§ 14.08.560. Discrepancies between actual and reported industrial wastewater discharge quantities.

A.

Should measurements or other investigations reveal that the industrial discharger is discharging a flow rate, or a quantity of flow, BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or suspended solids significantly in excess of that stated on the industrial wastewater permit or in excess of the quantities reported to the city by the discharger and upon which the industrial wastewater treatment surcharge is based, the discharger shall apply for an amended industrial wastewater permit and shall be assessed for all delinquent charges together with the penalty and interest provided for in Section 14.08.640. Before these charges shall be assessed, at least two additional twenty-four-hour samples and flow measurements shall be obtained by the city with all costs of sampling and analysis to be paid by the discharger.

B.

For the purpose of establishing the correct treatment surcharge, the data obtained in these samplings, along with any other relevant information obtained by the city or presented by the discharger, shall be used by the director in determining the surcharge formula. An industrial discharger found in violation shall, in the absence of other evidence, be presumed to have been discharging at the determined parameter values over the preceding three years or subsequent to the previous city verification of quantity parameters, whichever period is shorter.

(Ord. 217-78 §411, 1978).