(A) The ordinance contained in this subchapter (hereinafter, “this ordinance”) sets forth uniform requirements for Users of the publicly-owned treatment works for the city and enables the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) and the general pretreatment regulations (40 C.F.R. part 403) and the state’s Administrative Code R317.
(B) The objectives of this ordinance are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly-owned treatment works that will interfere with its operation or contaminate the resulting sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly-owned treatment works that will pass through the publicly-owned treatment works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible with the publicly-owned treatment works;
(3) To protect both publicly-owned treatment works personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public;
(4) To promote reuse and recycling of wastewater and sludge from the publicly-owned treatment works;
(5) To allow for the establishment of fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance and improvement of the POTW; and
(6) To enable the city to comply with its Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements and any other federal or state laws to which the publicly-owned treatment works is subject.
(Prior Code, § 22.02.010) (Ord. 22-17, passed 8-18-2022)