[R.O. 2008 §710.010; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
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ACT or THE ACT
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
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BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (B.O.D., BOD)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (C.O.D., COD)
CITY
COMBINED SEWER
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION
CONTROL AUTHORITY
COOLING WATER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DIRECTOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA
GARBAGE
GOVERNING BODY
GRAB SAMPLE
HOLDING TANK WASTE
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL LIQUID WASTE
INTERFERENCE
INDUSTRIAL USER — Revision Required
MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRE-TREATMENT STANDARD or PRE-TREATMENT
STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM or NPDES PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE
STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW SOURCE
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
PASS THROUGH
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PRE-TREATMENT REQUIREMENT
PRE-TREATMENT or TREATMENT
PRE-TREATMENT STANDARD
PUBLIC SEWER
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
RECEIVING STREAM
RECORDS
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWER
SHALL
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
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SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE
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STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
STORMWATER
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOXIC POLLUTANT
TRAP
UNPOLLUTED WATER AND WASTE
USER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
WATERS OF THE STATE
Unless otherwise indicated
by specific context, the meaning and terms used in this Article shall
be as follows:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended (33 United States Code 1251, et seq.).
The Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
An authorized representative of an Industrial User who may
be:
A principal executive officer of at least the level of Vice
President, if the Industrial User is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor if the Industrial User is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation
of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of decomposed organic matter by standard methods procedure in five
(5) days at twenty (20) organic matter by standard methods procedure
in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C) expressed in
milligrams per liter (mg/l).
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil waste or other drainage pipes
inside walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning
two (2) feet outside the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of organic and
inorganic matter present in wastewater expressed as the amount of
oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant as under standard laboratory
procedure expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
The Municipality of Maryville, Missouri, for the purpose
of administering this Article represented by the Director of Public
Works.
A sewer designed and intended to receive and convey both
wastewater and stormwater, including roof and street drainage.
The combination of individual samples of water or wastewater
taken at selected intervals (generally hourly or some similar specified
period), to minimize the effect of the variability of the individual
sample. Individual samples may have equal volume or may be roughly
proportional to the flow at the time of sampling.
The attachment of a building sewer to the City's public sewer
at a "Y" branch or the drilling of a proper opening on the sewer main
and the placement of an approved collar receptacle secured by epoxy
cement. This work does not include any excavation or backfill at the
site.
The City is the "Control Authority", through
the Director of Public Works as described in the provisions of 40
CFR 403.11.
The water discharged from any use such as air-conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the ground or surface water of the State of Missouri.
The executive of the Department of Public Works who supervises
the operation of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System of the
City of Maryville.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the term may be used as designation for the Regional Administrator
or other duly authorized official of said agency.
Solid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storing and
sale of products.
The City Council of the City of Maryville, Missouri.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one (1)
time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without
consideration of time.
Any wastes from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
The discharge or the introduction of non-domestic pollutants
from any source regulated under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act (33
United States Code 1317), into the POTW (including holding tanks discharged
into the public sewer).
All waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes resulting
from any 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 as distinct from normal
domestic wastewater. Industrial manufacturing processes shall include,
but are not limited to: Food and allied products, tobacco manufacturers;
textile mill products; apparel and other finished products, furniture
and fixtures; printing; publishing and allied industries; chemicals
and allied products; petroleum refining and related industries; rubber
and miscellaneous plastics products; leather and leather products;
stone, clay, glass, and concrete products; primary metal industries;
fabricated metal products; machinery and transportation equipment;
electrical machinery, equipment and supplies; transportation equipment;
professional, scientific and controlling instruments; photographic
and optical goods; watches and clocks; miscellaneous manufacturing
industries.
According to 40 CFR 403.3(i), "interference" is defined as a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both inhibits or disrupts the POTW;
its treatment processes or its sludge processes, use, or disposal;
and therefore, causes a violation of the POTW's National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit or prevents sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with specified applicable Federal Statutes,
regulations or permits.
"Industrial user" is defined in 40 CFR
403.3(h) as a source of indirect discharge. "Indirect discharge" is defined in 40 CFR 403.3(g) as the discharge of pollutants into
a POTW from any non-domestic source regulated under Sections 307(b),
(c) or (d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
All sanitary sewers, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants,
main sewers, interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, and work for the
collection, transportation, wastes thereto, necessary in the maintenance
and operation of the same.
