Item 07 - Sewer System Management Plan 2025 Update

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Sec. 39-56.16. Same —Other civil remedies. (a) The enforcing attorney may file an action for civil damages in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking recovery of: (1) All costs incurred in enforcement of the section, including but not limited to costs relating to investigation, sampling, monitoring, inspection, administrative expenses, all other expenses as authorized by law, and consequential damages; (2) All costs incurred in mitigating harm to the environment or reducing the threat to human health; and (3) Damages for irreparable harm to the environment. (b) The remedies available to the city pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not limit the city's right to seek any other remedy that may be available by law. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 7, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-57. Infiltration and inflow into sewer system. All city -owned sewer lines and private on -site sewer lines and laterals should be constructed and maintained to prevent water infiltration into the sewer system. Private on -site sewer lines and public sewer lines shall be used only to convey raw sewage. Rainfall runoff sources (including but not limited to roof drains, site drains, inlets, uncovered wash area drains, etc.) are prohibited from connecting to any public or private sanitary sewer pipeline. (Ord. No. NS-2921, 7, 8-1-17) Sec. 39-58. Introduction of pollutants prohibited. No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced any of the following into the city's sewer system: (a) Pollutants that create a fire or explosion hazard in the sewer collection system or the publicly owned treatment works (POTW), including but not limited to waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140' Fahrenheit or 60° Centigrade using the test methods specified in 40 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) section 261.21. (b) Pollutants that will cause corrosive structural damage to the sewer collection pipes and structures, but in no case discharges with pH lower than five (5.0), unless the sewer system is specifically designed to accommodate such discharges. (c) Solid or viscous substances in amounts which will cause obstruction to the flow in the sewer collection system or the POTW, resulting in interference. (d) Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants, exerting biological oxygen demand, released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the POTW. (e) Heat in amounts, which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW resulting in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the POTW treatment plant exceeds 40° Centigrade (104° Fahrenheit) unless the approval authority, upon request of the POTW, approves alternate temperature limits. (f) Petroleum oil, non -biodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil in amounts that will cause interference or pass through. (Supp. No. 30) Created: 2025-01-29 11:22:14 [EST] Page 38 of 54