[Adopted as Sec. 13.04 of the former Municipal Codebook]
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The applicant for wastewater service under an agreement pursuant to this chapter shall agree to assume user charges, industrial waste charges and capital surcharges, if applicable.
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The applicant for wastewater service under an agreement pursuant to this chapter shall agree to obtain from the City the proper building permit by which the connection is allowed and the discharge permit, if applicable, which indicates what discharge will be made to the wastewater facilities.
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No provision contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent or prohibit a separate or special contract or agreement between the City and any industrial user, whereby industrial waste or material of unusual strength, character, or composition may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to additional payment by the industrial user, provided that such contract or agreement has the prior approval of the City.
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No provision contained in this chapter shall be construed to provide lesser discharge standards than are presently or may hereafter be imposed or required by any federal, state, or local regulating agency.
The City may require a user of sewer services to provide information needed to determine compliance with this chapter. This information may include:
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Wastewater discharge average and peak flow rate and/or volume over a specified time period.
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Chemical analyses of wastewaters. All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined by a laboratory, approved for the respective test parameter, in accordance with approved methodologies and procedures as published in Ch. NR 219, Wis. Adm. Code, and registered with the State of Wisconsin.
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Information on raw materials, processes and products affecting wastewater volume and quality.
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Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent or other materials important to sewer use control.
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A plot plan of sewers for the user's property showing sewer and pretreatment facility location.
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Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
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Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials through spills to the municipal sewer.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, noncontact cooling water or clear water to any sanitary sewer. Roof leaders, swimming pool drains, surface drains, groundwater drains, sump pumps, foundation footing drains, and other clear water drains shall be connected wherever possible with a storm sewer or to a natural outlet approved by the Department and other regulatory agencies. They shall not be connected to a building sewer that discharges into a sanitary sewer or private wastewater treatment plant. All such connections existing at the time of passage of this article shall thereafter be illegal. If stormwater or clear water is being discharged into a sanitary sewer, the Department shall give the offending person 30 days' notice to disconnect. Failure to disconnect after such notice shall authorize the Department to cause disconnection and assessment of the costs of such disconnection against the property involved. In alternative, the Department may institute action for violation of this section.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewerage system any of the following described waters or wastes:
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Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or any other flammable or explosive substance that may create a fire or explosion hazard in the wastewater facilities.
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Any discharge 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 wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans, flora or fauna, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant. The toxins prohibited shall include but not be limited to those published under § NR 215.03, Wis. Adm. Code.
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Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities, such as, but not limited to, ashes, bones, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unshredded garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, sanitary napkins, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
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Any wastewater containing floatable oil.
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Wastes that cause or are capable of causing, either alone or in combination with other substances, air pollution as defined in § 285.01(3), Wis. Stats., as amended from time to time, and any regulation and/or orders of any regulatory agency issued there under.
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Discharges that prevent effective operation and maintenance of the wastewater facilities.
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Any waste that presents a detrimental environmental effect, a nuisance, or any condition unacceptable to any public agency having regulatory jurisdiction.
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Any wastewater that contains organosulfur or organophosphate pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers.
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Any waste which, in combination with other discharges, causes:
(1) 
The wastewater treatment plant's effluent to exceed 0.1 mg/L total phenols; or
(2) 
The wastewater treatment plant's effluent to exceed 0.002 mg/L polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs); or
(3) 
The wastewater treatment plant's digested sludge to exceed a PCB concentration of 10.0 milligrams/kilogram on a dry-weight basis.
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Industrial discharges that exceed the applicable categorical pretreatment standard, pursuant to Ch. NR 211, Wis. Adm. Code.
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Wastes prohibited by § NR 211.10, Wis. Adm. Code.
The following described substances, materials, waters, or waste shall be limited in discharges to concentrations or quantities which will not harm either the sewers, wastewater treatment process or equipment, will not have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, will not result in violation of the City's WPDES permit, or will not otherwise endanger lives, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. The Department may set limitations more stringent than those established below if, in its opinion, more severe limitations are necessary to meet the above objectives. The following limitations or restrictions on materials or characteristics of waste or wastewaters discharged to the sanitary sewer shall not be violated without prior approval of the Department:
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Wastewater having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65° C.), or any wastewater having a temperature which may inhibit biological activity in the wastewater treatment plant, thereby resulting in interference.
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Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 10.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to the wastewater facilities or personnel.
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Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams per liter of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils or products of mineral-oil origin.
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Wastewater containing more than 300 milligrams per liter of oils, fat, grease, wax, or any other similar substances of animal or vegetable origin.
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Wastewater which contains in excess of (note: actual numbers not reviewed):
2.0 mg/L cadmium
0.0005 mg/L mercury
3.6 mg/L hexavalent chromium
6.7 mg/L nickel
21.8 mg/L total chromium
1.0 mg/L selenium
17.6 mg/L copper
0.1 mg/L silver
1.2 mg/L cyanide
16.5 mg/L zinc
1.5 mg/L lead
1.0 mg/L aluminum
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Radioactive wastes which, alone or with other wastes, results in releases greater than those specified by current United States Bureau of Standards handbooks, or which violate rules or regulations of any applicable regulatory agency.
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Quantities of flow, concentrations, or both, which constitute a slug, as defined herein.
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Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
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Any water or wastes which, either singly or by interaction with other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system, create a public nuisance or hazard to life, are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair, or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers which contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated herein, and which in the judgment of the City may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the City may:
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Reject the wastes; the City reserves the right to reject admission to the system of any waste harmful to the treatment or collection facilities or to the receiving stream;
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Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
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Require control over the quantities and/or rates of discharge; and/or
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Require payment to cover the additional cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing user charges under the provisions of this article.
Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers, where the garbage has been properly shredded.
Any nonresidential user who accidentally discharges into the sewerage system wastes or wastewater prohibited under these regulations shall immediately report such discharge to the Department. Such report shall describe the location, time, volume and type of waste or wastewater discharged. Within 15 days of such discharge, a detailed written statement describing the cause of the discharge and measures taken to prevent future occurrences shall be submitted to the Department. Such reporting shall not relieve the person causing the accidental discharge from any penalties imposed by these regulations.