(a) Authority for Control of Wastewater Discharges. If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 908.03 and which in the judgment of the City Administrator, may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment or receiving waters, including violation of applicable water quality standards, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the City Administrator may:
(1) Reject the waste, or
(2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the sewer system, and/or
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge and/or
(4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes under the provisions in Section 907.06.
All industrial wastes discharged to the public sewers by major contributing industries shall
as a minimum meet the national pretreatment standards or best practical control technology currently available for incompatible pollutants as published in Title 40 Code of the Federal Regulations Part 128 unless the City is committed, in its NPDES permit, to remove a specified percentage of the incompatible pollutant. In those instances the applicable pretreatment standards may be correspondingly reduced to levels determined by the City Administrator or a duly authorized representative or state regulatory agencies.
If the Administrator requires pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Administrator and state regulatory agencies and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
(b) Organic and Inorganic Interceptors. For grease, oil and blood, and for inorganic material such as sand, grit, clay and dust collectors material, etc., interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of the City Administrator they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid waste containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Administrator, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means.
(c) Operation of Pretreatment Facilities. Where pretreatment or flow equalizing facilities are provided or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
(d) Special Conditions. No statement in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City Administrator and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted into the City sewer system for treatment, subject to possible payment therefore by the industrial concern for subsequent treatment.
(Ord. 14-26. Passed 5-5-14.)