Any (present or future) regulation containing pollutant discharge
limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307 (b) and
(c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1317) which applies to a specific category
of Industrial Users.
A discharge permit issued by the Approval Authority pursuant
to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1342).
Any (present or future) regulation developed under the authority
of 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR, Section 403.5.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
"New source" is defined in 40 CFR 403.3(k)
as a facility from which there is, or may be, a discharge of pollutants,
construction of which began after the publication of the proposed
pre-treatment standards pursuant to Section 307(c) of the CWA, which
will apply to the facility if the standards are promulgated, provided
certain location and construction criteria are met.
Waterborne wastes normally discharging from the sanitary
sewer of buildings (including apartment houses and motels), office
buildings, factories and institutions, free from storm surface water
and industrial wastes. Normal domestic wastewater for the City shall
be wastewater with an average concentration of five (5) day BOD established
at two hundred milligrams per liter (200 mg/l); the average concentration
of suspended solids is established at three hundred milligrams per
liter (300 mg/l).
Under 40 CFR 403.3(n), "pass through" is
defined as a discharge which exists the POTW in quantities or concentrations
which, alone or with discharges from other sources, causes a violation
of the POTW's NPDES Permit.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental
agency or any other legal entity of their local representatives, agents
or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine; the singular
shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
The negative logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration
of the hydrogen ions in grams per liter of a solution.
Garbage which has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in sewers, with no particle greater than one (1) inch in
any dimension.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, wastewater,
garbage, wastewater sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological
materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment,
rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, City and agricultural waste
discharged into water.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, thermal, and radiological integrity of water.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater.
"Pre-treatment requirement" is defined
in 40 CFR 403.3(r) as any substantive or procedural pre-treatment
requirement, other than a national pretreatment standard, applicable
to IUS.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the removal of
pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to, or in lieu of, discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the POTW. The reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes or process changes by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR Section 403.6(d).
Any (present or future regulation containing pollutant discharge
limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and
(c) of the Act, which applies to Industrial Users.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties shall
have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
The treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act;
which is owned by the City of Maryville, Missouri. This definition
includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling
and reclamation of City wastewater of a liquid nature. It also includes
sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater
to a wastewater treatment plant. For the purposes of this Article, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters
to the POTW from persons outside the City who are users of the City's
POTW.
Any natural watercourse into which sewage is discharged.
Such books, documents, papers, apparatus, data, readings,
records of analysis, plans and graphs as may be required for the proper
operation of the publicly owned treatment works.
(See Normal Domestic Wastewater).
A sewer which carries sewage and/or industrial wastes to
which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Any combination of water-carried wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments, institutions, manufacturing
plants, processing plants, commercial establishments, or other places
in which such wastes are produced, together with such ground, surface,
storm or other water as may be present.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; MAY — is permissive.
As per 40 CFR 403.3(t), "significant industrial user" is defined as:
Any Categorical Industrial User (CIU).
Any other IU which:
Discharges an average of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons
or more of process wastewater per day;
Contributes a process wastewater which makes up five percent
(5%) or more of the dry weather average hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW;
Is designated as such by the Control Authority on the basis
that it has a reasonable potential to adversely affect the POTW's
operation or to violate a pre-treatment standard or requirement.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vii), an IU is in "significant non-compliance" if its violation meets one
or more of the specific criteria listed in this Section. If the POTW
determines that an IU is in Significant non-compliance (SNC), that
user must be included on the annual publication list. In Section 10-326.d
of the ordinance, the City uses an old Federal definition which defines "significant violation" as "a violation which remains uncorrected
forty-five (45) days after non-compliance, which is part of a pattern
of non-compliance over a 12-month period, which involves a failure
to accurately report non-compliance".
Any discharge of wastewater, sewage, or industrial liquid
wastes which, for a given pollutant parameter, exceeds for any period
longer than fifteen (15) minutes, more than (5) times its average
twenty-four (24) hour concentration during normal operation.
Classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management
and Budget, 1971.
The laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition,
at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater", as prepared, approved and published jointly
by the "American Public Health Association" and "American Waterworks
Association" and "Water Pollution Control Federation".
The State of Missouri.
