[Added 5-14-2007 by Ord. No. 1950[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. III, Use of Public Sewers, adopted 12-29-1962 as Ord. No. 682, as amended, was repealed 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2118. This ordinance also redesignated former Art. IVA as Art. III.
A. 
In accordance with Section 1.C of the Multijurisdictional Agreement between the City of Greensburg and THTMA dated December 11, 2006, and Resolution No. 06-01 enacted by THTMA on September 18, 2006, revoking the original headworks industrial allowance and adopting new headworks industrial allowance, the City of Greensburg hereby adopts the following recommended local limits based on maximum allowable headworks loading as shown below for wastewater, including industrial waste, from facilities located within the City of Greensburg that flow into THTMA treatment system:
Recommended Local Limits Based on MAHL
(pounds per day)
Arsenic
1.0747
Cadmium
0.1652
Chromium
10.7608
Copper
0.9728
Lead
1.2518
Mercury
0.0133
Nickel
5.0365
Zinc
3.8957
Cyanide
0.7044
Silver
1.6847
Selenium
0.4338
Fluoride
4268.0
Chloroform
4.3257
Fluoranthone
1.8090
Phenanthrene
0.0553
B. 
The MAHL for the conventional pollutants CBOD, TSS, and NH3-N are equal to the design loadings approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the expanded plant as follows:
CBOD
=
11,330 lb/d
TSS
=
9,760 lb/d
NH3-N
=
1,317 lb/d
C. 
These limits must be compared with any categorical standards imposed on the industries and the more stringent value selected. The allowable loadings will be allocated to the industrial users based on flow rate and historical discharge levels.