§ 21-247 — Effluent sampling
Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Alabama (Supp. No. 30 (codified through Ord. No. 26-196, adopted March 12, 2026) with enacted ordinances through Ord. No. 26-837 (September 24, 2026) applied from official council minutes and ordinance copies) · Huntsville Code of Ordinances § 21-247
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Sec. 21-247. - Effluent sampling.
(a) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," 20th edition, published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Environment Federation, and/or "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460, which publications shall be on file in the office of the city clerk-treasurer and be available for use and examination by the public in that office at all reasonable times; and all such measurements, tests and analyses shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. If no special manhole has been installed, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the wastewater works and to determine the existence of hazards of life, limb and property. (b) The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24-hour composite of all outfalls of the premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples. (c) The increased charge or surcharge, as specified in division 6 of this article for sewer and industrial waste which exceeds the standard quality set out in this division, is used to provide for the increased costs, which costs vary with both quality and quantity when waste is treated. The variations in cost with strengths are admittedly difficult to exactly determine, and the method is to be effective without reference to other possible methods of computation. This provision shall not alter any of the terms and provisions of this article.
(Code 1982, § 20-224)