Amending Certain Portions of Chapter 17 Sewers and Water

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(n) Any other substance, material , water or waste determined by the Board of Wastewater Commissioners to be harmful to either the sewers or wastewater treatment process or equipment, to have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or to be capable of otherwise endangering life , limb , or property, or to constitute a nuisance . Such determination by the Board shall be made only after written notice to affected dischargers. Sec. 17-26. Discharges into Sanitary Sewer Prohibited . No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage , uncontaminated cooling water, or otherwise unpolluted waters to any sanitary sewer. Sec. 17-27. Discharges of Storm Water and Unpolluted Drainage . Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers . A natural outlet may be used if approved by the City Engineer. Uncontaminated industrial cooling water may be discharged, on approval of the City Engineer, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet. Sec. 17-28. Emergency Suspension of Service . The Board of Wastewater Commissioners may for good cause shown suspend the wastewater treatment service of any discharger when an actual or threatened discharge presents or may present an imminent or substantial danger to the health or welfare of persons, substantial danger to the environment, or interfere with the operations of the treatment plant. Any discharger notified of the suspension of treatment service shall cease all discharges to the sewer system. In the event the failure of any discharger to comply voluntarily with the suspension order within the specified time, the Board of Wastewater Commissioners shall commence judicial proceedings immediately thereafter to compel the discharger' s compliance with the order. Sec. 17-29. Interceptors required. (a) Interceptors shall be provided by the discharger as necessary for the removal of grease , flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful substances. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Board or its designee, and shall be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. (b) The owner and/or operator of interceptor equipment shall be required to maintain certified records as to time and date of cleaning and inspection. Sec. 17-30. Maintenance of Treatment Equipment by Discharger. When a discharger is required to provide preliminary treatment, including interceptors or flow equalization facilities, such equipment shall be maintained by the discharger in satisfactory operating condition as determined by the Board of Wastewater Commissioners or its designee . Sec. 17-31. Control manhole . When required by the Board of Wastewater Commissioners, the owner or lessee of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying nondomestic wastes shall install a control manhole , together with mGfPre Ana other aonurtenances. to facilitate observation, sampling,