The local utility shall regularly use meters
or devices or methods for determining waste quantities (volumes) directly
or by differentials or otherwise and shall make tests and use other
means for determining the quality and other characteristics of all
sewerage, industrial wastes or other wastes discharged into the local
sewer system.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of sewerage and wastes to which reference is made
in these rules and regulations shall be determined in accordance with
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, as prepared, approved and published jointly by the
American Health Association, the American Water Works Association
and the Water Pollution Control Federation, or other reference source
as specified by regulatory agency requirements such as Methods for
Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, published by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. Sampling shall be carried out in
accordance with the customarily accepted methods such to reflect the
effect of the constituents upon the local sewer system and to determine
the existence of any hazards. Volume determination shall be conducted
in accordance with sound engineering practice.
A determination of the volume of waste water contributed to
the local sewer system by any user shall be through metering process
established in the City of Ventnor or by such other methods which
are determined as appropriate by the City. Any user of the system
consents to abide by any requirements of the Superintendent of the
sewer utility so that the most accurate measurements of volumes discharged
may be obtained.
A.
The pollutant concentration of any wastewater shall be determined by the local utility from representative samples taken by representatives of the local utility at a point of volume determination as provided for in § 186-24 of this article, at any period or time or in such duration and in such a manner as the Superintendent may elect or at any place or manner mutually agreed upon between the user and the Superintendent. The intent of any sampling procedure is to establish the pollutant concentration in the wastewater discharged during an average or typical day. This concentration may be derived, according to the best judgment of the Superintendent, by combining repeated subsamplings during one day, by combination of a series of such days or by combination of a number of a multiple series of such days.
B.
Whenever the waste discharged to a sewer might be
expected to show appreciable periodic variation during the year, the
local utility may average the results of two or more series of analyses
taken to reflect these variations and thereby determine an average
annual pollutant concentrations.
A.
In the event that the volume and/or pollutant concentration of the waste discharged to the local sewer system as determined under §§ 186-24 and 186-25 of this article is disputed by a user, a program of resampling and gauging with subsequent chemical determination may be instituted as follows:
(1)
The user may submit a written request for resampling
and gauging of the waste to the Superintendent. Upon receipt of such
request, the local utility will conduct the necessary test. The user
shall confer with representatives of the local utility in order that
agreement may be reached as to the various factors which must be considered
in a new sampling program.
(2)
The user may, at his own expense, employ a consultant
or agency of recognized professional standing to conduct a resampling
and reanalysis program, under the direction of the Superintendent
and for a period of time to be specified by the Superintendent.
B.
The results of the resampling and the reanalysis shall
be considered to be current analysis of the user's waste. In all cases,
the determination of the local Authority, whether or not modified
after resampling and reanalysis, as provided for in this section,
shall be final as regards volumes or pollutant concentrations.
