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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : General Wastewater Regulations

18-205 : Prohibited discharge standards.

  1. General prohibitions. No user shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW any pollutant or wastewater which causes pass through or interference. These general prohibitions apply to all users of the POTW whether or not they are subject to categorical pretreatment standards or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
  2. Specific prohibitions. No user shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW the following pollutants, substances, or wastewater:
    1. Pollutants which create a fire or explosive hazard in the POTW, including, but not limited to, wastestreams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than one hundred forty degrees (140°) Fahrenheit (sixty degrees (60°) Celsius) using the test methods specified 40 CFR 261.21;
    2. Wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or more than 9.5, or otherwise causing corrosive structural damage to the POTW or equipment;
    3. Solid or viscous substances in amounts which will cause obstruction of the flow in the POTW, including collection system, restating in interference;
    4. Pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, will cause interference with the POTW;
    5. Wastewater having a temperature greater than one hundred four degrees (104°) Fahrenheit; (forty degrees (40°) Celsius), or which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment plant resulting in interference, but in no case wastewater which causes the temperature at the introduction into the treatment plant to exceed one hundred four (104°) degrees Fahrenheit; (forty degrees (40°) Celsius);
    6. Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil original in amounts that will cause interference or pass through;
    7. Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems;
    8. Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the mayor in accordance with § 14-214;
    9. Noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, solids, or other wastewater which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life, or to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance or repair;
    10. Wastewater which imparts color which cannot be removed by the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions which consequently imparts color to the treatment plant's effluent, thereby violating the Town of Mosheim's NPDES permit;
    11. Wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes except in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
    12. Storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, and subsurface drainage, unless specifically authorized by the mayor;
    13. Sludges, screenings, or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes, unless specifically authorized by the mayor;
    14. Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the mayor in an individual wastewater discharge permit;
    15. Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction with other sources, the treatment plant's effluent to fail toxicity test, NPDES permit, or sludge disposal permit;
    16. Detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances which that might cause excessive foaming in the POTW;
    17. Fats, oils, or greases of animal or vegetable origin in concentrations in amounts that will cause interference or permit violations;
    18. Wastewater causing two readings on an explosion hazard meter at the point of discharge into the POTW, or at any point in the POTW, of more than five percent (5%) or any single reading over twenty percent (20%) of the lower explosive limit of the meter; and/or

    19. Any substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be considered a hazardous waste under 40 CFR part 261.

      Pollutants, substances, or wastewater prohibited by this section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they could be discharged to the POTW. (Ord. #221, April 2010)