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ample room in or near such control manhole or facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, sampling equipment and measuring devices shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user. "(c) Plans and specifications for constructions of monitoring facilities shall conform to City standards and shall be approved by the city engineer. Rental or lease of suitable equipment on an as needed basis in lieu of permanent installation may be acceptable subject to approval by the supervisor; such approval shall not release the user from the requirement to provide sampling facilities which are accessible to the City and which are secured and protected. (Ord. No. 92-029, § 1, 7-13-92) "Sec. 34-75. Flow measuring devices. "(a) Users contributing twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day of normal domestic wastewater or its equivalent in BOD and/or suspended solids loading and any user having a wastewater contribution permit may be required to provide at the user's cost and expense a device for measuring wastewater flow. Its specifications shall be approved by the city engineer. Users contributing less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day have the option of installing an approved flow measuring device. If no flow-measuring device is installed surcharges will be based one hundred (100) percent of water usage. "(b) Any user desiring to have his regular wastewater charges based on less than the percentage return in effect at the time shall install, at his own expense, an approved flow-measuring device or if the user is able to furnish records and amounts of water usage incorporated in final products not returned to the POTW verifiable by the City, he may have his regular wastewater charges based on a percentage return less than that in effect at the time subject to the approval of the city manager. "(c) All flow meters and/or devices shall be installed so they may be easily cleaned, serviced, inspected and calibrated and in properly operating conditions at all times. The City may inspect these devices for compliance with this article at its discretion. (Ord. No. 92-029, § 1, 7-13-92) "Sec. 34-76. Pretreatment. "(a) Users shall provide necessary wastewater pretreatment as required to comply with this article and shall achieve compliance with all federal categorical pretreatment standards within the limitations as specified by the federal pretreatment regulations. Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the City shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's cost and expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and their operating procedures shall be submitted to the City for review, and shall be approved by the City before construction of the facility. The review of such plans and operating procedure will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as 18