A. To provide control of construction and use of the wastewater system;

B. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting biosolids;

C. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will pass through the system, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;

D. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and biosolids from the system;

E. To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the municipal wastewater system in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s requirements;

F. To assure the financial self-sufficiency of the sewerage system;

G. To enable the city to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, biosolids use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the Publicly Owned Treatment Works is subject;

H. To protect the health and safety of the wastewater treatment works personnel who may be affected by wastewater or biosolids in the course of their employment and to protect the health and safety of the general public.

In activating the objectives of Chapters 13.04 through 13.12 MMC, it shall be the policy of the city to actively promote the health of the industrial community through accommodation, assistance and cooperation; consistent with the city’s responsibility to protect the waters of the state from pollution and to secure the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the community. To that end, Chapters 13.04 through 13.12 MMC shall be implemented using good professional judgment with associated decisions taking all known facts into consideration.

Chapters 13.04 through 13.12 MMC provide for the regulation of the Industrial Users of the municipal wastewater system through the issuance of control mechanisms such as permits (both individual and general and best management practices (BMPs)), and through enforcement activities; assures that existing customers’ capacity will not be preempted; and requires Industrial User reporting. (Ord. 4987, 2015).