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79-01 O - Regulation of Discharge Waters into the Sanitary Sewers AN ORDINANCE No. 1 REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF WASTES INTO THE SANITARY SEWERS OF THE CITY OF Prosper, Texas ESTABLISHING'A PERMIT SYSTEM, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF CHARGES FOR SERVICES RENDERED, REGULATING UNSEWERED AND MISCELLAN- EOUS DISCHARGES, AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT. WHEREAS, the City of Prosper, Texas has provided facilities for the col- lection and treatment of wastewater to promote the health, safety, and con- venience of its people and for the safeguarding of water resources common to all, and WHEREAS, provision has been made in the design, construction and operation of such facilities to accommodate certain types and quantities of industrial wastes in addition to normal wastewater, and WHEREAS, it is the obligation of the producers of industrial waste to defray the costs of the wastewater treatment services rendered by the City of Prosper, Texas in an equitable manner and, insofar as it is practi- cable, in proportion to benefits derived, and WHEREAS, protection of the quality of the effluent and proper operation of the wastewater collection and treatment facilities and quality of effluent may require either the exclusion, pretreatment, or controlled discharge at point of origin of certain types or quantities of industrial wastes, and WHEREAS, the City of Prosper, Texas shall require future compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated under Section 307 of the Clean Water Act; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PROSPER, TEXAS: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance (1) "APPROVING AUTHORITY" means the City Manager or his duly au- thorized representative; (2) "B.O.D." (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature of twenty (20) degrees centi- grade; (3) "BUILDING SEWER" means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal (also called the house l4eral and house connection); (4) "CITY" means the City of Prosper , Texas, or any auth- orized person acting in its behalf; (5) "C.O.D." (Chemical Oxygen Demand) means measure of the oxy- gen consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in the water or wastewater expressed in mg/1 as the amount of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific test, but not differentiating between stable and unstable organic matter and thus not necessarily correlating with biochemical oxygen de- mand; (6) "CONTROL MANHOLE" means a manhole giving access to a building sewer at some point before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer; (7) "CONTROL POINT" means a point of access to a course of dis- charge before the discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer; (8) "GARBAGE" means animal and vegetable wastes and residue from preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food; and from the hand- ling, processing, storage and sale of food products and produce; (9) "INDUSTRIAL WASTE" means waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of the waste with water or normal wastewater, or distinct from normal wastewater; (10) "INDUSTRIAL WASTE CHARGE" means the charge made on those per- sons who discharge industrial wastes into the city's sewerage system; (11) "MILLIGRAMS PER LITER" (mg/1) means the same as parts per mil- lion and is a weight-to-volume ratio; the milligram-per-liter val- ue multiplied by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water; 1. (12) "NATURAL OUTLET" means any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or groundwater; (13) "NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER" means wastewater excluding indus- trial wastewater discharged by a person into sanitary sewers and in which the average concentration of total suspended solids is not more than 250 mg/1 and BOD is not more than 250 mg/1; (14) "OVERLOAD" means the imposition of organic or hydraulic load- ing on a treatment facility in excess of its engineered design capacity; (15) "PERSON" includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership association, and any other legal entity; (16) "pH" means the logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration' (17) "PUBLIC SEWER" means pipe or conduit carrying wastewater or unpolluted drainage in which owners of abutting properties shall have the use, subject to control by the City of Prosper Texas; (18) "SANITARY SEWER" means a public sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and in- to which storm water, surface water, groundwater, and other un- polluted wastes are not intentionally passed; (19) "SLUG" means any discharge of water, wastewater, or industrial wastewhich in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty- four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation; (20) "STANDARD METHODS" means the examination and analytical pro- cedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" as prepared, approved, and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation; (21) "STORM SEWER" means a public sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage and into which domestic wastewater or industrial wastes are not intentionally passed; (22) "STORM WATER" means rainfall or any other forms of precipita- tion; (23) "SUPERINTENDENT" means the Water and Wastewater Superintendent of the City of Prosper, Texas or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative; (24) "SUSPENDED SOLIDS" means solids measured in mg/l that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, waste- water, or other liquids, and which are largely removable by a