A sewer which carries stormwater, surface water, drainage
and some industrial water discharges, such as cooling and air-conditioning
water, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are suspended
in, water, wastewater or other liquids and which are removable by
laboratory filtering.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in (present or future) regulations promulgated by the Administrator
of the EPA under the provision of Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
A device for retaining sand, slit, grit mineral material,
petroleum solvent, grease or oil by gravity differential separation
from wastewater and of a design and capacity approved by the City.
Any water or waste containing none of the following: Emulsified
grease or oil, acid, or alkali, phenols or other substances imparting
taste and odor in receiving water; toxic poisonous substances in suspension,
colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall
contain not more than ten (10) milligrams per liter (10 mg/l) of suspended
solids or five (5) day BOD. The color shall not exceed fifty (50)
standard color units.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the City's POTW.
(See "SEWAGE.")
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes synonymous with waste treatment
plant or wastewater treatment plant.
A natural surface drainage channel for stormwater and ground
water in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface, or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through or border upon the State of Missouri or any portion
thereof.
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Unless
the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms in
the Article not defined in this Section shall be defined in the Glossary:
Water and Wastewater Control Engineering, prepared by the Joint Editorial
Board of the American Public Health and Association, American Society
of Civil Engineers, American Waterworks Association and Water Pollution
Control Federation, copyright 1969.
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Abbreviations
shall have these designated meanings:
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BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (five (5) day, unless otherwise noted
as "Ultimate BOD")
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CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
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COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand
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EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
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L: Liter
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mg: Milligrams
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mg/l: Milligrams Per Liter
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DNR: (Missouri) Department of Natural Resources
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NODES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination system
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POTW: Publicly Owned Treatment Plant
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USC: United States Code
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SIC: Standard Industrial Classification
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SWDA: Solid Waste Disposal Act.
[R.O. 2008 §710.020; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
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It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation within the City
or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, to perform any
of the following:
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Deposit in any unsanitary manner upon public or private property
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
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Discharge to any natural outlet or storm sewer any sewage, industrial
wastes, polluted water, or any other substance which constitutes a
nuisance or hazard to the public health or welfare, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of the Article.
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Construct, install or maintain any privy, privy vault, cesspool or
other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage, except
private sewage disposal systems as hereinafter provided.
[R.O. 2008 §710.030; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
The owner of any house, building or property used for human
occupancy, employment or recreation or other purpose, situated within
the City, is hereby required, at their expense, to install suitable
toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly
with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of
this Article, within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice
to do so; provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100)
feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.
[R.O. 2008 §710.040; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
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Exclusion
thereof, no private sewage disposal system construction shall be permitted
within the City Limits.
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Abandonment. At such times as public sanitary sewer becomes
available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system,
as provided in Section 710.020(2), a direct connection shall be made
to the public sewer within sixty (60) days in compliance with this
Article, and the private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned,
cleaned of sludge, and filled with a suitable material. (Concrete)
[R.O. 2008 §710.050; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992; Ord. No. 5099 §1, 11-9-1992; Ord. No. 5532 §1, 5-27-1997]
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A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building;
except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another on an
interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
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Connection Permit Required. No unauthorized person shall
uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or
disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining
a written permit from the Director of Public Works. There shall be
three (3) classes of building sewer connection permits:
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No
permit shall be issued for connection of a building sewer to any public
sewer required to be constructed pursuant to a permit issued by an
agency of the State of Missouri, until such public sewer has been
approved and accepted by the City and a State of Missouri operating
permit has been issued.
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Application for Permit. In any case, the application for
such a permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City which
the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications or other
information as are deemed necessary by the Director of Public Works.
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Costs. All costs and expense incident to the installation
and connections of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner.
The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may
directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of a building
sewer.
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Regulations and Code Applicable. The size, slope, alignment,
materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to
be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and
backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the
Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which
any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public
sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
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Prohibited Connections To Building Sewer. No person shall
make connection of roof, downspout, areaway drains or other sources
of surface runoff to a building sewer or building drain, which in
turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
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Connections, How Made. The connection of the building sewer
into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Plumbing
Code and other applicable rules and regulations of the City. All such
connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the
Director of Public Works before installation. Each connection shall
be made at the "Y" branch designated for that property, unless a "Y"
branch is not provided or cannot be located within five (5) feet of
the point of measurement furnished by the City. Any connection not
made at a designated "Y" branch shall be made with a tapping saddle
"Y" in the upper quadrant of the sewer pipe. The breaking of a sewer
pipe for insertion of a connection fitting shall be made under the
supervision of a City.
