Article I. General Provisions
15.14.010 Purpose and policy.
A. This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the city’s publicly owned treatment works (“POTW”) and enables the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403).
B. The objectives of this chapter are:
1. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will interfere with the operations of the POTW.
2. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will pass through the POTW, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW.
3. To enable the city to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, biosolids use and disposal requirements, and any other applicable federal, state, or tribal regulations.
4. To protect POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater, wastewater solids, and biosolids in the course of their employment and to protect the general public.
5. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and biosolids from the POTW.
6. To promote strategies to reduce the amounts of pollutants generated by users, thereby reducing the associated hazards to the POTW and the receiving waters.
C. This chapter shall apply to all users of the POTW. The city may enter into interlocal agreements with other jurisdictions to establish the city’s authority to enforce the requirements of this chapter on users that are discharging to the POTW from facilities located outside city limits.
D. This chapter authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge approvals; authorizes monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein. [Ord. 2020-07-016 § 1; Ord. 2019-11-032 § 1].