lab- oratory filtration device; (25) "TO DISCHARGE" includes to deposit, conduct, drain, emit, throw, run, allow to seep, or, otherwise release or dispose of, or to allow, permit, or suffer any of these acts or omissions; (26) "TRAP" means a device designed to skim, settle, or otherwise remove grease, oil, sand, flammable wastes or other harmful sub- stances; (27) "UNPOLLUTED WASTEWATER" means water containing (A) no free or emulsified grease or oil; (B) no acids or alkalis; (C) no phenols or other substances producing taste or odor in receiving water; (D) no toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state, or solution; (E) no noxious or otherwise obnoxious or odorous gases; (F) not more than an insignificant amount in mg/l each of sus- pended solids and BOD, as determined by the Texas Department of Water Resources; and (G) color not exceeding fifty (50) units as measured by the Platinum-Cobalt method of determination as specified in Standard Methods; (28) "WASTE" means rejected, unutilized or superfluous substances in liquid, gaseous, or solid form resulting from domestic, agri- cultural, or industrial activities; 2. (29) 'WASTEWATER" means a combination of the watercarried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions, and indus- trial establishments, together with any ground, surface and storm water that may be present; (30) "WASTEWATER. FACILITIES" includes all facilities for collec- tion, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater and indus- trial wastes; (31) "WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT" means any City-owned facilities, devices, and structures used for receiving, processing and treat- ing wastewater, industrial waste, and sludges from the sanitary sewers; (32) "WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE" means the charge on all users of the public sewer system whose wastes do not exceed in strength the concentration values established as representative of normal wastewater; and (33) "WATERCOURSE" means a natural or man-made channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. SECTION 2. PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. (a) No person may discharge to public sewers any waste which by it- self or by interaction with other wastes may (1) injure or interfere with wastewater treatment processes or facili- ties; (2) constitute an hazard to humans or animals; or (3) create an hazard in receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent. (b) All discharges shall conform to requirements of this ordinance. SECTION 3. CHEMICAL DISCHARGES. (a) No discharge to public sewers may contain: (1) cyanide greater than 1.0 mg/l; (2) fluoride other than that contained in the public water supply; (3) chlorides in concentrations greater than 250 mg/l; (4) gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or ex- plosive liquid, solid or gas; or (5) substances causing an excessive Chemical Oxygen Demand (C.O.D.) (b) No waste or wastewater discharged to public waters may contain: (1) strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solu- tions whether neutralized or not; (2) fats, wax, grease or oils, Whether emulsified or :not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two (32) and one hundred fifty (159) degrees Fahrenheit (0 and 650 Centigrade). (3) objectionable or toxic substances, exerting an excessive chlor- ine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works ex- ceeds the limits established by the Approving Authority for such materials; or (4) obnoxious, toxic, or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in quan- tities sufficient to violate the provisions of Section 2 (a). (c) No waste, wastewater, or other substance may be discharged into public sewers which has a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5, or any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to struc- tures, quipment, and/or personnel at the wastewater facilities. (d) All waste, wastewater, or other substance containing phenols, hy- drogen sulfide, or other taste-and-odor producing substances, shall conform to concentration limits established by the Approving Authority. After treatment of the composite wastewater, concentration limits may not exceed the requirements established by state, federal, or other agencies with jurisdiction over discharges to receiving waters. SECTION 4. HAZARDOUS MTAI$-AM,,.TOXIC"04TER1AIS. (a) No discharges may contain concentrations of hazardous metals other than amounts specified in subsection (b) of this section. 3. (b) The allowable concentrations of hazardous metals, in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/1), for discharge to inland waters,which in- clude all surface waters in the State other than "tidal waters", and determined on the basis of individual sampling in accordance with "Standard Methods" are: NOT TO EXCEED Daily Grab Metal Average Composite Sample (1) Arsenic 0.1 0.2 0.3 (2) Barium 1.0 2,0 4.0 (3) Cadmium 0.05 0.1 0.2 (4) Chromium 0.5 1.0 5.0 (5) Copper 0.5 1.0 2.0 (6) Lead 0.5 1.0 1.5 (7) Manganese 1.0 2.0 3.0 (8) Mercury 0.005 0,005 0.01 (9) Nickel 1.0 2.0 3.0 (10) Selenium 0.05 0.1 0.2 (11) Silver 0.05 0.1 0.2 (12) Zinc 1.0 2.0 6.0 (NOTE: These concentration parameters and rules governing same are promul- gated under the authority of Sections 5.131 and 5.132, Texas Water Code - HAZARDOUS METALS andin accordance with Texas Water Development Board General Regulations Incorporated Into Permits, 156.19.) (c) No other hazardous metal or toxic_ matezial-mai be discharged into public sewers without a permit from the Approving Authority specify- ing conditions of pretreatment, concentrations, volumes, and other applicable provisions. (d) Prohibited