§ 48-176. Control of admissible wastes.

(a)

If any waters or wastes, proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in section 48-176(b), and which in the judgment of the city secretary, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewer collection system, sewage treatment plant, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise creates a hazard to life or constitutes a public nuisance, the city secretary may:

(1)

Reject the wastes;

(2)

Require pre-treatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;

(3)

Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge;

(4)

Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes in proportion to cost of handling and treating normal domestic sewage;

(5)

Or require any combination of subsections (a)(2), (3), or (4) of this section.

(b)

Approval for discharge of industrial wastes into any public sewer shall be evidenced by a permit from the city stating the allowable conditions of waste discharge. Any person now discharging industrial wastes in any public sewer shall file an application for a permit, within 120 days from the date of passage of this article. Any person desiring to commence discharging industrial wastes after the ordinance from which this article is derived becomes effective shall obtain a permit prior to commencing the discharge of such wastes into any public sewer.

(c)

Plans, specifications, and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the city, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until the approvals are obtained in writing and the discharge permit secured. This provision shall not constitute a responsibility of the city for designing or warranting the performance of such systems.

(d)

Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.

(e)

Where industrial wastes will not cause damage to the collection system or impair the treatment processes, in the judgment of the city secretary, the discharger of the wastes may enter into a contractual agreement with the city providing for a service surcharge over and above published sewer rates. The basis for the surcharge on industrial wastes is a capital and operating cost of ____________ per part per million gallons per million gallons of waste discharged for the suspended solids exceeding 200 parts per million parts and ____________ per part per million gallons for the biological oxygen demand (BOD) exceeding 250 parts per million parts, such rate to continue until changed by action of the city council of city.

(f)

Where industrial wastes are discharged that will not cause damage to the collection system or impair the treatment process, in the judgment of the city secretary; and the biological oxygen demand (BOD) does not exceed 200 parts per million parts, and the suspended solids do not exceed 250 parts per million parts, the wastewater quantity handling and treating charge by the city shall be at the latest revenue rate schedule as adopted in Ordinance Number ____________ dated the ____________ day of ____________ / ____________ / ____________ .

(Code 1994, § 11.405; Ord. No. 33, § 5, 2-16-1972)