Del Mar Municipal Code Ch. 22.16 Regulation of Discharge into City Sewer System

No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any such influent that is inconsistent with the Metropolitan Sewerage System Sewage Disposal Agreement of 1972, Document No. 746448, on file in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of San Diego, and any amendments thereto or that would cause a deleterious to the sewerage system.

A. The City Council shall, by resolution, establish rules and regulations for the pretreatment of industrial wastewaters before their discharge into the public sewer.

B. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any industrial wastewaters directly or indirectly into the public sewer without first complying with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations established for the pretreatment of industrial wastewaters.

C. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer which directly or indirectly connects to the City sewerage system any toxic or other wastes, if in the opinion of the City Manager such wastes may have an adverse or harmful effect on sewers, maintenance personnel, wastewater treatment plant personnel or equipment, treatment plant effluent quality, public or private property, or may otherwise endanger the public, the local environment, or create a public nuisance. The City Manager, in determining the acceptability of specific wastes, shall consider the nature of the waste and the adequacy and nature of the collection, treatment and disposal system available to accept the waste.

(Ord. No. 583)

A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any industrial wastewaters directly or indirectly to sewerage facilities without first obtaining a permit for industrial wastewater discharge.

B. The permit for industrial wastewater discharge may require pretreatment of industrial wastewaters before discharge, restriction of peak flow discharges, discharge of certain wastewaters only to specified sewers, relocation of point of discharge, prohibition of discharge of certain wastewater components, restriction of discharge to certain hours of the day, payment of additional charges to defray increased costs created by the wastewater discharge, and such other conditions as may be required to effectuate the purpose of this Chapter.

C. No permit for industrial wastewater discharge is transferable.

D. No person shall discharge industrial waste- waters in excess of the quantity or quality limitations set by the permit for industrial wastewater discharge. Any person desiring to discharge wastewaters or use facilities which are not in conformance with the industrial wastewater permit shall apply for an amended permit.

A. Any person who desires to discharge industrial wastewater as described in Section 22.16.020 shall file an application with the City. The City Engineer may require additional information on the characteristics of the wastewater discharge beyond that required on the application form.

B. The application shall be approved if the applicant has complied with all applicable requirements of this Chapter and furnished all requested information, and if the City Engineer determines that there is adequate capacity in the City's facilities to convey, treat and dispose of the wastewaters.

The City may change the restrictions or conditions of a permit for industrial wastewater discharge from time to time as circumstances may require. The City shall allow an industrial discharger a reasonable period of time to comply with any changes in the industrial wastewater permit required by the City.

Any industrial wastewater discharger who discharges or causes the discharge of prohibited waste-waters which cause damage to the sewerage facilities, detrimental effects on treatment processes, or any other damages resulting in costs to the City, shall be liable for all damages occasioned thereby.

A. All persons owning vacuum or "cesspool" pump trucks or other liquid waste transport trucks may not discharge any septic tank, seepage pit, interceptor or cesspool contents, or other liquid wastes to City sewerage facilities of the City.

B. If an emergency situation exists, discharge by transport trucks to City sewerage facilities may be permitted by first obtaining emergency permission from the department.