If another municipality or user located within another municipality contributes wastewater to the city’s sanitary sewer system, the director shall enter into an inter-municipal agreement with the contributing municipality. Prior to entering into an agreement, the director shall request the following information from the contributing municipality:
1. A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system by the contributing municipality;
2. An inventory of all users located within the contributing municipality that are discharging to the city’s sanitary sewer system; and
3. Such other information as the director may deem necessary.
An inter-municipal agreement shall contain the following conditions:
1. A requirement for the contributing municipality to adopt a sewer use ordinance which is at least as stringent as this ordinance and local limits, including required baseline monitoring reports which are at least as stringent as those set out in section 15.40.024. The requirement shall specify that such ordinance and limits must be revised as necessary to reflect changes made to the city’s ordinance or local limits;
2. A requirement for the contributing municipality to submit a revised user inventory on at least an annual basis;
3. A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities, including wastewater discharge permit issuance, inspection and sampling, enforcement, will be conducted by the contributing municipality; which of these activities will be conducted by the director; and which of these activities will be conducted jointly by the contributing municipality and the director;
4. A requirement for the contributing municipality to provide the director with access to all information that the contributing municipality obtains as part of its pretreatment activities;
5. Limits on the nature, quality, and volume of the contributing municipality’s wastewater at the point where it discharges to the city’s sanitary sewer system;
6. Requirements for monitoring the contributing municipality’s discharge;
7. A provision ensuring the director access to the facilities of the users located within the contributing municipality’s jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of inspection, sampling, and other duties deemed necessary by the director; and
8. A provision specifying the remedies available for breach of the terms of the inter-municipal agreement.
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))