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Local Limits

Any and all individual discharges to the public sewer shall NOT contain pollutant levels exceeding the following concentrations (as per Sec. 26-40., Discharge of Heavy Metals as Toxic Materials of the Code of the City of Roanoke 1979, as amended):



Metals
Arsenic0.18 mg/LManganese1.0mg/L
Barium5.0 mg/LMercury0.003 mg.L
Boron1.0 mg/LNickel0.23 mg/L
Cadmium0.03 mg/LSelenium0.02 mg/L
Chromium, Total1.95 mg/LSilver0.54 mg/L
Chromium VI0.06 mg/LZinc0.8 mg/L
Copper0.68 mg/LAntimony1.0 mg/L
Lead0.3 mg/LBeryllium1.0 mg/L



Parameters
pH> or equal to 5.0TPH200 mg/L
Dissolved Solids, including
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Sulfate
500 mg/LSubstances causing
excessive discoloration
Inert Solids(Suspended),e.g.:
Fullers earth
Lime Slurries
Lime Residues    
250 mg/LFluoride
other than that contained
in the public water supply
>12 mg/L
Temperature150 F(65 C)Benzene,Toluene,
Ethylbenzene and Xylene
(B.T.E.X.)
< or equal to 5.0 mg/L
Cyanide (CN)0.06 ppmColor due to dyes750 A.D.M.I.
Oil and Grease200 mg/L