A. The director may require the industrial user to provide and operate, a control manhole or sample box or other monitoring equipment at the owner's expense approved by the director, at a point to be determined by the POTW where representative samples of all regulated discharges from the industry can be collected and flow measurements accurately made as necessary. The monitoring facilities shall be situated on the user's premises or such other location as allowed by the POTW. The POTW will be allowed to use these monitoring facilities to sample at any time and without notice in accordance with section 17.52.230 of this chapter.
B. There shall be ample room in or near such monitoring manhole or facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be periodically calibrated as specified by the director to ensure their accuracy, but at a minimum, the calibration shall occur per the manufacturer's requirements.
C. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the director and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
D. An industrial user may be required to provide at their expense a city approved instantaneous and totalizing approved flow meter on their industrial discharges if deemed necessary by the director.
E. Whether constructed on public or private property, the sampling and monitoring facilities shall be provided in accordance with the POTW's requirements and all applicable local construction standards and specifications. The construction schedule shall be submitted to the POTW for prior approval, and construction shall be completed within a time specified by written notification from the POTW. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)