A.
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.
B.
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 Sewer
Inspector or other person authorized by the Municipal Board.
C.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters
may be discharged, on approval of the Sewer Inspector or other authorized
person, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into any public sewer or sanitary sewer any waters, wastes or any
materials which are prohibited by the laws, ordinances or other applicable
rules and regulations of any contracting municipality and, in addition
thereto and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
of the following:
A.
Any storm- or surface water, drainage or flow from
roofs, cellars, cistern tanks, springs, wells or swimming pools or,
except as may be permitted by the contracting municipality and the
Municipal Board, any discharge from a vehicle washrack (unless preceded
by a grease, oil and sand interceptor approved by the Sewer Inspector)
or washmotor or from any air-conditioning machine or refrigerator
unit.
B.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
C.
Any waters 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, including but not limited to cyanides,
radioactive materials or isotopes or other substances, the discharge
of which is either prohibited entirely or beyond certain limits as
provided in and by the ordinances, laws, rules and regulations of
any contracting municipality receiving such waters and wastes for
treatment or by any rules, regulations or laws of the Municipal Board
or by any applicable federal or state laws, rules or regulations.
D.
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 the
contracting municipalities or other agencies having jurisdiction over
discharge to the receiving waters.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed
to be discharged to the public sewers which contain the substances
and possess the characteristics described in other provisions of this
article or which may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works,
processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create
a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Sewer Inspector
or other authorized person may:
(1)
Reject the wastes and sever the connection and cause
the removal of any sewer, sewer pipe or drain through which such substances
are discharged;
(2)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for
discharge to the public sewers;
(3)
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge;
and/or
(4)
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling
and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges
under the provisions of this chapter or any other law, ordinance,
rule or regulation of the municipality or contracting municipality.
B.
No action shall be taken under Subsection A(1) of this section unless the municipality shall give the owner or occupant of the premises at least 48 hours' notice, in writing, stating the action to be taken and the grounds therefor, except that such notice shall not be required if immediate action is necessary to prevent injury to the public sewer system or any part thereof in the reasonable discretion of the municipality or any authorized officer or employee of the municipality or contracting municipality.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Municipal Board, its duly authorized representative
or the contracting municipality, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or
any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at
said 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.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between
the municipality and any industrial concern whereby an industrial
waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted for treatment
subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern and provided
that all requirements and conditions of any contracting municipality
are met.
All provisions of Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 3, Regulation of Sewer Use, 1975, Article V, Use of Public Sewers, and updates thereof, shall be considered a part of this chapter.