hazardous metals and-toxic materials include but are not limited to: (1) Antimony, (2) Beryllium, (3) Bismuth, (4) Cobalt, (5) Molybdenum (6) Uranyl ion, (7) Rhenium, (8) Strontium, (9) Tellurium, (10) Herbicides, (11) Fungicides, and (12) Pesticides. SECTION 5. GARBAGE. (a) No person may discharge garbage into public sewers unless it is shredded to a degree that all particles can be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers. Particles greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension are prohibited. (b) The Approving Authority is entitled to review and approve the in- stallation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater. SECTION 6. STORM WATER AND OTHER UNPOLIITTED DRAINAGE. (a) No person may discharge to public sanitary sewers (1) unpolluted storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage; (2) unpolluted cooling water; (3) unpolluted industrial process waters; or (4) other unpolluted drainage. (b) In compliance with the Texas Water Quality Act and other statutes, the Approving Authority may designate storm sewers and other water- courses into which unpolluted drainage described in subsection (a) of this section may be discharged. 4. SECTION 7. TEMPERATURE. No person may discharge liquid or vapor having a termper- ature higher than one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (650 Centigrade), or any substance which causes the temperature of the total wastewater treatment plant influent to increase at a rate of ten (10) degrees Fahrenheit or more per hour, or a com- bined total increase of plant influent temperature to one hun- dred ten (110) degrees Fahrenheit. SECTION 8. RADIOACTIVE WASTES. (a) No person may discharge radioactive wastes -or isotopes into public sewers without the permission of the Approving Authority. (b) The Approving Authority may establish, in compliance with appli- cable state and federal regulations, regulations for discharge or radioactive wastes into public sewers. SECTION 9. IMPAIRMENT OF FACILITIES. (a) No person may discharge into public sewers any substance capable of causing (1) obstruction to the flow in sewers; (2) interference with the operation of treatment processes of facil- ities; or (3) excessive loading of treatment facilities. (b) Discharges prohibited by Section 9 (a) include, but are not limi- ted to materials which exert or cause concentrations of (1) inert suspended solids greater than 250 mg/1 including but not limited to (A) Fuller's earth (B) lime slurries; and (C) lime residues; (2) dissolved solids greater than 500 mg/1 including but not limited to (A) sodium chloride; and (B) sodium sulfate; (3) excessive discoloration including but not limited to (A) dye wastes; and (B) vegetable tanning solutions; or (4) BOD, COD, or chlorine demand in excess of normal plant capacity. (c) No person may discharge into public sewers any substance that may (1) deposit grease or oil in the sewer lines in such a manner as to clog the sewers; (2) overload skimming and grease handling equipment; (3) pass to the receiving waters without being effectively treated by normal wastewater treatment processes due to the nonamenabil- ity of the substance to bacterial action; or (4) deleteriously affect the treatment process due to excessive quantities. (d) No person may discharge any substance into public sewers which (1) is not amenable to treatment or reduction by the processes and facilities employed; or (2) is amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the treat- ment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agen- cies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters. (e) The Approving Authority shall regulate the flow and concentra- tion of slugs when they may (1) impair the treatment process; (2) cause damage to collection facilities; (3) incur treatment costs exceeding those for normal wastewater; or (4) render the waste unfit for stream disposal or industrial use. (f) No person may discharge into public sewers solid or viscous sub- stances which may violate subsection (a) of this section if present in sufficient quantity or size including but not limited to (1) ashes; (2) cinders; (3) sand; (4) mud; (5) straw; 5. (6) shavings; (7) metal; (8) glass; (9) rags; (10) feathers; (11) tar; (12) plastics; (13) wood; (14) unground garbage; (15) whole blood; (16) paunch manure; (17) hair and fleshings; (18) entrails; (19) paper products, either whole or ground by garbage grinders; (20) slpps (21) chemical residues (22) paint residues; or (23) bulk solids. SECTION 10. COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING AUTHORITY. (a) Unless exception is granted by the Approving Authority, the public sanitary sewer system shall be used by all persons discharg- ing: (1) wastewater; (2) industrial waste; (3) polluted liquids; (b) Unless authorized by the Texas Department of Water Resources, no person may deposit or discharge any waste included in subsec- tion (a) of this section on public or private property into or ad- jacent to any: (1) natural outlet; (2) watercourse; (3) storm sewer; (4) other area within the jurisdiction of the city. (c) The Approving Authority shall verify prior to discharge that wastes authorized to be discharged will receive suitable treatment within the provisions of laws, regulations, ordinances, rules and orders of federal, state and local governments. SECTION 11. APPROVING AUTHORITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) If discharges or proposed discharges to public sewers may (1) deleteriously affect wastewater facilities, processes, equip- ment, or receiving waters; (2) create a hazard to life or health; or (3) create a public nuisance; the Approving Authority