Control of strong wastewater discharges.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 28-976
in effectSec. 28-976. - Control of strong wastewater discharges.
(a) If any wastewater is discharged or is proposed to be discharged within or without the corporate City limits to the public wastewater system, which wastewater, in the judgment of the Director, may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise creates a hazard to health or constitutes a public nuisance, the Director may:
(1) Reject the wastewater;
(2) Require or permit pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public wastewater system;
(3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; or
(4) Permit the user to provide full treatment of the wastewater and discharge the effluent to an adjacent receiving waterway.
(b) If the Director permits the pretreatment or equalization or full treatment of wastewater, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
(Code 1993, § 29-329; Code 2004, § 106-664; Code 2015, § 28-745; Code 2020, § 28-745)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH28UT_ARTVIIWASECOSY_DIV3DIWAINSE_S28-976COSTWADIFetched: 11/8/2026