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( 6 ) ( 7 ) (8 ) the person a reasonable opportunity to present evidence to the Director that he or she is in compliance with this Ordinance. If the person does not present evidence, the Director shall order disconnection of the water and/or sewage service line after giving at least 24- hours prior notice. No public sewer connection or water connection disconnected shall be reconnected until the condition causing the disconnection has been corrected, and the correction is of a permanent nature. Measurement of Flow. The volume of flow used in computing surcharges shall be based upon the average of actual water usage for December, January, and February billing periods or the actual consumption, whichever is less. If a person has a substantial portion of the metered water that does not reach the sanitary sewer system, she/he may, at owner's expense and with the approval of the Director install a separate City of San Marcos water meter at the property line to measure the actual flow into the sanitary sewer. If the actual flow to the sanitary sewer is measured, the equipment used for measuring the flow, the flow reporting procedure and the billing procedures used shall be determined by a separate contractual agreement between the owner and the City of San Marcos. If the owner requests all wastewater charges be computed using the actual measured volume discharged to the sanitary sewer, the Utility Office shall be involved in any and all contracts with the owner. Determining the character and concentration of industrial waste. The industrial waste discharged or deposited into a sanitary sewer shall be subject to periodic inspection and sampling as often as may be deemed necessary by the Director. Samples shall be collected in such manner as to be representative of the character and concentration of the waste under operational conditions. The laboratory methods used in the examination of the samples shall be those set forth in the approved methods. The sampling schedule or program for determining the character and concentration of industrial waste shall be made by the Director at such times and on such basis as he or she may reasonably establish. Should the owner or occupant discharging industrial waste to a sanitary sewer desire that a determination of the quality of the industrial waste be made at some time other than that scheduled by the Director, a special determination may be made by the Director at the expense of the owner or occupant discharging the waste. Anyone found to have a discharge in violation of any part of this Ordinance may be charged a fee to cover the sampling and laboratory testing of all samples taken until the discharge is brought into compliance. Self Monitoring. Industries that have National Pretreatment Requirements promulgated by EPA shall follow the self- monitoring and reporting requirements published in the Federal Register. Any major wastewater discharger that discharges wastes to the sanitary sewer system of the City of San Marcos that is regulated by this Ordinance may, at either their option or the Director's option take periodic samples, analyze the samples for the presence and/or quantity of pollutants listed in this Ordinance and report the results to the Director. The frequency and methods of sampling and analysis shall be congruent with approved methods. Self-monitoring shall not replace the regular sampling and testing routine of the City of San Marcos. If a violation of this ordinance has bewen shown to exist then the Director may require, for a period of three months after conditions causing the violation have been corrected, self-monitoring for those parameters of the industrial waste causing the violation to have existed. -13-