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OWNER – Shall mean the City of Weatherford, Oklahoma, or any authorized person acting in its behalf.
2. 
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER – Shall mean water-borne wastewater normally discharging into the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, and institutions and commercial establishments.
3. 
INDUSTRIAL WASTE – Shall mean water-borne solids, liquids, or gaseous wastes resulting from and discharged, permitted to flow, or escaping from the industrial, manufacturing, or food processing operation or process, or from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of these with water or domestic wastewater, or distinct from normal domestic wastewater.
4. 
PERSON – Shall mean any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, industry, municipal or private corporation, association, governmental agency, or other entity, and agents, servants, or employees.
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SEWER USE CHARGES – Shall mean those charges levied on users of the wastewater facilities for the cost of operation and maintenance of such works.
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WASTEWATER FACILITIES – Shall mean all facilities for collection, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater and wastes, operated by the owner.
1. 
The sewer use charges are hereby established by the City Commission by resolution. The current fee schedules are included in the Appendix of this Code.
2. 
All bills for sewer service, or rental, as above provided, shall be due and payable on the same dates and in the same manner as water bills, and in the event the same become delinquent, both the water and sewer service may be cut off and discontinued without further notice. A penalty shall be charged and added to sewer bills becoming delinquent, and the full amount of the sewer bills and the penalty shall be paid before service is restored; provided that for good cause shown, the city shall have the authority to omit the amount of the penalty. The amount billed for sewer use shall be shown as a separate item.
1. 
The public sewer system and wastewater facilities will be used wherever such system is available, by all persons discharging any wastewater or other polluted liquids which are not otherwise prohibited, unless an exception is granted by the city.
2. 
No persons shall deposit or discharge any wastewater or other polluted liquids on public or private property, in or adjacent to any natural watercourse, or in any storm sewer, if in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, without the approval of the city.
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The city in providing approval will verify that such wastes will receive suitable treatment within the provision of federal, state, or local laws, regulations, and/or ordinances, before discharge.
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No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to the wastewater facilities:
a. 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
b. 
Any storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or uncontaminated cooling water to any sanitary sewer. Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural watercourse approved by the owner, and as covered under Article 3 of this Chapter.
c. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F. or any discharge which causes the temperature of the total wastewater treatment plant influent to increase at a rate of 10° F. or more per hour, or a combined total increase to a plant influent temperature of 110° F.
d. 
Any water or waste containing fats, grease, 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° and 150° F. (0° to 65° C.).
e. 
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 owner.
f. 
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
g. 
Any waters or wastes containing objectionable or toxic, or poisonous substances, or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement.
h. 
Any waters or wastes containing obnoxious, 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 or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant.
i. 
Any waters or wastes having pH lower that 5.5 or higher than 9.5, having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment and personnel at wastewater facilities.
j. 
Solid or viscous substance 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 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 fleshing, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders, lime slurry, lime residues, slops, chemical residues, paint residues, or bulk solids.
k. 
Any waters or wastes containing phenols, hydrogen sulfide, or other taste- and-odor producing substances.
l. 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes.
m. 
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to 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 stream.
n. 
Discharge of the following materials into the sewer system is prohibited:
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Beryllium
Bismuth
Boron
Zinc
Cadmium
Chromium (Hexa)
Chromium (Tri)
Cobalt
Copper
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Mercury
Molybdenum
Nickel
Rhenium
Selenium
Silver
Strontium
Tellurium
Tin
Uranyl Ion
2. 
No person shall install or allow to be installed a house connection to the sanitary sewer system that is not accomplished in full accordance with the BOCA Plumbing Code which is adopted herewith by reference.
The allowable infiltration for all existing sewers is hereby established at no more than 200 gallons per inch of sewer diameter per day per mile for sewers 24 inches in diameter and smaller. All new sewers shall be tested for infiltration in accordance with an acceptable testing method.
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All sanitary sewer taps will be made by authorized city employees only. Applications are to be made with the City Clerk or the Plumbing Inspector.
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Plumbers or plumbing contractors requesting said taps are to prepare the sanitary sewer main for tapping, including all excavations, and are to furnish all necessary fittings. Nothing other than standard tapping saddles are to be used.
3. 
A service charge will be made for each installation as determined by resolution of the City Commission. The current fee schedule is included in the Appendix 6 of this Code.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
2. 
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article shall be served by the owner with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
3. 
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in this article shall be deemed guilty of a violation thereof, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount provided in Section 9-31 of this Code. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
4. 
Failure to pay monthly bills for water or sanitary sewer services when due or repeated discharge of prohibited waste to the sanitary sewer shall result in disconnection of any and all services to the water and/or sanitary sewer lines of the owner.
All ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. The validity of any section, clause, sentence, or provision of this article shall not affect the validity of any other part of this article which can be given effect without the invalidated part or parts.