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In the event of severance of service, the service may be reinstated in the following manner:
1. Upon payment to the WRA of any delinquency in full, plus the cost of the disconnection and the $500.00 supervision fee, and an inspection by the WRA Director to determine whether the original cause for termination has been corrected, the WRA will issue a permit for reconnection of the building service line to the POTW. Such reconnection costs, plus inspection fees for the City in accordance with this Code, shall be at the sole expense of the user.
2. Upon reconnection and payment of all costs described above, the City of Ankeny, through its agents, shall remove the red-tag from the building and the building shall, so far as this chapter is concerned, be “fit for human occupancy.”
(Ord. 2118 - Sep. 22 Supp.)
1. Conditions for Immediate Disconnection of Service. The WRA Director may, after informal notice, suspend the wastewater discharge permit and sewer service to a user whenever such suspension is necessary in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge presenting or causing an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, the POTW, or the environment.
2. Procedures for Immediate Disconnection.
A. When the WRA Director determines that a discharge as described in Section 1 exists, a verbal order shall be issued (followed immediately by a written order) to the user stating the problem and requiring immediate cessation of the discharge. Users verbally notified of a suspension of the sewer service or the wastewater discharge permit shall immediately stop or eliminate all discharges. In the event of a user's failure to comply immediately and voluntarily with the suspension order, the WRA Director shall take immediate action to eliminate the discharge including disconnection from the POTW. Methods of informal notice to a user shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following; personal conversations between user and personnel of the WRA or its operating contractor, telephone calls, letters, hand delivered messages or notices posted at the user's premises or point of discharge.
B. Users responsible, in whole or in part, for imminent endangerment shall submit a detailed written report describing the causes of the endangerment and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence to the WRA Director prior to the hearing described in Section 100.41(2).
Users notified of a disconnection of sewer service or revocation of its discharge permit under Sections 100.41 or 100.43 shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the event of a failure of the user to comply voluntarily with the disconnection or revocation order, the City of Ankeny shall take such steps as deemed necessary by the WRA, including immediate severance of the sewer connection. The WRA Director shall reinstate the sewer service or wastewater discharge permit upon proof of the elimination of the non-complying discharge.
1. In addition to remedies available to the WRA set forth elsewhere in this chapter, if the WRA is fined by IDNR or EPA for violations of the NPDES permit for the POTW or violations of water quality standards as the result of a discharge of pollutants by identifiable user(s), then the fine, including all legal, sampling, analytical testing costs and any other related costs shall be charged to the responsible user(s). Such charge shall be in addition to any other remedies the WRA may have under this chapter, at law or in equity.
2. If the discharge from any user results in a deposit, obstruction, damage or other impairment to the POTW, the user shall become liable to the City and/or the WRA for any expense, loss, or damage caused by the violations or discharge. The WRA may add to the user's charges and fees the costs incurred for any cleaning, repair, or replacement work caused by the violations or discharge.
3. The remedies provided in this chapter shall not be exclusive and the WRA may seek whatever other remedies are authorized by statute, at law or in equity against any persons violating the provisions of this chapter.
4. In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter, the City and/or the WRA may initiate an action, either in law or in equity, to obtain an injunction against further violations of this chapter, and for judgment for all costs incurred by the City and/or the WRA occasioned by the user’s violation of any requirements of this chapter.
Notices which are required to be given or which may be given to the WRA, the WRA Board, the WRA Director or the WRA Appeal Committee, as provided in this chapter, shall be mailed to such entity, body or person at the following address:
c/o Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority
Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Facility
3000 Vandalia Road
Des Moines, Iowa 50317
(Ch. 100 Amended by Ord. 1807 – July 14 Supp.)