into the sewerage system.
(Ord. 599, passed 12-3-1984; Am. Ord. 1130, passed 11-30-2017) Penalty, see § 53.999