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Inspection. The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall give notice to the City when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. Such notice shall be
given at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the commencement of
the work. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the
Director of Public Works or his/her duly authorized representative.
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Protection of Excavations. All excavations for building
sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and
lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks,
parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the
work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Director.
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Damage from Sewers. The property owner shall take all risk
or damage that may result from water backflow into their premises
from the public sewers. To prevent such backflow, the owner shall,
at his/her own cost, install in the building drain or building sewer
a self-acting valve in all cases where a backflow from the public
sewers may be anticipated. The owner shall keep the valve in condition
for service at all times.
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Information Furnished. The City shall furnish all information
is its possession as to the position, depth and grade of public sewers
and the position of "Y" branches.
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Property Lines. All appurtenances to building drains and
building sewers, including catch basins, manholes, cleanouts, backwater
valves and fittings, shall be located within the property served by
such drains or sewers.
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Maintenance of Building Sewer. The property owner shall
be responsible for the maintenance of the building sewer or building
drain from the point of connection to the public sewer to the premises
served thereby, including the connection with the public sewer.
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Abandonment of Building Sewer. Any building sewer, which
is discontinued shall be disconnected at the public sewer. The public
sewer will be repaired to prevent infiltration of ground water in
a manner satisfactory to the Director of Public Works.
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Open Connections. It shall be unlawful for any person constructing
a sewer, house, building connection or industrial connection to a
sanitary sewer leaving such connection open, unsealed or incomplete
allowing storm or surface water to enter into any sanitary sewer within
the City. All such openings will be tightly sealed at all points whenever
work is not in progress on such sewer connections.
[R.O. 2008 §710.060; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged stormwater,
surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer. Uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process
waters may be accepted, under special circumstances, following review
and approval by the Director of Public Works.
[R.O. 2008 §710.070; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or
to a natural outlet approved by the Director of Public Works. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Director of Public Works, to a storm sewer, combined sewer,
or natural outlet.
[R.O. 2008 §710.080; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
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No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the
opinion of the Director of Public Works, that such wastes can harm
the POTW or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream,
or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitutes
a nuisance. In forming an opinion as to the acceptability of these
wastes, the Director of Public Works will give consideration to such
factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and
velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers,
nature and capacity of the POTW, degree of treatability of wastes
in the wastewater treatment works and other pertinent factors. But
in no case will a federally mandated prohibition be altered to be
less stringent. The substances which must be considered include, but
are not limited to, the following:
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Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity
are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction with other
substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other
way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall
two (2) successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point
of discharge into the POTW (or at any point in the system) be more
than five percent (5%) nor any single reading over ten percent (10%)
of the Lower Explosive Limit (LEL) of the meter. Flash point limit
of less than 140°F (60°C) shall be observed.
Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to: Gasoline,
fuel oil, hexane, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers,
alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates,
bromates, carbides and hydrides.
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Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or in interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with the POTW, constitute a hazard
to humans or animals; create a public nuisance, or create any hazard
in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment works. A toxic
pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified
pursuant to Section 307 (a) of the Act.
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Any herbicides and pesticides.
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Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5,
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the POTW.
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Solids, natural man-made fibers, insoluble or emulsified oils, fats,
greases, slurries 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 POTW such as, but not limited to,
ashes, cinders, sand, paraffin, mud, straw, shavings, metal, sawdust,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole
blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, bones, spent lime, grinding compounds, grass clippings,
spent grain, spent hops, asphalt residues, chemical residues, acid
residues, entrails, paint residues, whey, food processing bulk solids,
etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
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Septic tank sludge, and all other trucked or hauled wastes, except
that such sludge may be discharged at selected locations as designated
for this purpose by the Director of Public Works.
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Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any other product
of the POTW such as residues, sludge or scums to be unsuitable for
reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
In no case shall a substance, discharged to the POTW, cause the POTW
to be in non-compliance with sludge or disposal criteria, guidelines
or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act; any criteria,
guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed
pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act or State criteria applicable to the sludge
management method being used.
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Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES Permit
or the receiving water quality standards.
