(A) This chapter sets forth requirements for contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment systems for the city and enables the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 USC 1251 et seq.; the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 403); Part 31 of Act 451 of Public Acts of Michigan of 1994, M.C.L.A. §§ 324.3101 et seq., as amended (“Water Resources Protection”); and the rules, Michigan Administrative Code, R 323.2301 et seq., as amended, promulgated pursuant to §§ 3103, 3106 and 3109 of Part 31 of Act 451 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1994, as amended.
(B) The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the city wastewater system which will interfere with the normal operation of the system, cause pass through, or contaminate the resulting municipal sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the city wastewater system which do not receive adequate treatment in the POTW and which will pass through the system into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system; and
(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the system.
(C) This chapter provides for the regulation of contributors to the city wastewater system through the issuance of permits to certain nondomestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, assumes that existing customers’ capacity will not be preempted, and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
(D) This chapter shall apply to the city and to persons outside the city who are, by contract or agreement with the city, users of the city POTW. This chapter is a supplement to Chapters 51 and 53, as amended. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Supervisor, or its duly authorized representative, shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 677, passed 8-28-2023)