(A) The purpose of this code is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the city by protecting the Sierra Vista Publicly Owned Treatment Works, referred to herein as the POTW (sewer system and water reclamation facility), from the introduction of pollutants that may interfere with the operation of the system or adversely contaminate the resulting effluent or bio-solids.
(B) To benefit the community and the environment, the city has designated end uses for both of these products.
(C) The possible contamination may affect the treatment processes being utilized, groundwater resources, effluent resources, wastewater bio-solids resources and disposal methods, and the safety of operating personnel.
(Ord. 1152, passed 11-14-02)