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(a) The director may terminate the city-provided water supply of any water user who violates the following conditions:
(1) Refusing the director reasonable access to the water user’s premises for the purpose of inspection;
(2) Hindering or denying the director access to backflow prevention assemblies;
(3) Failing to install a reduced pressure principle assembly as required by § 12.5-570;
(4) Failing to install and maintain backflow prevention assemblies in compliance with this division; or
(5) Failing to install, maintain and operate their piping and plumbing systems in accordance with the plumbing code.
(b) The director will notify a water user of the proposed termination of its water supply. The water user may petition the director for a reconsideration and hearing pursuant to § 12.5-119 of this chapter.
(c) Exercise of this enforcement option by the director shall not be a bar to, nor a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the water user.
(d) The director shall not reinstate suspended services until:
(1) The person presents proof, satisfactory to the director, that the backflow has been eliminated and its cause determined and corrected; and
(2) The person pays the city for all costs the city will incur in reinstating service.
(e) A person commits an offense if the person reinstates water service to premises terminated pursuant to this section, without the prior approval of the director.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)
Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this article and in any wastewater discharge permit issued pursuant to this article shall have the meanings hereinafter designated.
ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.).
BTEX. The sum of the concentrations of benzene, toluene, xylene and ethyl benzene.
DIRECTOR. The director of the department of water or the director’s authorized representative. When used in the context of inspections and enforcement actions, the term also means the DIRECTOR of the department of environmental management or the director’s authorized representative.
DISCHARGE. The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE. The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT. The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
MAY. Permissive or discretionary.
PER- AND POLY-FLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS). The following group of synthetic chemicals used in industrial and consumer products which do not degrade easily in the environment: Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS), Perfluornonanoic Acid (PFNA), Perfluorohexane Sulfonate (PFHxS), Perfluorobutance Sulfonate (PFBS), and Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA).
SHALL. Mandatory.
TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS (TTOs). The specific list for each categorical industry of the sum of the masses or concentration of the toxic organic compounds listed in 40 C.F.R. 122 Appendix D, Table II, excluding pesticides, found in industrial users’ discharge at a concentration greater than 0.01 mg/l. Only those parameters reasonably suspected to be present, if any, shall be analyzed for non-categorical industries. TTOs are specific to each particular federal category.
UPSET. An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with technology-based permit effluent limitations because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the user. An UPSET does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation. An affirmative defense to UPSET applies only in causes of action brought in federal court pursuant to § 12.5-677.1 of this code.
USER. A person is a source of an indirect discharge.
WASTEWATER. Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are contributed to the POTW.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 15496, § 4, passed 3-25-2003; Ord. 20043-01-2012, § 2, passed 1-10-2012; Ord. 26888-04-2024, § 1, passed 4-23-2024, eff. 5-3-2024)
This article sets forth uniform requirements for users of the POTW, to enable the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) and the general pretreatment regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 403). The objectives of this article are:
(a) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will interfere with its operation;
(b) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will pass through the POTW, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW;
(c) To protect the health and safety of both POTW personnel and the general public;
(d) To promote the reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the POTW;
(e) To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance and improvement of the POTW;
(f) To provide for wastewater contracts between the city and other municipalities or extra-jurisdictional users who discharge to the POTW; and
(g) To enable the city to comply with its TPDES permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 17074, § 4, passed 7-25-2006)
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