shall require (A) pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers; (B) control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and (C) payment to cover the cost of handling and treating the wastes. b ( ) The Approving Authority is entitled to determine whether a dis- charge or proposed discharge is included under subsection (a) of this section. (c) The Approving Authority shall reject wastes when (1) it determines that a discharge or proposed discharge is inclu- ded under subsection (a) of this section; and (2) the discharger does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. SECTION 12. APPROVING AUTHORITY REVIEW AND APPROVAL. (a) If pretreatment or control is required, the Approving Authority shall review and approve design and installation of equipment and processes. (b) The design and installation of equipment and processes must conform to all applicable statutes, codes, ordinances and other laws. 6. (c) Any person responsible for discharges requiring pretreatment, flow equalizing, or other facilities shall provide and maintain the facilities in effective operating condition at his own expense. SECTION 13. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAPS. (a) Discharges requiring a trap include (1) grease or waste containing grease in excessive amounts; (2) oil; (3) sand; (4) flammable wastes; and (5) other harmful ingredients. (b) Any person responsible for discharges requiring a trap shall at his own expense and as required by the Approving Authority (1) provide equipment and facilities of a type and capacity ap- proved by the Approving Authority; (2) locate the trap in a manner that provides ready and easy ac- cessibility for cleaning and inspection; and (3) maintain the trap in effective operating condition. SECTION 14. REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING SEWERS. (a) Any person responsible for discharges through a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall, at his own expense and as required by the Approving Authority (1) install an accessible and safely located control manhole; (2) install meters and other appurtenances to facilitate observa- tion sampling and measurement of the waste; and (3) maintain the equipment and facilities. SECTION 15. SAMPLING AND TESTING. (a) Sampling shall be conducted according to customarily accepted methods, reflecting the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and determining the existence of hazards to health, life, limb, and property. (NOTE: The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite sample from all outfalls of a pre- mise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls. Where appli- cable, 16-hour, 8-hour or some other period may be required. Peri- odic grab samples are used to determine pH.)_ (b) Examination and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes required by this ordinance shall be (1) conducted in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods"; and (2) determined from suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided or other control point authorized by the Approving Authority. (c) BOD and suspended solids shall be determined from composite sampling, except. to detect unauthorized dischlArges, (d) The City is entitled to select the time of sampling at its sole discretion so long as at least annual samples are taken to de- termine flow, B.O.D., and suspended solids of any user's discharge or class of user's discharge. (e) City may select an independent firm or laboratory to determine flow, B.O.D., and suspended solids, if necessary. SECTION 16. PAYMENT AND AGREEMENT REQUIRED. (a) Persons making discharges of waste shall pay a charge to cover the cost of collection and treatment. (b) When discharges of waste are approved by the Approving Author- ity, the City or its authorized representative shall enter into an agreement or arrangement providing (1) terms of acceptance by the City; . (2) paymentb)a the person mak the discharge; (3) in accordance with the User charge Ordinance; (4) sewer connection procedures and requirements shall be in accor- dance with the "Uniform Plumbing Code" as promulgated in the In- ternational Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials; (5) a sewer application approved with connection fee paid (Att. l.); and 7. (6) construction of sewer connection shall be approved by city inspectors prig to sewer use. (c) Each User of the wastewater treatment system will be noti- fied, at least annually, in conjunction with a regular sewer bill, of the rate and that portion of user charges or ad•volorem taxes -- which are attributable to the Operation and Maintenance S-f the wastewater treatment system. (d) The City will apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the cost of operation and maintenance attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly. SECTION 17. INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY SYSTEM. (a) The City of PROSPER TEXAS has no nongovernmental, non- residential users which discharge more than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary waste and which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual under Divisions A, B, D. E, and I. (b) No users are connected to the sanitary sewer system which discharge any wastewater containing toxic pollutants or which have any other adverse effect on the treatment works. (NOTE: See Certification to Implement Industrial Cost Recovery System (CG-224) dated Aril 24 1979 SECTION 18. SAVINGS CLAUSE. A person discharging wastes into public sewers prior to the effective date of this ordinance may continue without penalty so long as he (1) does not increase the quantity or quality of discharge, without per- mission of