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-CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 78- UTILITIES ARTICLE III. -SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL DIVISION 2. -SEWER USE AND DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS Subdivision I. - In General Wastewater treatment works and treatment works mean an arrangement of devices and structures for treatment of wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. Such terms are sometimes used synonymously in this division for the term "waste treatment plant," "wastewater treatment plant," "water pollution control plant"or"sewage treatment plant." Watercourse means a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently. WPCF means the Water Pollution Control Federation. (Code 1982, § 1300.00) Cross reference—Definitions generally, § 1-2. Sec. 78-92. - Powers of enforcement officers. (a) The city shall be permitted to gain access to such properties as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, maintenance and repair, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with provisions of this division. Any person found to be violating any provision of this division shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit shall be guilty of violation of the service contract and shall be temporarily disconnected from the sanitary sewer and/or water service. Such disconnection and reconnection would be at the total expense of the customer. (b) Where acids and chemicals damaging to sewer lines or treatment processes are released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper treatment of sewage, the city is authorized to immediately terminate service by such measures as are necessary to protect the facilities. (c) Any additional costs caused by discharges to the treatment works of toxins or other incompatible wastes, including the costs of restoring wastewater treatment services, cleanup and restoration of the receiving waters and environs and sludge disposal, shall be borne by the discharger of such wastes, at no expense to the city. (d) As a condition of use, the city shall be granted access by industrial users to information regarding industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the type and source of discharges to the wastewater collection system. (e) All work performed on private property by the city in the course of operating and maintaining the city's sewer utility shall be performed in full accordance with a duly negotiated and executed easement. (f) The city and its authorized employees shall observe all applicable safety rules while performing work on private property and the city shall hold the owner blameless for injury or death except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions. (Code 1982, § 1302.28(1), (2), (4)—(7)) Elk River, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 6