(a) These regulations set forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment facilities for the City of Middletown, and enable the City to comply with all applicable local, State and Federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the General Pretreatment Regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The objectives of these regulations are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City's wastewater collection and treatment facilities which will interfere with the operation of the facilities or contaminate the resulting sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City's wastewater collection and treatment facilities which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or are otherwise found to be incompatible with the facilities;
(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the system; and
(4) To provide for equitable distribution of the costs of the City's wastewater collection and treatment facilities.
(b) These regulations provide for the control of direct and indirect discharges to the City's wastewater collection and treatment facilities through the issuance of permits to certain non-domestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorize monitoring and enforcement activities, require user reporting, assume that existing customers' capacities will not be pre- empted, and provide for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
(c) These regulations shall apply to the City of Middletown and to persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City's wastewater collection and treatment facilities.
(d) These regulations are in addition to Chapter 1040 of these Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. O91-24, passed 4-2-1991; Am. Ord. O2016-65, passed 12-6-2016; Am. Ord. O2021-22, passed 3-16-2021.)