It shall be unlawful to dump or allow to enter into the sewage system of the city the following waste products:
(A) Petroleum, coal, tar, oils and their derivatives and wastes;
(B) Fats, oils, grease and sludge from any property, business or service;
(C) Explosives or inflammable liquids and gases;
(D) Acids, alkalies or other corrosive liquids, gases or substances of sufficient strength to damage sewers, manholes, pumping stations or treatment plant units; pH must be no less than 5.0 and no more than 10.0, measured at the next measurable access point downstream from effected property lateral;
(E) Paints or waste products from paint manufacturers;
(F) Substances which will form deposits or obstructions in sewers or which, when mixed with sewage, will precipitate materials and thus form deposits in sewers;
(G) Ashes, cinders, sand, earth, coal, rubbish or metals of any kind;
(H) Live steam, exhaust steam or water having a temperature above 120ºF;
(I) Ground or unground fruit peelings and cores, meat or bones from canneries, packing plants or meat plants;
(J) Cull fruits and vegetables;
(K) Paunch, stable and barn manure;
(L) Offal from slaughter houses;
(M) Dead animals or parts thereof;
(N) Nothing shall be introduced into the sewer that can cause pass through;
(O) Nothing shall be introduced into the sewer that can cause interference of process at the sewer plant;
(P) Fertilizers or fertilizer products;
(Q) Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the city in accordance with § 52.018; and
(R) Storm water, surface water, groundwater, artesian well water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool drainage, condensate, deionized water, cooling water and unpolluted industrial wastewater, unless specifically authorized by the Superintendent. (Note: Certain of these waters may require an NPDES permit from DEO if discharged to a storm sewer or natural outlet.)
(Prior Code, § 52.019) (Ord. 926, passed 8-7-1978; Ord. 1334, passed 3-5-2018) Penalty, see §
52.999