[Adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 35, Art.
VI, of the 1972 Code; amended in its entirety 4-1-1980 by Ord. No. 2356]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The City Manager or his duly authorized representative.
The quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in mg/l, utilized
in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
conditions for five days at a temperature of 20º C.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal (also called the house lateral and house
connection).
The City of El Reno, Oklahoma, or any authorized person acting
in its behalf.
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 the chemical oxidant in a specific
test, but not differentiating between stable and unstable organic
matter and thus not necessarily correlating with biochemical oxygen
demand.
A manhole giving access to a building sewer at some point
before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in
the public sewer.
A point of access to a course of discharge before the discharge
mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.
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.
Waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing,
trade or business from the development of any natural resource, or
any mixture of the waste with water or normal wastewater, or distinct
from normal wastewater.
The charge made on those persons who discharge industrial
wastes into the City's sewerage system.
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.
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, lake or other body
of surface water or groundwater.
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 250 mg/l and BOD is not
more than 250 mg/l.
The imposition of organic or hydraulic loading on a treatment
facility in excess of its engineered design capacity.
Includes a corporation, organization, government or governmental
subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
association and any other legal entity.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration.
Pipe or conduit carrying wastewater or unpolluted drainage
in which owners of abutting properties shall have the use, subject
to control by the City of El Reno.
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.
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 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during
normal operation.
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," as prepared, approved and
published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American
Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
A public sewer which carries storm and surface waters and
drainage and into which domestic wastewater or industrial wastes are
not intentionally passed.
Rainfall or any other forms of precipitation.
The Water and Wastewater Superintendent of the City of El
Reno or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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.
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.
A device designed to skim, settle or otherwise remove grease,
oil, sand, flammable wastes or other harmful substances.
Water containing:
No free or emulsified grease or oil;
No acids or alkalis;
No phenols or other substances producing taste
or odor in receiving water;
No toxic or poisonous substances in suspension,
colloidal state or solution;
No noxious or otherwise obnoxious odorous gases;
Not more than an insignificant amount in mg/l
each of suspended solids and BOD as determined by the Oklahoma State
Department of Health; and
Color not exceeding 50 units as measured by
the platinum-cobalt method of determination as specified in Standard
Methods.
Rejected, undiluted or superfluous substances in liquid,
gaseous or solid form resulting from domestic, agricultural or industrial
activities.
A combination of the water-carried waste from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with any ground-, surface and storm water that may be present.
Includes all facilities for collection, pumping, treating,
and disposing of wastewater and industrial wastes.
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.
Any City-owned facilities, devices and structures used for
receiving, processing and treating wastewater, industrial waste and
sludges from the sanitary sewers.
A natural or man-made channel in which a flow of water occurs,
either continuously or intermittently.
A.
No discharge to public sewers may contain:
(1)
Cyanide greater than two mg/l;
(2)
Fluoride other than that contained in the public water
supply;
(3)
Chlorides in concentrations greater than 250 mg/l;
(4)
Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas; or
(5)
Substances causing an excessive chemical oxygen demand
(COD).
B.
No waste or wastewater discharged to public waters
may contain:
(1)
Strong acid, iron pickling wastes or concentrated
plating solutions, whether neutralized or not;
(2)
Fats, wax, 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 32º F. and 150º
F. (0º C. to 65º C.);
(3)
Objectionable or toxic substances, exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material received
in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the approving authority for such materials;
or
C.
No waste, wastewater or other substance may be discharged
into public sewers which has a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5,
or any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and/or personnel at the wastewater facilities.
D.
All waste, wastewater or other substance containing
phenols, hydrogen sulfide, or other taste- and odor-producing substances
shall conform to concentration limits established by the approving
authority. After treatment of the composite wastewater, concentration
limits may not exceed the requirements established by state, federal
or other agencies with jurisdiction over discharges to receiving waters.
A.
No discharges may contain concentrations of heavy metals greater than amounts specified in Subsection B of this section.
B.
The maximum allowable concentrations of heavy metal
stated in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/l), determined on the
basis of individual sampling in accordance with Standard Methods,
are:
(1)
Arsenic: 0.2 mg/l.
(2)
Barium: 5.0 mg/l.
(3)
Boron: 0.8 mg/l.
(4)
Cadmium: 0.1 mg/l.
(5)
Chromium (total): 0.1 mg/l.
(6)
Copper: 0.2 mg/l.
(7)
Lead: 0.1 mg/l.
(8)
Manganese: 1.5 mg/l.
(9)
Mercury: 0.005 mg/l.
(10)
Nickel: 1.5 mg/l.
(11)
Selenium: 0.2 mg/l.
(12)
Silver: 0.1 mg/l.
(13)
Zinc: 5.0 mg/l.
