The POTW manager shall have the right to enter the premises of any User to determine whether the User is complying with all requirements of this ordinance and any individual wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder. Users shall allow the POTW manager ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying and/or the performance of any additional duties. Monitoring and inspections shall be conducted at a frequency as determined by the city and may be announced or unannounced.
(A) Where a User has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the User shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, the POTW manager shall be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
(B) The POTW manager shall have the right to set up on the User’s property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the User’s operations.
(C) The POTW manager may require the User to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility’s sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the User at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated as per manufacturers recommendations and as necessary to ensure their accuracy, but at least once per calendar year.
(D) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the User at the written or verbal request of the POTW manager and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the User.
(E) Unreasonable delays in allowing the POTW manager access to the User’s premises shall be a violation of this ordinance.
(F) The city may use a camera to photograph areas of the facility as necessary for carrying out the duties of the industrial pretreatment program including, but not limited to, documentation of the User’s compliance status and for reinforcement of written reports. The User shall be allowed to review copies of the photographs for confidentiality claims.
(G) The location of the monitoring facility shall provide ample room in or near the monitoring facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples and analysis and whether constructed on public or private property, the monitoring facilities should be provided in accordance with the POTW manager’s requirements and all applicable local construction standards and specifications. Such facilities shall be constructed and maintained in a manner that enables the POTW manager to perform independent monitoring activities.
(Prior Code, § 22.07.010) (Ord. 22-17, passed 8-18-2022)