§ 15.60.060. Wastewater evaluation criteria.

A.

The wastewater of every industrial user shall be evaluated upon the following criteria:

1.

Wastewater containing any element or compound which is not adequately removed by the treatment works which is known to be an environmental hazard;

2.

Wastewater causing a discoloration or any other condition in the quality of Metro's treatment works effluent such that receiving water quality requirements established by law cannot be met;

3.

Wastewater causing conditions at or near Metro's treatment works which violate any statute, rule or regulation of any public agency of this state or the United States;

4.

Wastewater containing any element or compound known to act as a lacrimator, known to cause nausea, or known to cause odors constituting a public nuisance;

5.

Wastewater causing interference with the effluent or any other product of the treatment process, residues, sludge or scum causing them to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or causing interference with the reclamation process;

6.

Wastewater having constituents and concentrations in excess of those listed in Section 15.60.070 or cause a violation of the limits in Section 15.60.090.

B.

The director shall recommend and the wastewater hearing authority shall approve reasonable limitations or prohibitions in the wastewater discharge permit of any industrial user that discharges wastewater violating any of the above criteria as shall be reasonable to achieve the purpose and policies of this chapter.

(Ord. BL2010-678 § 2, 2010; prior code § 40-1-186(c))