8-2-1: GENERAL PROVISIONS:
   A.   Purpose: This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for discharges into the city's wastewater disposal system and enables the city to comply with all state and federal laws. This chapter also establishes the determination and levying of charges of all users discharging thereto.
   B.   Objectives: The objectives of this chapter are:
      1.   To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater disposal system which will interfere with the operation of the system or the use or disposal of the sludge;
      2.   To establish the authority to determine and levy user charges that are necessary for the efficient, economic and safe operation of the city's wastewater disposal system for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the public; and
      3.   To establish a system of regulation and charges which will provide effective operation of the city's wastewater disposal system in compliance with applicable standards and regulations of the Minnesota pollution control agency and the United States environmental protection agency. (2002 Code)