[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the public works director. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the public works director, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(a) 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
(b) 
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, which constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two (2) mg/1 as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
(c) 
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
[Ord. 3070, §1]
(d) 
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
(a) 
Any waters or wastes having (1) a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or (2) containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (3) having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the average sewage flow of the city, shall be subject to the review of the public works director. Where necessary in the opinion of the public works director, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to (1) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or (2) reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight, or (3) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the public works director and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing."
(b) 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the public works director that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, can have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the public works director will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
(1) 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred-fifty (150) oF (65oC).
(2) 
Any waters or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/1 or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two (32) and one hundred-fifty oF (0 and 65oC).
(3) 
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower or greater shall be subject to review and approval of the public works director.
(4) 
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
(5) 
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the public works director for such materials.
(6) 
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the public works director as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(7) 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the public works director in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(8) 
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
(9) 
Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005 mg/1 as Hg at any time except as permitted by the public works director in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(10) 
Any cyanide in excess of 0.025 mg/1 at any time except as permitted by the public works director in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(11) 
Materials which exert or cause:
a. 
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride or sodium sulfate);
b. 
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions);
c. 
Unusual BOD (chemical oxygen demand) or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works;
d. 
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
(12) 
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
(a) 
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possesses the characteristics enumerated in Section 35-96 of this Article, and which in the judgment of the public works director, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public nuisance, the public works director may:
(1) 
Reject the wastes;
(2) 
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(3) 
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
(4) 
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing sewer charges under the provision of Article IX.
(b) 
If the public works director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the public works director, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
[Ord. 2935, §1]
(a) 
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the public works director, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the public works director, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
(b) 
Every person in the city of Rolla required by this Ordinance to install a grease, oil and sand interceptor shall permit the Director of Public Works or any person he shall designate to inspect the interceptors. If in the opinion of the Director of Public Works or the person he shall designate, the interceptor is not functioning adequately as installed to clean liquid waste, the Director of Public Works or his designee shall issue a summons noting the date of inspection, the reasons for failure, and any required remedial action. After the expiration of ten (10) days from the date of inspection and issuance of summons, in the event the interceptor has not been rendered capable of passing inspection, the owner shall be deemed to have created a nuisance as defined in Sections 28-1 and 28-6 of the Rolla City Code, and the Director shall be empowered to proceed as in that Chapter.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
When required by the public works director, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the public works director. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
(a) 
The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall provide laboratory measurements, tests, and analyses of waters and wastes to illustrate compliance with this Ordinance and any special conditions for discharge established by the City of Rolla or regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge.
(b) 
The number, type, and frequency of laboratory analyses to be performed by the owner shall be as stipulated by the City of Rolla, but no less than once per year the industry must supply a complete analysis of the constituents of the wastewater discharge to assure that compliance with the federal, state, and local standards are being met. The owner shall report the results of measurements and laboratory analyses to the City of Rolla at such times and in such manner as prescribed by the City of Rolla. The owner shall bear the expense of all measurements, analyses, and reporting required by the City of Rolla. At such times as deemed necessary, the City of Rolla reserves the right to take measurements and samples of analyses by an outside laboratory service.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
(a) 
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Ordinance shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property.
(b) 
The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
[Ord. 2136, §2; Ord. 2886, §3]
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City of Rolla and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City of Rolla for treatment, subject to payment therefore, by the industrial concern.