(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof drainage, foundation drains, subsoil drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water to any sanitary sewer. Where existing roof drainage is not properly connected it shall be replaced or repaired in accordance with these Regulations.
(b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon the approval of the Superintendent to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or waste to any public sewer.
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 180 degrees F.
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more than one hundred (100) parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease.
(3) Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(4) Any garbage, including but not limited to plastic, cloth, rags, bottles, cans, and clothing.
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(6) Any waters or wastes having pH lowers than (5.5) or higher than (9.0) or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
(7) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
(8) Any waters or wastes containing suspended or settleable solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(9) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable or creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(d) (1) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided if, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease or excessive amounts of any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredient; 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 Superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection, and all such interceptors shall be in compliance with the Ohio State Plumbing Code.
(2) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight.
(e) (1) Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the Owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(2) The Superintendent shall be permitted to enter upon properties containing such grease, oil, and sand interceptors at any time for the purposes of inspection, observation, sampling or testing.
(f) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having:
(1) A 5-day Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand greater than (250) parts per million by weight, or
(2) Containing more than (300) parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or
(3) Containing any quantity of substances having characteristics described in subsection (c) hereof, or
(4) Having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the average daily sewage flow of the Village, shall be subject to the review and approval of Council. Where necessary in the opinion of Council, the owner shall provide at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to: reduce the Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand to 250 parts per million and the suspended solids to 300 parts per million by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in subsection (c) hereof or
(5) Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment or private treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of Council, and Council shall in turn submit such plans to the Ohio Department of Health as required by law, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
(g) Where preliminary treatment facilities or private treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation, by the Owner at his expense. The right to enter upon and inspect such preliminary treatment facilities is reserved to the Village. The owner of such preliminary treatment facilities shall be liable for any damage to the Village Sanitary Sewer System. The Owner shall maintain proper operating records and shall submit to the Superintendent a monthly summary report of the character of the influent and effluent, in such form as may be prescribed by the Village, in order to show satisfactory performance of the treatment facilities.
(h) When required by the Superintendent, the Owner of any property served by a lateral carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the lateral to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the Owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(i) All measurements, test and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in subsections (c) and (f), shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in subsection (h), or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be nearest down-stream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the lateral is connected.
(j) No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village or treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
(Ord. 2023-02. Passed 4-13-23.)