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Industrial Waste Survey




Summary: (Ord. 8-4-1.4)
 
Indirect Discharge or Discharge - The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic source which is regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act (including septage waste discharged into the POTW). 
 
Definitions: (Ord. 8-4-1.4)

 

(MM).  Publicly Owned Treatment Works or POTW.  A treatment works, as defined by section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. section 1292), which is owned by the SGRWRF.  This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, and any conveyances, which convey wastewater to a treatment plant. It also includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances if they convey wastewater to a POTW. The term also means the municipality as defined in section 502(4) of the Act, which has jurisdiction over the Indirect Discharges to, and the discharges from, such a treatment works.

 

  (UU).  User, or Industrial User, or IU.  A source of indirect discharge.

 

Prohibited Discharge Standards: (Ord. 8-4-2.1)

 

A.    General Prohibitions.  No User shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW any pollutant or wastewater which causes Pass Through or Interference.  These general prohibitions apply to all Users of the POTW whether or not they are subject to categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other National, State, or local Pretreatment Standards or Requirements.