As used in this article:
Approving authority.
The mayor or his duly authorized representative.
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand).
The quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature of twenty (20) degrees centigrade.
Building sewer.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal (also called the house lateral and house connection).
City.
The City of Krum, Texas, or any authorized person acting in its behalf.
COD (chemical oxygen demand).
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in the water or wastewater expressed in mg/l as the amount of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific test, but not differentiating between stable and unstable organic matter and thus not necessarily correlating with biochemical oxygen demand.
Commercial food service establishment.
Any restaurant, cafe, hotel dining room, grocery store, meat market, soft drink stand, hamburger stand, ice cream wagon, day care center, or any place where food or drink for human consumption is offered for sale, given in exchange or given away. The term does not include the following operations and establishments, provided that the operations do not expose the public to a substantial and imminent health hazard as determined by the city health officer:
(1) 
Organizations that serve only their own membership and immediate guests and other structured groups of persons who gather occasionally for fellowship and society that provide the food from amongst their membership.
(2) 
An establishment which handles only fresh unprocessed fruits, nuts and vegetables and which operates from a unit which is mobile in nature.
(3) 
The sale, distribution or service of food at an event, party or other special gathering that is not open to persons other than the members or invited guests of the sponsor, provided that there is no public advertisement of the event, public solicitation of funds at or for the event, or participation by the general public in the event.
Control manhole.
A manhole giving access to a building sewer at some point before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.
Control point.
A point of access to a course of discharge before the discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.
Garbage.
Animal and vegetable wastes and residue from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, processing, storage and sale of food products and produce.
Industrial waste.
Waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of the waste with water or normal wastewater or distinct from normal wastewater.
Industrial waste charge.
The charge made on those persons who discharge industrial wastes into the city's sewerage system.
Milligrams per liter (mg/l).
The same as parts per million and is a weight-to-volume ratio; the milligram-per-liter value multiplied by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water.
Natural outlet.
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or groundwater.
Normal domestic wastewater.
Wastewater excluding industrial wastewater discharged by a person into sanitary sewers and in which the average concentration of total suspended solids is not more than 275 mg/l and BOD is not more than 275 mg/l.
Overload.
The imposition of organic or hydraulic loading on a treatment facility in excess of its engineered design capacity.
Person.
Any individual, and includes any corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association or other legal entity.
pH.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
Public sewer.
A pipe or conduit carrying wastewater or unpolluted drainage in which owners of abutting properties shall have the use, subject to control by the city.
Sanitary sewer.
A public sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface water, groundwater and other unpolluted wastes are not intentionally passed.
Slug.
Any discharge of water, wastewater or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
Standard methods.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, prepared, approved, and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
Storm sewer.
A public sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage and into which domestic wastewater or industrial wastes are not intentionally passed.
Stormwater.
Rainfall or any other forms of precipitation.
Superintendent.
The water and wastewater superintendent of the city, or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Suspended solids (SS).
Solids measured in mg/l that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are largely removable by a laboratory filtration device.
To discharge.
Includes to deposit, conduct, drain, emit, throw, run, allow to seep, or otherwise release or dispose of, or to allow, permit, or suffer any of these acts or omissions.
Trap.
A device designed to skim, settle, or otherwise remove grease, oil, sand, flammable waste or other harmful substances.
Unpolluted wastewater.
Water containing:
(1) 
No free or emulsified grease or oil;
(2) 
No acids or alkalis;
(3) 
No phenols or other substances producing taste or odor in receiving water;
(4) 
No toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state, or solution;
(5) 
No noxious or otherwise obnoxious or odorous gases;
(6) 
Not more than an insignificant amount in mg/l each of suspended solids and BOD, as determined by the state commission on environmental quality; and
(7) 
Color not exceeding fifty (50) units as measured by the platinum-cobalt method of determination as specified in standard methods.
Waste.
Rejected, unutilized or superfluous substances in liquid, gaseous, or solid form resulting from domestic, agricultural, or industrial activities.
