§ 44-175. Policy statement.

(a)

The public sanitary sewerage system exists to provide for and allow the collection and/or removal from public and private property of polluted wastewater compatible with normal domestic sewerage treatment practices and procedures. It is in the public interest that reasonable rules and regulations be applied to discharges into the sanitary sewerage system so as to prevent the system from being unnecessarily burdened or excessively burdened, and so as to enable the city to ensure that effluent from the public sanitary sewerage system will comply with all applicable federal and state environmental laws and regulations. State requirements and limitations on discharges shall apply in any case where they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those in this article.

(b)

Proper operation of the public sanitary sewerage system requires, among other things, the prohibition of any discharge components which would not be compatible with, or which would be harmful to or would interfere with the system. Proper operation of the system also requires that the system not be burdened with stormwater runoff and similar wastewater which should be discharged through the storm drainage system. Safe operation of the system also requires that discharge of toxic substances and other harmful materials into the system be prohibited.

(Code 1976, § 27:121; Ord. No. 845, § 7, 1-14-1980)