(a) Approval Required.
No person shall initiate a discharge of industrial wastes into the public sewers or any waters until the approval of the Director has first been obtained.
(b) Limitations on Discharge.
If any water or wastes are discharged or proposed to be discharged to the POTW, which violate the standards or promulgated rules or regulations, the Control Authority may:
(1) Reject the waste;
(2) Require new industrial customers or industries with significant changes in strength or flow to submit information to the Control Authority concerning the proposed waste streams;
(3) Require acceptable Pretreatment as a condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(4) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge including, but not limited to, slug control, flow equalization and measures outlined in the Industrial Wastewater Release Minimization Plan (IWRMP);
(5) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered using taxes or sewer charges.
(c) Measurement of Flow.
The volume of flow used for computing industrial waste surcharges shall be the metered water consumption of the person as shown in the records of meter readings maintained by the City. If the person discharging industrial wastes into the public sewers procures all or any part of the water being discharged from sources other than the City, the person shall install and maintain, at the person's expense, water meters of a type approved by the Control Authority for the purpose of determining the volume of water obtained from these other sources.
(d) Metering of Waste.
Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged may be required by the Control Authority if these volumes cannot otherwise be determined from the metered water consumption records. Metering devices for determining the volume of waste shall be installed, owned and maintained by the person. Following approval and installation, such meters may not be removed without the consent of the Control Authority.
(e) Right to Enter.
The Control Authority shall have the right of entry and access to all facilities including, but not limited to, control manholes, sampling equipment and meters provided for by these regulations, in order to determine compliance with the rules, regulations and standards of the Director. The Industrial User shall allow the Director to enter upon the premises of the User at all reasonable hours to sample, inspect and/or examine and copy records. The Director shall have the right to cause to be set upon the User's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and indoor metering operations, and the costs shall be borne by the User.
(Ord. 210-12. Passed 5-8-12.)