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Fulton Waters and wastes specifically prohibited ordinance (§ 114-197)

Chapter 114: Utilities · Article IV. Sewers and Sewage Disposal

In short: Public sewers may not receive gasoline, fuel oil or other flammable liquids, toxic wastes, or solids that clog pipes such as ashes, sand, rags, plastics and unground garbage.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following waters or wastes to any public sewers:

(1) Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.

(2) Waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard

in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanide in excess of two mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.

(3) Waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.

(4) Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, woods, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshing, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.

Official source: City of Fulton official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 114-197

Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.