§ 26-88. Substances, etc., superintendent may prohibit.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the superintendent that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:

(1)

Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-five (65) degrees Celsius).

(2)

Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred fifty (150) mg/l or containing substances which reach a viscosity of fifty-five (55) cps at twenty-five (25) degrees Celsius.

(3)

Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths horsepower (seventy-six hundredths horsepower metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent.

(4)

Any waters or wastes containing strong acid pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.

(5)

Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the superintendent for such materials. (For industrial process wastes, see section 26-89).

(6)

Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.

(7)

Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.

(8)

Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.0 or below 5.5.

(9)

Materials which exert or cause:

a.

Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, fuller's earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate).

b.

Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).

c.

Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chloride requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.

d.

Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.

(10)

Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.

(11)

Any waste prohibited by Environmental Protection Agency standards 40 CFR 403.

(Ord. of 2-1-83, Art. V, § 4; Ord. of 12-19-06, §§ 2, 3)