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° F. and
104° 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, plastics, 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 in
sufficient quantity 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 Units
|
---|
|
Substance
|
30-Day Average
(mg/l)
|
24-Hour Average
(mg/l)
|
---|
|
Cadmium
|
0.4
|
0.8
|
|
Hexavalent 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
|
4.4
|
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 [Amended 4-23-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
|
15.0*
|
20.0*
|
|
|
To saline water
|
36.0
|
72.0
|
|
Phenol
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
|
*
|
NOTE: 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 chapter
shall immediately notify the Administrator. 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 expense, loss or damage to the Village disposal
system or for any fines.