(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors into the waste water collection and treatment system for the city and enables the Commission to comply with all applicable state and federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 C.F.R. part 403).
(B) The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal waste water system which will interfere with the operation of the system or including interference with its use or disposal of municipal sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal waste water system which will pass through the treatment works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim municipal and industrial waste waters and sludge from the system; and
(4) To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the municipal waste water system.
(C) This chapter provides for the regulation of direct and indirect contributors to the municipal waste water system through the issuance of permits to certain nondomestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
(D) This chapter shall apply to the city and to persons outside the city who are, by contract or agreement with the Commission users of the city's publicly owned treatment works (POTW). Except as otherwise provided herein, the Manager of the city's POTW shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 7-92, passed 2-4-1992)