(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for all users of the wastewater system and components of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) of the City of Butler, Indiana and to enable the City of Butler to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act and the general pretreatment regulations. The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To regulate the discharge to, and use of, public and private sewers within the service area of the POTW of Butler;
(2) To regulate the installation and construction of building sewers and connections to the POTW of Butler;
(3) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will interfere with its operation and maintenance;
(4) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will pass through the POTW without adequate treatment so they are not discharged into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW;
(5) To protect the POTW, all POTW personnel and the general public from unregulated discharge of wastewater whose constituents could endanger the POTW system, and the health and welfare of POTW personnel or the general public and / or could contaminate the receiving stream;
(6) To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the POTW;
(7) To establish fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, management and improvement of the POTW;
(8) To enable the City of Butler, Indiana to comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject; and
(9) To establish a pretreatment program for the regulation and control of industrial discharges through the issuance and enforcement of industrial wastewater discharge permits that set forth the terms, conditions and regulations under which non-compatible wastewaters may be discharged into the city’s POTW.
(B) This chapter shall apply to all users of the POTW.
(Ord. 1476, passed 6-18-07; Am. Ord. 1531, passed 8-16-10; Am. Ord. 1639, passed 12-19-16)