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In order to prevent the discharge into the sewer system of the Town of any waters which may interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities, or cause injury, damage or pollution:

A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes into the wastewater treatment facilities of the Town:

1. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;

2. Any waters 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 wastewater treatment plant;

3. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5), or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the wastewater works;

4. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in the public sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, cattle manure, hair and fleshings, entrails or, either whole or ground by garbage grinders, paper dishes, cups or milk containers;

5. Any toxic substance, as the same is defined in the Rules and Regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency embodied in 40 C.F.R. Part 403;

6. Any substance which would cause the sewer treatment plant of the Battlement Mesa Metropolitan District to violate any permit issued by the state of Colorado, the federal government, or any other applicable agency; or

7. Any substance which violates any contract or agreement between the Town of Parachute and the Battlement Mesa Metropolitan District.

B. The following described substances, materials, waters or wastes shall not be discharged into the Town sewer system in concentrations or quantities which will harm the sewers or wastewater treatment facilities, process or equipment, or employees; have an adverse effect on the receiving stream; or otherwise endanger lives, limbs, public property, or constitute a nuisance:

1. Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the wastewater treatment facilities plant resulting in interference; but in no case, wastewater with a temperature at its introduction into the sewage system higher than one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-five (65) degrees Celsius);

2. Wastewater containing more than twenty-five (25) milligrams per liter of petroleum, oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils, or product of mineral oil origin;

3. Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils, fat or grease;

4. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments, or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers;

5. Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established for such materials by the appropriate official of the Town;

6. Any waters or wastes containing odor-producing substances exceeding limits which may be established by the Town;

7. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Town in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;

8. Quantities of flow, concentrations, or both which constitute a “slug” as defined in PMC 9.20.010;

9. Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed by the Town, or amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge of the receiving waters from the Town’s treatment facilities;

10. Any waters or wastes which, by interaction with other waters or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system, or create any condition deleterious to the structures or processes of the Town’s treatment facilities, or would cause such facilities to violate the terms and conditions of any applicable permit;

11. Any pollutant, as defined in PMC 9.20.010;

12. Any waters or wastes which are defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 403, as requiring pretreatment, or as toxic.

C. If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in subsections (A) and (B) of this section, the superintendent shall have those remedies as are set forth in PMC 9.20.140.

D. In the case of an industrial or nonindustrial discharger, grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided by the owner of the property at his expense when, in the opinion of the superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts as specified in subsection (B)(3) of this section, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In maintaining these interceptors the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured materials, and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal, which records are subject to review by the superintendent. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms. (Ord. 500 §1, 2004)