16.09.125   Maintenance and operation of pollution control and monitoring equipment.
   (a)   The discharger shall, at all times, properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of treatment, disposal, monitoring and control (and related appurtenances) which are installed or used by the discharger to achieve compliance with this chapter and/or its wastewater discharge permit. All required procedures shall be described in an operations and maintenance manual. The discharger shall keep in a state of readiness all systems necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of this chapter and/or its wastewater discharge permit. All systems, both those in service and reserve, shall be inspected and maintained on a regular basis.
   (b)   Inspection and maintenance records for process and pollution control and monitoring systems shall be maintained and made available for inspection as described in Section 16.09.160.
   (c)   It shall be unlawful to tamper with or render inaccurate or divert flow from any monitoring device or equipment installed or operated to comply with the pretreatment requirements, this chapter or a discharge permit. Doing so constitutes falsification of information as described in Section 16.09.150.
(Ord. 5084 § 2 (part), 2010)