the Approving Authority; (2) has discharged the waste at least 12 months prior to the ef- fective date of this ordinance. SECTION 19. CONDITIONS OR PERMITS. (a) The City may grant a permit to discharge to persons meeting all requirements of the savings clause provided that the person (1) submit an application within 120 days after the effective date of this ordinance on forms supplied by the Approving Authority; (See Attachment 1) (2) secure approval by the Approving Authority of plans and speci- fications for the facilities and for pretreatment facilities when required; and (3) has complied with all requirements for agreements or arrange- ments including, but not limited to, provisions for (A) payment of charges; (B) installation and operation .of the facilities and of pre- treatment facilities, if required, and (C) sampling and analysis to determine quantity and strength when directed by the City; and (4) provides a sampling point,when requested by the City, subject to the provisions of this ordinance and approval of the Approv- ing Authority. (b) A person applying for a new discharge shall (1) meet all conditions of subsection (a) of this section; and (2) secure a permit prior to discharging any waste. SECTION 20. POWER TO ENTER PROPERTY. (a) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter any public or private property at any reasonable time for the purpose of enforcing this ordinance. (b) Anyone acting under this authority shall observe the establish- ment's rules and regulations concerning safety, internal security, and fire protection. (c) Except when caused by negligence or failure of person(s) to maintain safe conditions, the City shall„indemnify the,. erxi(, )., against loss or damage to —ids/her(their) property by City employees 8. and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the person(s) and growing out of the sampling operation. (d) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter all private properties through which the City holds a negotiated easement for the purposes of (1) inspection, observation, measurement, sampling or repair; (2) maintenance of any portion of the sewerage system lying with- in the easements; and (3) conducting any other authorized activity. All activities shall be conducted in full accordance with the terms of the negotiated easement pertaining to the private property in- volved. (e) No person acting under authority of this provision may in- quire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the public sewers. SECTION 21. AUTHORITY TO DISCONNECT SERVICE. (a) The City may terminate water and wastewater disposal service and disconnect a customer from the system when (1) acids or chemicals damaging to sewer lines or treatment pro- cess are released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper conveyance and treatment of wastewater; (2) a governmental agency informs the City that the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant is no longer of a qual- ity permitted for discharge to a watercourse, and it is found that the customer is delivering wastewater to the City's system that cannot be sufficiently treated or requires treatment that is not provided by the City as normal domestic treatment; or (3) the customer (A) discharges waste or wastewater that is in violation of the permit issued by the Approving Authority; (B) discharges wastewater at an uncontrolled, variable rate in sufficient quantity to cause an imbalance in the wastewater treatment systeip; (C) fails to pay monthly bills for water and sanitary sewer services when due; or (D) repeats a discharge of prohibited wastes to public sew- ers. (b) If service is discontinued pursuant to subsection (a) (2) of this section, the City shall (1) disconnect the customer; (2) supply the customer with the governmental agency's report and provide the customer with all pertinent information; and (3) continue disconnection until such time as the customer pro- vides pretreatment/additional pretreatment or other facili- ties designed to remove the objectionable characteristics from his wastes. SECTION 22. NOTICE. The City shall serve persons discharging in violation of this or- dinance with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for satisfactory compliance. SECTION 23. CONTINUING PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. No person may continue discharging in violation of this ordinance beyond the time limit provided in the notice. SECTION 24. PENALTY. (a) A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $200 for each act of violation and for each day of vio- lation. 9, (b) In addition to proceeding under authority of subsection (a) of this section, the City is entitled to pursue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of stat- utes or other ordinances against a person continuing prohibited discharges. SECTION 25. FAILURE TO PAY. In addition to sanctions provided for by this ordinance, the City is entitled to exercise sanctions provided for by the other ordinances of the City for failure to pay the bill for water and sanitary sewer service when due. SECTION 26. PENALTY FOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. The City may pursue all criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes and ordinances against a person negligently, willfully or maliciously causipg loss by tampering with or destroying public sewers or treatment facilities. SECTION 27. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 28. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, recording, and publication as provided by law. PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE Wr Day of 147"x. City of ' °. Texas By_ , ....Maya ATTEST: City Secretary 10.