§ 13.08.545. Control manhole.

A.

When required by the department of public works or the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority District, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Sewerage System, the owner or user of any property served by a building sewer or other private sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control or measuring device together with manholes, chambers, meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer or private sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manholes, chambers and meters, when required, shall be located in a safe and accessible place, and shall be constructed by the owner or user in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the department of public works and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority District, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Sewerage System with provisions made to ensure that the process wastewater at this location is exclusive of sanitary waste contamination. The manholes, chambers and meters shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained and kept in good operating condition by the owner so as to be safe and accessible at all times. The records from the meters and measuring devices shall be furnished to the department of public works and/or the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority District, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Sewerage System upon request.

B.

The superintendent of public works, the city engineer, the health inspector and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority District, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Sewerage System or the authorized representative thereof, may inspect the sampling facility at reasonable times to ascertain whether this chapter is being met.

(C.O.86-23 § 8 (part); C.O. 83-52 § 60 (Art. III § 10))