A. Generally: Every person conducting an activity which creates a substantial risk that a prohibited substance will be discharged into the sewer system shall provide adequate protection against accidental discharge of such a prohibited substance by either implementing procedures or practices which tend to reduce the likelihood of such a discharge or installing facilities designed to prevent such accidental discharge. The SVSD may identify persons required to provide such protection and direct them to comply with this subsection.
B. Particular Procedures And Facilities: The SVSD may specify particular procedures, practices, and facilities which shall be implemented by any person if the SVSD finds there is substantial risk of a prohibited discharge if preventive measures are not undertaken, that such procedures, practices and facilities substantially reduce the risk of discharge prohibited by this section, and that the cost of implementing such procedures, practices, and installing such facilities is reasonable in light of both the potential damage to the sewer system or the environment if an accidental discharge occurs and the effectiveness of the equipment in preventing such an accidental discharge.
C. Plans: In every case where facilities are required to be installed pursuant to this section, the SVSD may require submission of detailed plans for the required facilities and their operation before construction of the facilities is begun.
D. SVSD May Require Changes: If a person has discharged a prohibited substance and it is likely that the same person will again discharge a similar prohibited substance if preventive measures are not undertaken, the SVSD may require the person who discharged the prohibited substance to make changes in equipment, facilities, procedures, or practices, which changes have the effect of substantially reducing the risk of a similar discharge in the future and are found by the SVSD to be reasonable in cost in light of the potential damage to the system and environment arising out of a similar prohibited discharge in the future. Nothing in this subsection relieves any person of any liability, except liability for violation of this subsection.
E. Self-Monitoring And Reporting: The SVSD may require that persons that generate and/or discharge wastewater into the sewer system, other than persons generating and discharging only ordinary domestic sewage, monitor and report their sewage discharges in a manner and to the extent necessary to provide adequate compliance with and enforcement of the SVSD's pretreatment rules and regulations, assess the source of the components of the sewage transmitted, treated, and disposed of by the SVSD, and charge reasonable fees and surcharges to dischargers based on actual damages or reasonable classifications of discharges. The SVSD may also require that such monitoring and reporting be performed at the expense of the person discharging. Every person required to monitor and report shall do so as required by the SVSD's pretreatment rules and regulations and in conformity with this section.
F. Compliance Monitoring: The SVSD may sample and analyze the sewage of, and inspect the facilities of person discharging into the sewer system to determine or verify compliance with this section. The SVSD may also require the installation of reasonable facilities, such as manholes, to enable such sampling. However, nothing in this subsection limits any power that the SVSD may have to investigate or enforce compliance with other sections of this code or through means not specified in this subsection. (Ord. 1167, 11-10-2015)