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)