Wastewater discharge permit required; wastes subject to pretreatment.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge directly into public sewers, or into a private sewer, industrial waste, or sewage combined with industrial wastes, or other wastes the characteristics of which, alone or in combination, do not conform to the concentration limits prescribed for normal sewage under Article II herein, or to discharge any toxic substances or any other objectionable material or substances as specified under Articles III, IX, and X herein, except upon such terms and conditions as set forth in the wastewater discharge permit issued under the established rules of the Sewer District.B.
The Sewer District, after a hearing, shall either prevent the discharge of unacceptable water and wastes or issue a permit which is properly conditioned upon the findings and the standards of safety prescribed by this chapter or the rules of the Sewer District. The findings of the Sewer District shall include surcharges, pretreatment requirements, and any measure or combination of measures which are necessary to preserve the sewer system, its structures and equipment and the health, safety and well-being of the POTW employees, the community and the biota of the receiving waters.C. Waste that would require pretreatment and/or approval would include, but not be limited to, bleaching and dying, bottling, brewing, cotton textile manufacturing or processing, dairies, dairy products, distilling, fat rendering, film processing, food processing, galvanizing, glue manufacturing, laundromats, lens-grinding operations, the manufacture of syrups, jams, or jellies, meat packing, metal pickling or plating, munitions manufacturing, optical goods manufacturing, oil refining, photographic processing, public laundering, pulp and paper making, rubber production, salt works, slaughterhouses, soap making, sugar refining, tanning, wool scouring or washing, and any industry producing waste with strong acid or alkaline properties or which may form deposits in or cause damage to the sewers or to appurtenances of sewage treatment works.
In addition to the industries listed here, an industry category for which pretreatment requirements have been promulgated in final form by the USEPA is included.D. The process or processes employed in the pretreatment of such waste shall in each case conform to the rules and regulations of the Town of Webster and shall be inspected and permitted by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers set forth under Article X herein.