Wastewater.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with any ground, surface, and stormwater that may be present.
Wastewater facilities.
Includes all facilities for collection, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater and industrial waste.
Wastewater service charge.
The charge on all users of the public sewer system whose wastes do not exceed in strength the concentration values established as representative of normal wastewater.
Wastewater treatment plant.
Any city-owned facilities, devices, and structures used for receiving, processing and treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludges from the sanitary sewers.
Watercourse.
A natural or manmade channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
No person may discharge to public sewers any waste which by itself or by interaction with other wastes may:
(1) 
Injure or interfere with wastewater treatment processes or facilities;
(2) 
Constitute a hazard to humans or animals; or
(3) 
Create a hazard in receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent.
(b) 
All discharges shall conform to requirements of this article.
(c) 
No waste or wastewater discharged to public waters (sewers) may contain:
(1) 
Fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of two hundred (200) mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two (32) and one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (0 and 65 degrees Centigrade).
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
Unless exception is granted by the approving authority, the public sanitary sewer system shall be used by all persons discharging:
(1) 
Wastewater;
(2) 
Industrial waste;
(3) 
Polluted liquids.
(b) 
Unless authorized by the state commission on environmental quality, no person may deposit or discharge any waste included in subsection (a) of this section on public or private property or into or adjacent to any:
(1) 
Natural outlet;
(2) 
Watercourse;
(3) 
Storm sewer;
(4) 
Other area within the jurisdiction of the city.
(c) 
The approving authority shall verify prior to discharge that wastes authorized to be discharged will receive suitable treatment within the provisions of laws, regulations, ordinances, rules and orders of federal, state and local governments.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
If discharges or proposed discharges to public sewers may deleteriously affect wastewater facilities, processes, equipment or receiving waters, create a hazard to life or health, or create a public nuisance, the approving authority shall require:
(1) 
Pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(2) 
Control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and
(3) 
Payment to cover the cost of handling and treating the wastes.
(b) 
The approving authority is entitled to determine whether a discharge or proposed discharge is included under subsection (a) of this section. Any person shall have written approval from approving authority prior to any discharge to the public sewer.
(c) 
The approving authority shall reject wastes when it determines that a discharge or proposed discharge does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
If pretreatment or control is required, the approving authority shall review and approve design and installation of equipment and processes.
(b) 
The design and installation of equipment and processes must conform to all applicable statutes, codes, ordinances and other laws.
(c) 
Any person responsible for discharges requiring pretreatment, flow equalization, or other facilities shall provide and maintain the facilities in effective operating condition at his own expense.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
Discharges requiring a trap include:
(1) 
Grease, or waste containing grease in amounts that will impede or stop the flow in the public sewers;
(2) 
Oil;
(3) 
Sand;
(4) 
Flammable wastes;
(5) 
Other harmful ingredients; and
(6) 
Commercial food service establishments.
(b) 
Any person responsible for discharges requiring a trap shall at his own expense, as required by the approving authority:
(1) 
Provide equipment and facilities of a type and capacity approved by the approving authority;
(2) 
Locate the trap in a manner that provides ready and easy accessibility for cleaning and inspection; and
(3) 
Maintain the trap in effective operating condition.
(4) 
Cleaning schedule:
(A) 
Grease interceptors shall be cleaned as often as necessary to ensure that sediment and floating materials do not accumulate to impair the efficiency of the grease interceptor; that the discharge is in compliance with local wastewater discharge limits; and, to ensure that no visible grease is observed in the discharge.
(B) 
Grease interceptors shall be completely evacuated at a minimum of every ninety (90) days, or more frequently when:
(i) 
Twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the wetted height of the grease trap or grease interceptor, as measured from the bottom of the device to the invert of the outlet pipe, contains floating materials, sediment, oils or greases;
(ii) 
The discharge exceeds BOD, COD, TSS, FOG, pH, or other pollutants levels establish by the mayor; or
(iii) 
If there is a history of noncompliance.
