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]
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.
Substance
Maximum Concentration
(mg/l)
Oil and grease (Freon Extractable)
100
Phenolics
5.0
Sodium chloride
10,000
Sodium sulfate
1,500
Chromium (total)
1.60
Chromium (hexavalent)
0.14
Copper
0.50
Zinc
0.50
Nickel
1.0
Cadmium
0.5
Arsenic
0.05
Iron
5.0
Cyanide — amenable to chlorination
0.14
Cyanide — total
0.28
Barium
1.00
Boron
0.6
Lead
0.50
Silver
0.05
Mercury
0.10
Selenium
0.05
Butadiene
0.05
Antimony
0.1
Molybdenum
0.1
Aluminum
0.9
Fluoride
0.9
NH3-N
28.0
Phosphorous
10.0
Total toxic organics
0.0
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.
A. 
No owner of property or user of the public sanitary sewerage system, whether with respect to existing establishments and buildings, or establishments and buildings to be constructed hereafter, shall discharge into the public sanitary sewerage system any stormwater, surface water, roof runoff water, subsurface drainage, water from springs, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial or commercial process water.
B. 
The use of dilution as a substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with pretreatment standards is prohibited.
[Added 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 1592]
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.