Section 134-5 SPECIFIC POLLUTANT LIMITATIONS.


A.  The following pollutant limits are established to protect against pass-through and interference.  No person shall discharge wastewater into the municipal treatment system containing an excess of the following instantaneous maximum allowable discharge limits:

 

      1. Any arsenic greater than 0.13 mg/L

      2. Any barium greater than 1.0 mg/L

      3. Any beryllium greater than 3.5 mg/L

      4. Any cadmium greater than 0.08 mg/L

      5. Any Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) greater than 1,500 mg/L

      6. Any chlorides greater than 1,000 mg/L

      7. Any chromium greater than 5.6 mg/L

      8. Any copper greater than 0.93 mg/L

      9. Any cyanide greater than 1.3 mg/L

    10. Any iron greater than 2.0 mg/L

    11. Any lead greater than 0.53 mg/L

    12. Any manganese greater than 1.0 mg/L

    13. Any mercury greater than 0.014 mg/L

    14. Any molybdenum greater than 1.16 mg/L

    15. Any nickel greater than 0.72 mg/L

    16. Any oil and grease greater than 100.0 mg/L

    17. Any phenols greater than 0.20 mg/L

18. Any radioactivity as radium - 225 and strontium - 90 greater than 3 pCi and 10 pCi per liter, respectively. In the known absence of strontium - 90 and alpha emitters, the part per million concentration shall not be greater than 1,000 pCi per liter.

19. Any selenium greater than 0.08 mg/L

    20. Any silver greater than 0.52 mg/L

    21. Any Total Toxic Organics (TTO's) greater than 2.13 mg/L

    22. Any zinc greater than 5.4 mg/L

 

 (Ord. No. 2-05 Added “1-22” 12-20-04-Effective Upon Passage)

 

B. Concentrations apply at the point where the wastewater is discharged into the municipal wastewater system. All concentration from metallic substances are for total metal. Compliance with all parameters may be determined from a single grab sample. The Administrator may impose mass limitations in addition to or in place of the concentration-based limitations above.

 

(Ord. No. 4-92 Amended Entire Section 4-27-92-Effective Upon Passage)