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Title 18, Chapter 1
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§ 18-101
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Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : Wastewater Collection And Treatment Regulations

18-206 : Use of the public sewers.

  1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
  2. Storm water 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 Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Tennessee Stream Pollution Board, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
  3. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described pollutants to any public sewer:


    1. Any liquids, solids, or gases that by reason of their nature or quantity, may be sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall two successive readings on any explosion hazard meter, at any point of the discharge into the system (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. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldeydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides, and any other substances that the town, the state, or EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system.
    2. Pollutants that cause corrosive structural damage to the system; in no case discharges with a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, nor can the pH be increased more than 1.0 per hour.
    3. Solid or viscous substances that may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities such as, but not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half inch (1/2") in any dimension, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides, or flesh, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass grinding or polishing wastes.
    4. Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released in a discharge of such a volume or strength as to cause interference to the system.
    5. Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the system resulting in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at treatment plant influent exceeds 40° C (104° F).
    6. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 HP metric) or larger shall be subject to the review and approval of the city manager.
    7. Radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that they do not comply with regulations or orders issued by the appropriate authority having control over their use and that will or may cause damage or hazards to the sewerage facilities or personnel operating the system.
  4. Any person determined an industrial user shall not only be regulated by regulations set forth in this section but shall also be required to adhere to all provisions established in § 18-207. (1978 Code, § 13-206)
Date Last Updated: 11/07/2023
Codification Date: 04/01/1998

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Fred Taylor
Alderman - Tyler Marshall
Alderman - Josh Sinard
Alderman - Ann Strom
Alderman - Jarrad Stump
Alderman - Whitney Woods

City Recorder - Alyson Susong

Date Last Updated: 11/07/2023
Codification Date: 04/01/1998

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Fred Taylor
Alderman - Tyler Marshall
Alderman - Josh Sinard
Alderman - Ann Strom
Alderman - Jarrad Stump
Alderman - Whitney Woods

City Recorder - Alyson Susong