A. Each user shall provide and operate at its own expense a monitoring facility to allow inspections, sampling, and flow measurements of each sewer discharge to the city. Each monitoring facility shall be situated on the user's premises, except, where such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user, the city may concur with the facility being constructed in the public street or sidewalk area, providing that the facility is located so that it will not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles. The superintendent, whenever applicable, may require the construction and maintenance of sampling facilities at other locations (for example, at the end of a manufacturing line or a wastewater treatment system).
B. There shall be ample room in or near such sampling facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, including the sampling and measuring equipment, shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user.
C. The superintendent may require the user to install equipment as necessary. All monitoring facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all applicable local construction standards and specifications. If flow measurement is required, the appropriate flow measurement devices and methods consistent with approved scientific practices must be selected and used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of measurement of the volume of monitored discharges. All devices must be installed, calibrated, and maintained to ensure that the accuracy of the measurements is consistent with the accepted capability of that type of device. All devices selected must be capable of measuring flows with a maximum deviation of less than ten percent (10%) from true discharge rates throughout the range of expected discharge volumes. (Ord. 3032, 2019: Ord. 2837 § 1, 2008)