(a) The owner or operator of a facility discharging industrial wastes shall install at his own cost a suitable manhole or manholes together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the combined wastes from said premise. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City Water Pollution Control Board. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. Such manhole shall be provided by the owner within ninety days after notification that such a manhole is required by the Board. The manhole shall be constructed and designed as required by the Board and as shown in Section 915.313.
(b) The monitoring manhole and equipment shall be located and maintained on the industrial user's premises outside of the building and plant perimeter fence. When such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user, the Chairman of the Water Pollution Control Board may authorized such facility to be constructed in the public street or sidewalk area, with the approval of the public agency having jurisdiction over such street or sidewalk, and located so that it will not be obstructed by public utilities, landscaping or parked vehicles. In this case immediate access, within ten minutes, to the sampling location must be provided at any time of day or night.
(c) When more than one user can discharge into a common sewer, the Chairman of the Water Pollution Control Board may require installation of separate sampling manholes and monitoring equipment for each user. When there is a significant difference in wastewater constituents and characteristics produced by different operations of single user, the Chairman of the Board may require that separate monitoring facilities be installed for each separate discharge.
(d) Whether constructed on public or private property, the monitoring facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the Chairman of the Board's requirements and all applicable construction standards specifications.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)