(A) The city protects the health, welfare and safety of the local residents by constructing, operating and maintaining a system of local sewers, trunk sewers and interceptor sewers, and liquid waste treatment and disposal facilities to service the homes, industries and commercial establishments throughout the city and surrounding environs as required by state and federal law.
(B) The following basic policies apply to sewage, liquid waste, and industrial waste discharged directly or indirectly into the sewer system of the city.
(1) The highest and best use of the city sewer system is the collection, treatment and reclamation or disposal of domestic sewage;
(2) Industrial users are urged to seek recovery and reuse procedures to meet the limitations set on industrial waste discharges rather than those procedures designed solely to meet discharge limitations;
(3) The city is committed to a policy of wastewater renovation and reuse in order to provide an alternate source of water supply and to reduce overall costs of wastewater treatment and disposal. The renovation of wastewater through wastewater treatment processes may necessitate more stringent quality requirements on industrial waste discharges as the demand for reclaimed water increases;
(4) Optimum use of city facilities may require the discharge of waste waters during periods of low flow in the sewer system as established by the Director;
(5) Provisions are made in this chapter to regulate industrial waste discharges to comply with the state and federal government requirements and policies and to meet increasingly higher standards of treatment plant effluent quality and environmental conditions. This chapter establishes quantity and quality limitations on sewage, liquid waste and industrial waste discharges where such discharges may adversely affect the sewer system or the effluent quality. Methods of cost recovery are established to equitably distribute the costs of sewer service.
(Ord. 1093, passed 2-17-04)