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Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described substances to any public sewer:

A. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;

B. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;

C. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, lift stations or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater treatment plant;

D. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the wastewater treatment plant;

E. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process constitute a hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant;

F. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the wastewater treatment plant;

G. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;

H. Any discharge that is inconsistent with GHMC 13.30.060. (Ord. 1185 § 2, 2010; Ord. 1107 § 2, 2007; Ord. 1087 § 2, 2007; Ord. 209 § 11, 1974).