(A) The industrial waste and/or other pollutants being discharged by any person into the sanitary sewerage system shall be subject to periodic inspection. A determination of character and strength of such wastes may be made annually, or more often as may be deemed necessary by the Public Utilities Director.
(B) Samples shall be collected manually or mechanically over such period of time and composited in such a manner as to be representative of the wastes being discharged. In general, this means that automatic samplers shall operate in the flow proportional mode. The laboratory methods followed in the examination of such wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods or equivalent publication as specified by the appropriate regulatory agency.
(C) The determination of the character, strength or quantity of the wastes as made by the Town Manager or his or her authorized assistants shall be binding as a basis for computation of fees, charges or for actions by the Town Council. When requested by the person discharging wastes, the samples may be split to permit analysis by the discharger, or a qualified independent laboratory, for the discharger’s information. The person discharging wastes may request additional sampling and analyses which will be performed, as soon as practical, with all costs, as determined by the town, being borne by the discharger.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2011; Ord. passed 9-11-2014)