(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works for the city and enables the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 C.F.R. pt. 403). The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To regulate the discharge to, and use of, public and private sewers within the service area of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) of the city; and the installation and construction of service connections to building sewers within the city sewer service area.
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will interfere with its operation;
(3) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will pass through the publicly owned treatment works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the publicly owned treatment works;
(4) To protect both publicly owned treatment works personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public;
(5) To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the publicly owned treatment works;
(6) To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the publicly owned treatment works;
(7) To enable the city to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject; and
(8) To establish a pretreatment program for the regulation and control of industrial discharges through the issuance and enforcement of industrial wastewater discharge permits which set forth the terms, conditions and regulations under which noncompatible wastewaters may be discharged into the city’s POTW.
(B) This chapter shall apply to all users of the publicly owned treatment works. The chapter authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
(Ord. 02-09, passed 5-28-02)