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(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or noncontact cooling water to any sanitary sewer.

(b) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any substances that, in the opinion of the superintendent, may harm either the sewage works, the sewage treatment process, or equipment; have an adverse effect on the receiving stream; or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:

(1) Any waters or wastes which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be sufficient either alone, or by interaction, to: (a) create a fire or explosion hazard in the sewage treatment plant (including, but not limited to, waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit or sixty degrees Centigrade); (b) create a public nuisance or hazard to life; (c) prevent entry into the sewage works for its maintenance or repair; or (d) be injurious in any other way to the sewage works or its personnel;

(2) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, or personnel of the sewage works;

(3) Heat in amounts that will inhibit biological activity in the sewage treatment plant which cause, or may cause, pass-through interference, but in no case heat in such quantities such that the temperature at the sewage treatment plant headworks exceeds one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit or forty degrees Centigrade;

(4) Any waters or wastes including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.) and suspended solids (TSS, etc.) released in either a slug load or continuous discharge of such volume, flow rate, and/or concentration which will cause, or may cause, pass-through or interference of the sewage treatment plant;

(5) Any waters or wastes in amounts that cause, or may cause, obstruction to the flow in the sewage works, does not meet the definition of properly shredded garbage, or otherwise interfere with the operations or maintenance of the sewage works;

(6) Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral origin in amounts that will cause, or may cause, pass-through or interference of the sewage treatment plant;

(7) Any waters or wastes which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the sewage works in a quantity which cause, or may cause, acute worker health and safety problems;

(8) Any trucked or hauled pollutants without prior approval by the superintendent or treatment plant supervisor, except at discharge points designated by the superintendent or treatment plant supervisor;

(9) Noncontact cooling water in significant amounts, unpolluted storm water, or any other direct water inflow sources which do not require treatment or would not be afforded a significant degree of treatment by the sewage treatment plant;

(10) Any waters or wastes containing dangerous waste, as prohibited by Chapter 173-303 WAC; and

(11) Any waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment by the sewage treatment plant, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of its waste discharge permit or of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters. (Ord. 1394,, 1998.)