§ 28-590. Discharge of certain types of waste prohibited.

All individual contracts for wastewater service under this article shall provide that:

(1)

The grantee will not discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged into the City's wastewater system any of the following waters, wastes or effluent:

a.

Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 degrees Fahrenheit;

b.

Any water or waste which contains more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease;

c.

Any flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;

d.

Any raw garbage, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or viscous substance that causes obstruction of the flow in sewers or interferes with the operation of the City's wastewater system;

e.

Any water or waste having a concentration of acidity and alkalinity of less than pH 5.5 or more than pH 9.0 or having any other corrosive property that causes or is likely to cause damage or injury or that constitutes or is likely to constitute a hazard to structures, equipment or personnel employed in the operation of the City's wastewater system;

f.

Any water or waste containing a toxic poisonous substance that injures or is likely to injure or interferes with or is likely to interfere with any sewage treatment process or constitutes or is likely to constitute a hazard to person or animals or creates or is likely to create any hazard in the waters receiving the effluent of the main sewage treatment plant;

g.

Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance that creates a public nuisance; or

h.

Stormwater sewage or surface or subsurface water.

(2)

If the City finds that any of the waters, wastes or effluent set forth in Subsection (1) of this section are being discharged into the City's wastewater system, the grantee will cause such discharge to be discontinued or will provide and install such facilities, devices and equipment as are necessary to prevent the consequences resulting from the discharge of such waters, wastes or effluent into the City's wastewater system. The character and capacity of such facilities, devices and equipment shall be of such standard as shall be prescribed by the City and shall be installed in such place as will be readily and easily accessible for observation, maintenance, operation, sampling, cleaning and inspection. The cost of providing, installing, maintaining, cleaning and operating such facilities, devices and equipment shall be borne by the grantee. If the grantee fails, refuses or neglects to provide, install, maintain, clean or operate such facilities, devices and equipment or fails, refuses or neglects to do so in a proper and efficient manner, the grantee will pay to the City such charges as the City may prescribe for treating the effluent discharged by the grantee into the City's wastewater system to prevent the consequences resulting from the discharge of such waters, wastes or effluent into the City's wastewater system.

(3)

All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of such waters, wastes or effluent shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as prepared, approved and published jointly by the American Public Health Association and the American Water Works Association, when applicable.

(4)

The City will treat and dispose of the sanitary sewage so conveyed to and discharged into the City's wastewater system in the same manner and to the same extent or degree as it treats and disposes of all other sewage.

(5)

The appropriate City agency shall have the right to inspect all services at any time, and any violation of the provisions contained in this section shall be deemed sufficient cause to discontinue such services.

(6)

Sewage shall not be discharged at any rate greater than 100 gallons per minute into one connection, without the written approval of the Chief Administrative Officer.

(7)

The installation of wastewater service connections between the property line and the building shall be installed according to the City's plans and specifications.

(Code 1993, § 29-143; Code 2004, § 106-544; Ord. No. 2004-360-330, § 1, 12-13-2004)

(Code 1993, § 29-143; Code 2004, § 106-544; Ord. No. 2004-360-330, § 1, 12-13-2004)