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Any pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.)
released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which a user
knows or has reason to know will cause interference to the POTW. In
no case shall a slug load have a flow rate or contain concentration
or qualities of pollutants that exceed, for any time period longer
than fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5) times the average twenty-four
(24) hour concentration, quantities or flow during normal operation.
As specified in 40 CFR 403.5(b)(4), the discharge of any pollutant,
including oxygen-demanding pollutants (such as Biochemical Oxygen
Demand (BOD), released in a discharge at a flow rate or pollutant
concentration which will cause interference, is prohibited. The Federal
regulations also provide an affirmative defense for a user if that
user meets both parts of a two-part test set out in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(2).
The user must satisfy two conditions:
a.Â
It did not know, or have reason to know, that its discharge would
cause pass through or interference; and
b.Â
It was in compliance with existing limits for each pollutant in its
discharge; or, if a limit was not enacted for such pollutants(s),
its discharge directly before and during the pass through or interference
did not change substantially from its prior discharge(s) which occurred
when the POTW remained in compliance with its NPDES Permit.
10.Â
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological
activity in the wastewater treatment works resulting in introduction
into the wastewater treatment plant which exceeds forty degrees Celsius
(40°C), one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (104°F).
11.Â
Any water or waste containing fats, grease, wax, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred milligrams per liter (100
mg/l) or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous
at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) and
one hundred fifty degrees Celsius (150°C), zero (0) and sixty-five
degrees Celsius (65°C).
12.Â
Any waters or wastes containing reducing substances of an organic
or inorganic nature, toxic or non-toxic, which exert an immediate
chlorine demand, shall not be discharged into the POTW or if the discharge
of such agents will prevent the achievement of an adequate chlorine
residual in the effluent of the wastewater treatment works.
13.Â
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-product
substances, in concentrations exceeding limits established by the
Director, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements
of the State, Federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for
such discharge to the receiving waters. In no case shall any waste
contain phenolic compounds in excess of five-tenths milligrams per
liter (0.5 mg/l) expressed as phenols.
14.Â
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentrations
as may exceed limits established by the Director of Public Works in
compliance with applicable State and Federal regulations.
15.Â
Materials which exert or cause:
a.Â
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not
limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or as
dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chlorine and
sodium sulfate).
b.Â
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
16.Â
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly
or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public
nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into
the sewers for maintenance and repair.
17.Â
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipment with a motor of three-fourth
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Director of Public Works.
18.Â
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
19.Â
Any wastes containing sulfides in excess of ten milligrams per liter
(10 mg/l) expressed as hydrogen sulfide.
20.Â
Levels of chlorinated solvents which, in the opinion of the Director
of Public Works, result in conditions defined under Section 710.080(22)
of this Article.
21.Â
Waters or wastes containing substances which could interfere with
the normal operation of the POTW, and/or contaminate the resulting
sewage sludge or otherwise pass through the POTW, untreated, into
the receiving stream.
22.Â
Any waters or wastes containing in excess of limits of iron, chromium,
copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes
exerting an excessive chlorine demand following limits for the specified
parameter:
|
Cyanides as CN
|
1.2 mg/l
|
|
Arsenic as As
|
0.5
|
|
Cadmium as Cd
|
0.69
|
|
Chromium as Cr
|
2.77
|
|
Copper as Cu
|
3.38
|
|
Lead as Pb
|
0.69
|
|
Zinc as Zn
|
2.61
|
|
Nickel as Ni
|
3.98
|
|
Mercury as Hg
|
0.02
|
|
Silver as Ag
|
0.43
|
|
Surfactant
|
100.0
|
|
Iron as Fe
|
15.0
|
|
Boron as B
|
1.0
|
[R.O. 2008 §710.230; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
Grease, oil and sand traps shall be provided when, in opinion
of the Director of Public Works, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except
that such traps shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All traps shall be of a type and capacity approved
by the Director of Public Works and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for clearing and inspection. Grease, oil and/or
sand traps shall be installed in all new automotive service stations,
garages, restaurants and other new facilities where a heavy discharge
of grease and oil is to be expected.
[R.O. 2008 §710.240; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
A.Â
Information
and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, monitoring
programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or
other governmental agency without restriction unless the user specifically
requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Governing
Body that release of such information would divulge information, processes
or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of
the user.
