Guadalupe Municipal Code Art. III Industrial Users

A. Any nongovernmental user of the City's wastewater system identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under one of the following divisions, shall apply for a permit by the first day of October 1974, or thereafter prior to making a new connection:

B. Any industrial, commercial or medical facility on whose premises is a soft-water regenerative system or device shall apply for such permit.

C. A user in a division listed in subsections A and B of this section may be excluded from the permit requirement if it is determined that the user will introduce only primarily segregated domestic wastes, or wastes from sanitary conveniences. Prior to obtaining a permit, each such user who discharges or proposes to discharge industrial wastes to a public sewer shall file with the City an application and report that shall include pertinent data relating to the quality, quantity and characteristics of the wastes discharged to the wastewater system.

D. Amendment of the discharge permit is required if there is a significant change in the quality, quantity or other characteristic of the discharges.

(Ord. 164 Div. 4 §1, 1977; Ord. 92-309 §7)

Devices for measuring the volume of waste discharged may be required by the City if the volume of any discharger cannot otherwise be determined from the metered-water consumption records. Metering devices for determining the volume of wastewater shall be installed, owned and maintained by the discharger. Following approval and installation, such meters may not be removed without the consent of the City.

(Ord. 164 Div. 4 §3, 1977)

A. When required by the City, the owner of any property served by a building sewer lateral carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer lateral to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.

B. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in this section shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods," and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer from the point at which the building sewer lateral is connected.

(Ord. 164 Div. 4 §2, 1977)

Industrial wastes discharged into the public sewer shall be subject to periodic inspection and a determination of character and concentration of such wastes. The determination shall be made as often as may be deemed necessary by the City. Samples shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative of the composition of the wastes. The sampling may be accomplished either manually, or by the use of mechanical equipment acceptable to the City. Installation, operation and maintenance of the sampling facilities shall be the responsibility of the discharger and shall be subject to the approval of the City at all times.

(Ord. 164 Div. 4 §4, 1977)

A. Sampling and laboratory procedures used in the examination of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in "Standard Methods." However, alternate methods for certain analyses of industrial wastes may be used subject to mutual agreement between the City and the discharger. All sampling and analysis of industrial wastewaters shall be accomplished by a laboratory certified to analyze wastewater by the California Department of Public Health, and the costs shall be the responsibility of the discharger.

B. The City may also make its own analyses of the wastes, and such determination shall be binding on the discharger for all purposes. The costs of sampling and analysis of industrial wastes by the City shall be paid by the discharger.

(Ord. 164 Div. 4 §5, 1977)