(A) At the direction of the Director, any persons discharging industrial wastewater directly or indirectly into the city's collection system shall install sampling station(s) and/or monitoring device(s) to measure the quality and quantity of wastewater discharged. These measuring devices may include, but not be limited to: flow meters and recorders, pH meters and recorders and electrical conductivity meters and recorders.
(B) The sampling station and/or measuring device shall be provided by the user in compliance with this chapter and all applicable building, plumbing and construction codes. Monitoring or metering facilities may be required to have a security closure that can be locked with a city lock during sampling and monitoring. The user shall be liable for the repair or replacement costs for any damage to or theft of city equipment which has been properly placed in or secured to the user's monitoring or metering facility. Construction shall be completed within a reasonable time frame established in written notification from the Director.
(C) The Director shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct wastewater sampling, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations.
(D) No user shall interfere with, delay, resist or refuse entrance to authorized city personnel attempting to install wastewater monitoring equipment on the user's property. Any permanent or temporary obstruction to easy access to the sampling, monitoring or metering locations shall be immediately removed by the user or property owner at the written or verbal request of the Director and shall not be replaced.
(E) The sampling station or measuring devices shall be maintained for continuous sampling or metering. The measuring devices shall be calibrated as often as necessary to insure accurate measurements according to manufacturer's specifications.
(`78 Code, § 13.08.060.) (Ord. 3346 § 3, 2022; Ord. 3111 § 3 (part), 2012; Ord. 2932 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2330 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 2195 § 1 (part), 1994.)