14.04.005 Statement of purpose.
This title has as its purpose the protection of public health and safety by controlling the quality of wastewater discharged to the wastewater collection and wastewater treatment system. Pollution control shall be implemented through regulation and control of the quantity and quality of industrial or commercial wastes admitted or discharged which shall enable the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws required by the Federal Clean Water Act of 1977, the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR 403) and any subsequent amendments thereto. The objectives of this title are to:
A. Protect the health, safety and welfare of the POTW and its personnel and the general public;
B. Avoid or abate public nuisances;
C. Make provisions for the collection and treatment of all wastewater generated by domestic and nondomestic sources under the jurisdiction of the city;
D. Protect the city’s wastewater collection and treatment system from pollutants which may interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the sludges or other waste products generated as a result of operating the system;
E. Prevent pollutants from entering the wastewater treatment and collection system which could pass through the system, inadequately treated, into the receiving waters;
F. Generate sufficient revenues to operate, maintain, repair, improve and construct the wastewater collection and treatment system. (Ord. 2045 § 6, 1995; Ord. 1706, 1989)