(A) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards, rules, and regulations with respect to the use of the POTW; to provide for equitable distribution of the costs of the POTW facilities; to improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the system; to protect POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment; and to provide procedures for complying with the requirements contained herein and to protect the environment from pollution.
(B) Scope.
(1) This chapter shall apply to the village and to persons outside the village who, by contract or agreement with the village, discharge into the POTW. Any other governing unit that discharges into the POTW shall adopt an ordinance which is substantially identical to this chapter and which is approved by the village as being sufficiently identical.
(2) This chapter provides for the regulation of discharges into the POTW through the issuance of permits to significant industrial users and through enforcement of the chapter's requirements against all dischargers into the POTW. This chapter authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities and requires discharger reporting.
(3) This chapter provides for the investigation of instances of pass-through or interference, the notification of the responsible industry, and the appropriate enforcement actions.
(Prior Code, § 542.01)