(a) If any other public agency contributes waste to the POTW, the city may enter into a joint powers agreement with the other public agency.
(b) Prior to entering into a joint powers agreement required by division (a) above, the manager or his or her representatives shall request the following information from the public agency:
(1) A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the POTW by the public agency;
(2) An inventory of all users located within the contributing public agency that are discharging to the POTW;
(3) Other information as the manager or his or her representative may deem necessary.
(c) A joint powers agreement, as required by division (a) above, shall at a minimum contain the following conditions:
(1) A requirement for the regional wastewater customer or other public agency to adopt or adopt by reference a wastewater ordinance which is at least as stringent as this subchapter and local limits which are at least as stringent as those set out in § 53.043. The requirement shall specify that the ordinance and limits must be revised as necessary to reflect changes made to ordinances or local limits;
(2) A requirement for the city regional wastewater customer or other public agency to submit a revised user inventory on at least an annual basis;
(3) A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities, including wastewater discharge permit issuance, inspection and sampling, and enforcement, will be conducted by the regional wastewater customer or other public agency; which of these activities will be conducted by the manager or his or her representative; and which of these activities will be conducted jointly by the regional wastewater customer or other public agency and the manager or his or her representative;
(4) A requirement for the regional wastewater customer or other public agency to provide the manager or his or her representative with access to all information that the regional wastewater customer or other public agency maintains as part of its pretreatment activities;
(5) Limits on the nature, quality, and volume of the regional wastewater customer or other public agency's wastewater at the designated monitoring point before it discharges to the POTW;
(6) Requirements for monitoring the regional wastewater customer or other public agency's discharge;
(7) A provision ensuring the manager and his or her representative's access to the facilities of users located within the regional wastewater customer or other public agency's boundaries for the purpose of inspection, sampling, and any other duties deemed necessary by the manager;
(8) A provision specifying remedies available to the city for breach of the terms of the joint powers agreement including, but not limited to, suspension or termination by the city without liability on the part of the city.
(1992 Code, § 41-123) (Ord. 57-93, passed 7-12-1993; Ord. 102-96, passed 9-3-1996; Ord. 35-13, passed 6-18-2013; Ord. 19-21, passed 2-16-2021)