(C) 
Grit traps/oil separators shall be completely evacuated based on one of the two following schedules:
(i) 
At a minimum of every 180 days; or
(ii) 
At a frequency determined by the owner/operator if all of the following best management practices are employed:
a. 
At a minimum of once per week, all facilities with a grit trap must routinely check and perform preventative maintenance as required on all connections, valves, hoses, chemical storage containers, drains, and other equipment necessary to prevent an accidental release or slug discharge of chemicals.
b. 
At a minimum of once per month, all facilities with a grit trap must routinely check the level of sediment in each grit trap in order to determine a maintenance schedule that will facilitate consistent compliance with all discharge limits and requirements.
c. 
All self-service and coin operated carwash facilities must post and maintain signs, in an area that is clearly visible to the public, directing customers not to dispose of oils or chemical wastes at the facility.
d. 
All facilities must document the best management practices, including routine checks, preventative maintenance and repair logs, and maintain grit rap maintenance records for a minimum of three years.
e. 
If at any time, the above practices are not being employed or the required documentation is not available for review, the owner/operator will be required to perform maintenance on the grit trap(s) immediately and once every 180 days thereafter.
(5) 
Any person who has a trap is responsible to maintain the trap in effective operating condition.
(6) 
A person shall maintain any and all traps and its surrounding areas in sanitary conditions, free of litter and odors.
(7) 
A person shall immediately report spills and accidents involving liquid waste to the mayor.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
Any person responsible for discharges through a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall, at his own expense and as required by the approving authority:
(1) 
Install an accessible control manhole;
(2) 
Install meters and other appurtenances to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste;
(3) 
Install safety equipment and facilities (ventilation, steps) where needed; and
(4) 
Maintain the equipment and facilities.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
Sampling shall be conducted according to customarily accepted methods, reflecting the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and determining the existence of hazards to health, life, limb and property. (Note: The particular analysis involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite sample from all outfalls of the premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analysis are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls. Where applicable, 16-hour, 8-hour, or some other period may be required. Periodic grab samples are used to determine pH and oil and grease quantities.)
(b) 
Examination and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes required by this article shall be:
(1) 
Conducted in accordance with the latest edition of standard methods; and
(2) 
Determined from suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided or other control point authorized by the approving authority.
(c) 
BOD and suspended solids shall be determined from composite sampling, except to detect unauthorized discharges.
(d) 
The approving authority shall determine which users or classes of users may contribute wastewater which is of greater strength than normal domestic wastewater. All users or classes of users so identified shall be sampled for flow, BOD, TSS, and pH at least annually.
(e) 
The city may select an independent firm or laboratory to determine flow, BOD, and suspended solids, if necessary. Flow may alternately be determined by water meter measurements if no other flow device is available, and no other source of raw water is used.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
The city will not accept waste from liquid transporters. The city is not set up to accept liquid waste at its facilities. Any liquid waste hauler must have a permit with local authorized disposal site capable of receiving liquid waste.
(b) 
Persons who generate, collect, and transport grease interceptors and grit trap/oil separator waste shall maintain a record of each individual collection and deposit. Such records shall be in the form of a manifest. The manifest shall include:
(1) 
Name, address, telephone, and TCEQ registration number of transporter;
(2) 
Name, signature, address, and telephone of the person who generated the waste and the date collected;
(3) 
Type and amount(s) of waste collected or transported;
(4) 
Name and signature(s) of responsible person(s) collecting, transporting, and depositing the waste;
(5) 
Date and place where the waste was deposited;
(6) 
Identification (permit or site registration number, location, and operator) of the facility where the waste was deposited;
(7) 
Name and signature of the facility on-site representative acknowledging receipt of the waste;
(8) 
The volume of the waste received;
(9) 
A consecutive numerical tracking number to assist transporters, waste generators, and regulating authorities in tracking the volume of grease transport.