(Note: 40 CFR 403.8(f)(1)(vii) and 40 CFR 403.14)
B.Â
When
requested by the person furnishing a report, the portions of a report
which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be
made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available
upon written request to governmental agencies for uses related to
this Article, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NODES) Permit, and/or the pre-treatment programs; provided however,
that such portions of or part shall be available for use by the State
or any State agency in judicial review or enforcement proceedings
involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents
and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information.
[R.O. 2008 §710.270; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
The quantity of water used upon any premises furnished with
sewerage services by the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System of
the City shall be measured by the water meter or meters serving the
premises; provided however, that if any occupant or owner of any premises
connected with the sewerage system of the City shall purchase water
from a source other than the City's Combined Waterworks and Sewerage
System, than such occupant or owner shall, at his/her expense, install
and maintain on said premises a water meter or meters satisfactory
to the Superintendent of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System
of the City, or other representative of the City, which meter shall
measure all water received on said premises from all sources, and,
in such case, the sewerage rates to be charged such customer shall
be based upon the aggregate quantity of water received on said premises
as measured by said meter or meters. The Superintendent of the Combined
Waterworks and Sewerage System of the City or other representative
of the City shall have access to the premises of such customer at
all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting and testing said
water meter or meters and reading of the records thereof.
[R.O. 2008 §710.275; Ord. No. 5133 §1, 5-10-1993; Ord. No. 5533 §1, 5-27-1997]
Residential Sewer Charge. Residential customers
living in individually metered dwelling units shall be billed beginning
on May first (1st) of each year and for the succeeding twelve (12)
months at an average monthly amount established from the water metered
in the previous October, November, December, January and February.
New customers who did not have water service at their current address
for the period of December through March will be billed based upon
the quantity of water metered during the month.
[R.O. 2008 §710.280; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
No sewerage service shall be furnished or rendered free of charge
to any person.
[R.O. 2008 §710.290; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
The Superintendent of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System
of the City and the City Clerk or such other officers or representatives
of the City as may be designated from time to time shall cause all
water meters to be read and bills for sewerage services to be rendered
monthly as services accrue. All bills shall be due and payable from
and after the date such bills are rendered, at the office of the City
Clerk or other designated representative by the City Council, during
the regular hours of business. The City Clerk or other representative
of the City may calculate the amount of each bill of the customer
for water and water services, and render such customer a combined
bill for such water and sewerage services.
[R.O. 2008 §710.300; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
A.Â
If
any bill for sewerage services shall be and remain due and unpaid
after the fifteenth (15th) day following the date of the rendition
thereof, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be
added thereto.
B.Â
If
any bill for sewerage services shall be and remain past due and unpaid
as long as thirty (30) days, water service to such premises shall
be disconnected and shall not be re-connected until all past due bills
for both water services and sewerage services are paid in full, together
with the disconnect charge and the re-connection charge of three hundred
fifty dollars ($350.00). It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
notify the Superintendent of the combined water and sewer system of
any delinquency in the payment of a sewage bill, and said Superintendent
shall proceed immediately to disconnect the water service to the premises
so in arrears.
[R.O. 2008 §710.310; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewerage services
or water and sewerage services combined and the owner of said premises
shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered
on said premises. The City shall have power to sue the occupant or
the owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to recover
any sums due for such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee to
be fixed by the court. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section to the contrary, when an occupant is delinquent more than
ninety (90) days, the owner shall not be liable for sums due for more
than ninety (90) days of service. Any notice of termination of service
shall be sent to both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving
such service. The provisions of this Section shall apply only to residences
that have their own private water and sewer lines. In instances where
several residences share a common water or sewer line, the owner of
the real property upon which the residences sit shall be liable for
water and sewer expenses.
[R.O. 2008 §710.320; Ord. No. 5050 §1, 5-11-1992]
Application for sewerage services to existing premises not connected
with the City's sewerage system shall be made to the City Clerk or
other person designated by the City Council, by the occupant or owner
of the premises to be served. Accompanied by an application fee of
three hundred dollars ($300.00); thereupon such applicant shall have
the right to connect with the sewerage system of the City, all costs
of such connection to be borne by such applicant.
[R.O. 2008 §710.330; Ord. No. 5534 §1, 5-27-1997]
Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the City from entering
into private contracts for the construction of sewer lines that may
be necessary or expedient to the best interests of the City.