(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect residential and other nonsignificant contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system for the City and enables the City to comply with all applicable state and federal laws required by the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 USC 1251, et seq. All contributors classified as “significant industrial users,” as defined in § 52.03 will fall under the rules and regulations of the wastewater pretreatment regulations set forth in Chapter 53.
(B) The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To require use of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW);
(2) To provide for the equitable distribution of the cost of the municipal wastewater system;
(3) To control or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which may interfere with the normal operation of the system or contaminate the resulting municipal sludge;
(4) To control or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which do not receive adequate treatment, and which may pass through the POTW into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
(5) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the system;
(6) To control or prevent discharges or potential discharges to systems or areas under the jurisdiction of this municipality that may impair the environment;
(7) To control or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which may cause the treatment plant to violate its NPDES Discharge Permit;
(8) To control or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which may pose a health threat to POTW workers.
(Ord. 311-3-92, passed 3-16-92; Am. Ord. 492-05-02, passed 5-20-02)