No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following to the Village sewer system:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F. or causing temperatures higher than 104° F. [or 40°
C.] in the influent to the sewage treatment plant.
B. Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° and 140° F.
C. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the Village
disposal system.
F. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of
the Village disposal system.
G. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance, including oxygen-demanding pollutants, in sufficient quality
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 effluent. In addition, the following
concentration limits for toxic substances shall not be exceeded, and
where federal or state concentration limits are more stringent than
those in the table, the more stringent limitations shall apply:
Effluent Concentration Limits
(milligrams per liter)
|
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Parameter
|
30-Day Average
|
24-Hour Average
|
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Cadmium
|
0.4
|
0.8
|
Hex. chromium
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Total chromium
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
Copper
|
0.8
|
1.6
|
Lead
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Mercury
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Nickel
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
Zinc
|
1.2
|
2.4
|
Arsenic
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Available chlorine
|
50.0
|
50.0
|
Cyanide: free
|
0.4
|
0.8
|
Cyanide: complex
|
1.6
|
3.2
|
Selenium
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Sulfide
|
6.0
|
12.0
|
Barium
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
Manganese
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
Gold
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Silver
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
Fluorides: to fresh water
|
4.01
|
8.01
|
Fluorides: to saline water
|
36.0
|
72.0
|
Phenol
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
NOTES:
|
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1 May be multiplied
by a factor of 1.5 if the municipal water supply is not fluoridated.
|
H. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
I. Any unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting slugs.
J. Waters or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process
employed at the Village treatment plant or are amenable to treatment
only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot
meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over discharge
to the receiving waters.
L. Any waters or wastes from a significant industrial
user.
Any user who discharges wastes in violation
of this Part 1 shall immediately notify the Water and Sewer Board.
Notification shall be followed within 15 days by a detailed, written
statement describing the causes of the discharge and the measures
taken to prevent future occurrences. Such notification will not serve
to relieve the user of liability for any expenses, loss or damage
to the Village disposal system or for any fines.