(A) The city may terminate water and wastewater disposal service and disconnect an industrial customer from the system when:
(1) Acids or chemicals damaging to sewer lines or the treatment process are released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper conveyance and treatment of wastewater;
(2) A governmental agency informs the city 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 city’s system that cannot be sufficiently treated or requires treatment that is not provided by the city as normal domestic treatment; or
(3) The industrial customer:
(a) Discharges industrial waste or wastewater that 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 monthly bills for water and sanitary sewer services when due; or
(d) Repeats a discharge of prohibited wastes to public sewers.
(B) If this service is disconnected pursuant to division (A)(2) above, the city 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 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 wastes.
(1998 Code, § 122-80)