Charlotte County Utilities

Treatment Facilities - Information for New Businesses

To make sure you are complying with all appropriate regulations, especially if your business has:

  • Discharge to the wastewater system from a heating or cooling system.
  • Usage, storage, or generation of hazardous or toxic materials.
  • Discharge to the wastewater system other than restrooms, showers, eyewashes, hand-washing sinks, kitchen sinks, or dishwashers.
  • Presence of floor drains or other spill pathways to the wastewater system.
  • A discharge containing fats, oils and grease (FOG) in excess of 100 mg/l.
  • Discharge of wastewater with a high temperature.
  • Discharge containing heavy metals, such as - Cadmium, Copper, Arsenic, Chromium, Cyanide, Lead, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver, Zinc, Mercury, or Selenium.
  • Discharge high in Total Suspended Solids or B.O.D. (organic loading).
  • Discharge of flammable or explosive substances.

Contact Jim Winter, Industrial Pretreatment Compliance Coordinator, at 941-764-4599 or 941-764-4595; by fax at 941-627-4603.