No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
[Amended 3-6-2007 by Ord.
No. 525]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or
storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent/Village
President. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may
be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent/Village President,
to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet. All new construction
tributary to the combined sewer system shall be designed to minimize
and/or delay inflow contribution to the combined sewer system.
[Amended 3-6-2007 by Ord.
No. 525]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the
following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas.
B. Any water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant.
C. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or in excess of 9.5
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
D. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference
with proper operation of the sewage works, such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
E. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.,
(65° C.).
F. Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous materials; or
oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
32° F. (0° C.) and 150° F. (65° C.).
G. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Superintendent/Village President.
H. Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
I. Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, or
similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits established by the Superintendent/Village President for such
materials.
J. Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Superintendent/Village President as necessary after treatment
of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal,
or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the
receiving waters.
K. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the United States Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) (10 CFR 20.2003) or more stringent limits established
by the Superintendent/Village President.
L. Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005 mg/l as Hg
at any time except as permitted by the Superintendent/Village President
in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
M. Any cyanide in excess of 0.05 mg/l at any time except as permitted
by the Superintendent/Village President in compliance with applicable
state and federal regulations.
N. Materials which exert or cause:
(1) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not
limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of
dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate).
(2) Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
(3) Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in
such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
(4) Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of water constituting "slugs"
as defined herein.
(5) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction
over discharge to the receiving waters.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by the user
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent/Village President, they
are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other
harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent/Village President,
and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and
effective operation by the owner at his expense.
Each industry shall be required to install a control manhole
and, when required by the Superintendent/Village President, the owner
of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary
meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole,
when required, shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent/Village
President. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense
and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at
all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of the IEPA Division
of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods, and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at
the control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been
required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest
downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building
sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour
composites of all outfalls, whereas pHs are determined from periodic
grab samples.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefor, in accordance with Article
V hereof, by the industrial concern, provided such payments are in accordance with federal and state guidelines for user charge system.