(a) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for Dischargers into the City POTW enables the City to protect public health and welfare in conformity with all applicable local, state and federal laws including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403) relating thereto.
(b) The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) which will interfere with the normal operation of the system or contaminate the resulting municipal sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which do not receive adequate treatment, and which will pass-through the system into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the system;
(4) To protect both POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public; and
(5) To enable the Warren Water Pollution Control (WPC) facility to comply with its NPDES Permit conditions and requirements, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other Federal or State laws to which the facility is subject.
(c) This chapter shall apply to all industrial and/or significant users of the POTW. The ordinance authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; the establishment of administrative review and enforcement procedures, requires Industrial User reports and establishes the parameters used to determine fees for excess strength of waste discharged to the POTW.
(Ord. 12966/2020. Passed 10-14-20.)