§ 20-100. Pretreatment and control of industrial wastes.

(a)

Persons or owners discharging industrial wastes which exhibit any of the prohibited wastes set out in this article shall be required to pretreat such wastes or otherwise dispose of such wastes so as to make the remaining waste acceptable to the city prior to admission of such waste into a sanitary sewer.

(b)

Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment and control facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the city, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until approval is obtained in writing. Preliminary treatment and control facilities shall be constructed so as to provide all of the following:

(1)

Prevention of prohibited waste from entering a sanitary sewer;

(2)

Control of the quantities and rates of discharge of industrial wastes into a sanitary sewer, and;

(3)

An accessible entry so that any authorized employee of the city may readily and safely measure the volume and samples of the flow prior to the admission of such industrial wastes into a sanitary sewer.

(c)

When preliminary treatment and control facilities are provided for any water or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.

(d)

The manager and other duly authorized employees of the city acting as his duly authorized agent and bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to gain access to such properties as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing of sewage and/or industrial wastes.

(Ord. No. 7206, § 3, 12-7-72)