C.
Water containing heavy metals and toxic materials
shall not be diluted in lieu of treatment.
D.
No other heavy metals or toxic materials may be discharged
into public sewers without a permit from the approving authority specifying
conditions of pretreatment, concentrations, volumes and other applicable
provisions.
A.
No person may discharge garbage into public sewers
unless it is shredded to a degree that all particles can be carried
freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers.
Particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension are prohibited.
B.
The approving authority is entitled to review and
approve the installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped
with a motor of 3/4 horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater.
No person may discharge liquid or vapor having
a temperature higher than 150º F. (65º C.), or any substance
which causes the temperature of the total wastewater treatment plant
influent to increase at a rate of 10º F. or more per hour, or
a combined total increase of plant influent temperature to 110º
F.
B.
C.
No person may discharge into public sewers any substance
that may:
(1)
Deposit grease or oil in the sewer lines in such a
manner as to clog the sewers;
(2)
Overload skimming and grease handling equipment;
(3)
Pass to the receiving waters without being effectively
treated by normal wastewater treatment processes due to the nonamenability
of the substance to bacterial action; or
(4)
Deleteriously affect the treatment process due to
excessive quantities.
D.
No person may discharge any substance into public
sewers which:
F.
No person may discharge into public sewers solid or viscous substances which may violate Subsection A of this section if present in sufficient quantity or size, including but not limited to:
(1)
Ashes.
(2)
Cinders.
(3)
Sand.
(4)
Mud.
(5)
Straw.
(6)
Shavings.
(7)
Metal.
(8)
Glass.
(9)
Rags.
(10)
Feathers.
(11)
Tar.
(12)
Plastics.
(13)
Wood.
(14)
Unground garbage.
(15)
Whole blood.
(16)
Paunch manure.
(17)
Hair and fleshings.
(18)
Entrails.
(19)
Paper products, either whole or ground by garbage
grinders.
(20)
Slops.
(21)
Chemical residues.
(22)
Paint residues.
(23)
Bulk solids.
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.
D.
Pollutant discharges in excess of those described in §§ 334-49 and 334-54 may be permitted under the following conditions:
[Added 3-4-2008 by Ord. No. 6005]
(1)
No discharge may exceed limits established by any
state or federal agency.
(2)
The applicant must apply for a permit subject to approval
by City Council.
(3)
Expiration of permit; revocation or suspension.
(a)
If approved, the permit shall expire six months
from the date of issuance but may be revoked at any time if it is
determined by the City Manager or his designee that discharges may
be negatively impacting the municipal sanitary sewer system.
(b)
Written notice must be delivered to the discharger
that the permit is being suspended.
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:
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-equalizing or other facilities shall provide and maintain the
facilities in effective operating condition at his own expense.
Any person responsible for discharges through
a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall, at his own expense
and as required by the approving authority:
A.
Sampling shall be conducted according to customarily
accepted methods, reflecting the effects of constituents upon the
sewage works and determining the existence of hazards to health, life,
limb and property.
B.
Examination and analysis of the characteristics of
waters and wastes required by this article shall be:
C.
BOD and suspended solids shall be determined from
composite sampling, except to detect unauthorized discharges.
D.
The City may select an independent firm or laboratory
to determine flow, BOD and suspended solids.
E.
The City is entitled to select the time of sampling
at its sole discretion so long as at least annual samples are taken.
A person discharging industrial wastes into
public sewers prior to the effective date of this article may continue
without penalty so long as he:
A.
The City may grant a permit to discharge to persons meeting all requirements of § 334-62, provided that the person:
(1)
Submits an application within 90 days after the effective
date of this article on forms supplied by the approving authority;
(2)
Secures approval by the approving authority of plans
and specifications for pretreatment facilities when required; and
(4)
Provides a sampling point subject to the provisions
of this article and approval of the approving authority.
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 the
company to maintain safe conditions, the City shall indemnify the
company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and
against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property
damage asserted against the company 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 purpose 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 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.
A.
The City may terminate water and wastewater disposal
service and disconnect an industrial customer from the system when:
(1)
Acids or chemicals damaging to sewer lines or treatment
process are released to the sewer, causing rapid 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 industrial customer:
(a)
Discharges industrial 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 services when due; or
(d)
Repeats a discharge of prohibited wastes to
public sewers.
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 report
and provide the customer with all pertinent information; and
(3)
Continue disconnection until such time as the industrial
customer provides additional pretreatment or other facilities designed
to remove the objectionable characteristics from his industrial wastes.
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.
No person may continue discharging in violation
of this article beyond the time limit provided in the notice.
[Amended 9-15-1983 by Ord. No. 2454]
A.
A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not
more than $50 for each act of violation and for each day of violation.
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.
