The discharge of excessive amounts of unpolluted
water or waste to a sanitary sewer is expressly prohibited. The Borough
Council reserves the right to define the amount it deems excessive
in each particular instance and to determine the adequacy of a sewer's
capacity.
The discharge of garbage to the public sanitary
sewerage system is expressly prohibited unless the garbage is first
properly shredded.
[Amended 4-3-1984 by Ord. No. 1357; 6-7-1988 by Ord. No.
1443]
No person shall discharge to the public sanitary
sewerage system industrial wastes having any of the following characteristics:
A. Wastes containing any gasoline, naphtha, fuel oil,
or other liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature
or quality may cause fire or explosion or be in any other way injurious
to persons, the structures of the public sanitary sewerage system
or its operation. Waste streams with a flash point of less than 140°
F. or 60° C. (using the test method specified in 40 CFR 261.21).
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
B. Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit
biological activity in the public sanitary sewer system treatment
plant resulting in interference, but in no case wastewater with a
temperature at the introduction into the public sanitary sewer system
which exceeds 40° C. (104° F.).
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
C. Wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0
having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards
to structures, equipment or personnel of the public sanitary sewerage
system. Where the Borough Council deems it advisable, it may require
any person discharging industrial wastes to install and maintain,
at his own expense, in a manner approved by the Borough Council or
its representative, a suitable device to continuously measure and
record the pH of the wastes so discharged.
D. Wastes containing any noxious or malodorous gas or
substance which either singly or by interaction with sewage or other
wastes is likely, in the opinion of the Borough Council, to create
a public nuisance or hazard to life, or prevent entry to sewers for
their maintenance and repair.
E. Wastes containing ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, hair,
chemical or paint residues, greases, paunch manure, cotton, wool,
plastic or other fibers, lime slurry or any other solid or viscous
material of such character or in such quantity as, in the opinion
of the Borough Council, may cause an obstruction to the flow in sewers
or otherwise interfere with the proper operation of the public sanitary
sewerage system.
F. Wastes containing insoluble, nonflocculent substances
having a specific gravity in excess of 2.65.
G. Wastes containing soluble substances in such concentration
as to cause the specific gravity of the waste to be greater than 1.1.
H. No sewer user which is not under contract with the
Borough by an industrial sewer use permit shall discharge any wastewaters
containing any of the following substances in solution and concentrations
exceeding the following maximum permissible concentrations:
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
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The sewer users who may be classified as significant
industrial users (SIUs), as defined in the revised Federal Pretreatment
Regulations, 40 CFR 403.5, July 24, 1990, or latest revision, must
apply to the Borough of Indiana for an industrial sewer use permit.
The maximum concentrations listed below do not apply to SIUs.
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Substance
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Maximum Concentration
(mg/l)
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Oil and grease (Freon Extractable)
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100
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Phenolics
|
5.0
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Sodium chloride
|
10,000
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Sodium sulfate
|
1,500
|
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Chromium (total)
|
1.60
|
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Chromium (hexavalent)
|
0.14
|
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Copper
|
0.50
|
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Zinc
|
0.50
|
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Nickel
|
1.0
|
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Cadmium
|
0.5
|
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Arsenic
|
0.05
|
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Iron
|
5.0
|
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Cyanide — amenable to chlorination
|
0.14
|
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Cyanide — total
|
0.28
|
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Barium
|
1.00
|
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Boron
|
0.6
|
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Lead
|
0.50
|
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Silver
|
0.05
|
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Mercury
|
0.10
|
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Selenium
|
0.05
|
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Butadiene
|
0.05
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Antimony
|
0.1
|
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Molybdenum
|
0.1
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Aluminum
|
0.9
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Fluoride
|
0.9
|
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NH3-N
|
28.0
|
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Phosphorous
|
10.0
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Total toxic organics
|
0.0
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I. Wastes containing more than 100 mg/l by weight of
tar, fat, oil or grease.
J. Wastes containing more than 10 mg/l of any of the
following gases: hydrogen, sulfide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide,
or any of the halogens.
K. Waste discharged into the POTW that cause interference,
including interference with sludge use and disposal practices. Wastes
that constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard
in the public sanitary sewer system operation.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
L. Any pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutant
which causes interference or that will pass through the sewage treatment
works and exceed the state and/or federal requirements in respect
thereof.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
M. Any waste containing toxic radioactive isotopes.
N. The National Categorical Standards found in 40 CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471 are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth fully herein, and, if in the event that said federal standard is more stringent than limitations imposed under this Part
2 for sources in that subcategory, the federal standard shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this Part
2. Sewer users under contract with the Borough of Indiana by an industrial sewer use permit shall conform to the specific pollutant limitations listed in the permit. Any requirement of these rules and regulations not addressing the industrial sewer use permit shall be complied with by each permitted user.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
No person shall discharge any waste containing
the effluent from a privy, septic tank, sink hole or cesspool or other
receptacle for receiving and holding sanitary sewage for an extended
period of time before discharge to the public sanitary sewerage system.
No hauled or trucked waste shall be permitted.
The Borough Council may, from time to time,
adopt such further particular rules and regulations in addition to
those set forth in this Part 2, as the Borough Council, with the advice
of its consulting engineer, shall deem necessary or appropriate for
the efficient operation, maintenance and preservation of the public
sanitary sewerage system.