New Franklin Prohibited Deposits in Sanitary Sewerage System ordinance (§ 705.180)

A. Except as otherwise specifically provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described matter, material or wastes into a sanitary sewerage system:

1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C)).

2. Any waters or wastes which may contain more than fifty (50) mg/l of animal or vegetable fat, oil or grease.

3. Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or other inflammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.

4. Any grease, oil or other substance that will become solid or viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) and one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120°F).

5. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.

6. Any mineral, oil or grease, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, plastics, wood, whole blood, paunch manure, hair, fleshings, entrails, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, paper, feathers, asphalt, tar, manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage system.

7. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5) or higher than nine and one-half (9.5) or having any other corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the treatment works.

8. Any waste flow or batch discharge in excess of:

9. Any discharge of phosphorous, ammonia, nitrates, sugars or other nutrients or wastewaters containing them shall be limited to the extent necessary to prevent adverse effects on treatment processes or the stimulation of growths of algae, weeds and slimes which are or may become injurious to water supply, recreational use of water, fish, wildlife and other aquatic life.

10. Any paints, oils, lacquers, thinners or solvents including any waste containing a toxic or deleterious substance in sufficient quantity to impair the sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to employees working in the sewerage system and treatment plant.

11. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.

12. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at a wastewater treatment unit, the final plant or by the sewer line maintenance division.

13. Any excessive discoloration such as, but not limited to, dye wastes or any vegetable tanning solutions or any unusual chemical oxygen demand, chlorides, sulfates or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.

14. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by applicable State or Federal regulations.

15. Wastes from any individual sewage disposal system.

16. Any sludge, precipitate or congealed substance resulting from an industrial or commercial process or resulting from the pretreatment of the person's wastewater or air pollutants.

B. The City may waive such prohibitions above provided:

1. Such is not in conflict with Federal and State rules and regulations on discharge to a sewage treatment plant.

2. Such discharges are monitored to assure that the specific quantities and qualities are known.