(c) 
Copies of manifests returned to the waste generator shall be retained for three years and be readily available for review.
(d) 
Persons making discharges of industrial waste into the city sewer system shall pay a charge to cover all cost of collection and treatment.
(e) 
If discharges of any waste into the city's sewer system are approved by the approving authority, sewer system are approved by the approving authority, the city or its authorized representative shall enter the city or its authorized representative shall enter into an agreement or arrangement providing:
(1) 
Terms of acceptance by the city;
(2) 
Payment by the person making the discharge, in accordance with the user charge system as established in subsection (e) of this section;
(3) 
Sewer connection procedures and requirements shall be in accordance with the International Plumbing Code;
(4) 
A sewer application approved with connection fee paid; and
(5) 
Construction of sewer connections shall be approved by city inspectors prior to sewer use.
(f) 
Each user of the wastewater treatment system will be notified at least annually, in conjunction with a regular sewer bill, of the rate and that portion of user charges or ad valorem taxes which are attributable to the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment system.
(g) 
The city will apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the cost of operation and maintenance attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly.
(h) 
The user charge system will be that detailed in city Ordinance 66 (division 2 of article 13.06).
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter any public or private property at any reasonable time for the purpose of enforcing this article.
(b) 
Anyone acting under this authority shall observe the establishment's rules and regulations concerning safety, internal security, and fire protection.
(c) 
Except when caused by negligence or failure of person(s) to maintain safe conditions, the city shall indemnify the person(s) against loss or damage to their property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the person(s) and growing out of the sampling operation.
(d) 
The superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter all private properties through which the city holds a negotiated easement for the purposes of:
(1) 
Inspection, observation, measurement, sampling or repair;
(2) 
Maintenance of any portion of the sewerage system lying within the easements; and
(3) 
Conducting any other authorized activity. All such activities shall be conducted in full accordance with the terms of the negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
(e) 
No person acting under authority of this provision may inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the public sewers.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
The city may terminate water and wastewater disposal service and disconnect a customer from the system when:
(1) 
Acids or chemicals which may damage the sewer lines or treatment process are released to the sewer, potentially causing accelerated deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper conveyance and treatment of wastewater;
(2) 
A governmental agency informs the city that the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant is no longer of a quality permitted for discharge to a watercourse, and it is found that the customer is delivering wastewater to the city's system that cannot be sufficiently treated or requires treatment that is not provided by the city as normal domestic treatment; or
(3) 
The customer:
(A) 
Discharges waste or wastewater that is in violation of the permit issued by the approving authority;
(B) 
Discharges wastewater at an uncontrolled, variable rate in sufficient quantity to cause an imbalance in the wastewater treatment system;
(C) 
Fails to pay monthly bills for water and sanitary sewer service when due; or
(D) 
Repeats a discharge of prohibited wastes to public sewers in violation of sections 13.10.002 through 13.10.009 as stated above.
(b) 
If service is discontinued pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, the city shall:
(1) 
Disconnect the customer;
(2) 
Supply the customer with the governmental agency's report and provide the customer with all pertinent information; and
(3) 
Continue disconnection until such time as the customer provides pretreatment/additional pretreatment or other facilities designed to remove the objectionable characteristics from his wastes.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
The city shall serve persons discharging in violation of this article with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for satisfactory compliance.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
No person may continue discharging in violation of this article beyond the time limit provided in the notice.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
(a) 
A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code for each day of violation.
(b) 
In addition to proceeding under authority of subsection (a) of this section, the city is entitled to pursue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes or other ordinances against a person continuing prohibited discharges.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
In addition to sanctions provided for by this article, the city is entitled to exercise sanctions provided for by the other ordinances of the city for failure to pay the bill for water and sanitary sewer service when due.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)
The city may pursue all criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes and ordinances against a person negligently, willfully or maliciously causing loss by tampering with or destroying public sewers or treatment facilities.
(Ordinance 2023-763 adopted 3/23/2023)