§ 1750-060. REGULATED WATERS, WASTES AND SUBSTANCES  


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  • No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to a public sewer within the County any of the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes without first obtaining a written wastewater discharge permit issued by the Director pursuant to this article that specifically permits such waste discharge characteristics:

    (a)

    Any water or waste which contains more than 200 milligrams per liter of fat, oil or grease. The limitation of hexane soluble materials shall not apply to those waste waters from industries processing fats and oils of vegetable or animal origin for which the industry involved supplies at its own expense, satisfactory evidence that the waste waters are transportable in the sewers without causing obstructions to flow;

    (b)

    Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not;

    (c)

    Materials, which exert or cause in the sewerage system or receiving waters unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as but not limited to, soil solids, fuller's earth, lime slurries, lime residues, plastics or ash);

    (d)

    Wastewaters from pre-treatment and remediation processes;

    (e)

    Discharges containing phenols or other taste-producing and odor-producing substances in concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Director as necessary to meet the requirements of the NPDES wastewater discharge permit issued to the County;

    (f)

    Slug discharges into the collection system at temperatures exceeding 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius) or exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for any eight-hour period;

    (g)

    Discharges containing fixed total dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride, sodium sulphate or other inorganic salts) in such quantities to cause the effluent total dissolved solids of the treatment plant to exceed 500 milligrams per liter;

    (h)

    Domestic waste discharged from recreational vehicles.