§ 52.040  DETERMINATION AND CHARACTER OF WASTES.
   (A)   (1)   The industrial waste and/or other pollutants being discharged by any person into the sanitary sewerage system shall be subject to periodic inspection.
      (2)   A determination of character and strength of the wastes may be made annually, or more often as may be deemed necessary by the Manager or his or her authorized assistants.
   (B)   Samples shall be collected manually or mechanically over a period of time and composited in a manner as to be representative of the wastes being discharged.  The laboratory methods followed in the examination of the wastes shall be those as set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods as defined in § 52.001.
   (C)   The determination of the character, strength, or quantity of the wastes as made by the Manager, or his or her authorized assistants, shall be binding as a basis for computation of charges, or for actions by the Town Board.  When requested by the person discharging, the samples may be split to permit analysis by the discharger, or a qualified independent laboratory, for the discharger's information.  The person discharging wastes may request additional sampling and analyses which will be performed, as soon as practical, with all costs, as determined by the town, being borne by the discharger.
(Ord. passed 5-13-2002)