Common use of Sampling Program Clause in Contracts

Sampling Program. 3.1 Not less than once in every (month/week), the Corporation will – a) Take either a grab sample or a composite sample over a 24 hour period of trade waste discharged at the sampling point(s) and b) Record the time and date when the sample is taken; and c) As a minimum determine and record the concentrations of the following components and characteristics in the sample. • Biochemical Oxygen Demand • Suspended Solids • Total Dissolved Solids • EC • pH • any other test deemed necessary 3.2 The sampling program outlined in sub-clause 3.1 above provides the basis for calculating monthly accounts. In addition, at any time samples may be collected to assess the quality of waste being discharged to the Corporation’s sewer. Grab samples may be used in place of composite samples for the purpose of calculating monthly fees or establishing compliance with this Agreement where: • There is evidence to suggest that a composite sample has been tampered with. • Collection of a composite sample is not easily achieved. • The Authorised Officer determines a composite sample to be misrepresentative of the waste quality discharged to the Corporation’s sewer. • 3.3 In situations where sample results are not available (ie. have not been provided or obtained) for any or all of the above parameters at 3.1 (c) the Corporation reserves the right to estimate the result/s based on the average of the same month of the previous three years, or any other means deemed appropriate by the Authorised Officer.

Sampling Program. 3.1 Not less than once in every (month/week), the Corporation will – a) Take either a grab sample or a composite sample over a 24 hour period of trade waste discharged at the sampling point(s) and b) Record the time and date when the sample is taken; and c) As a minimum determine and record the concentrations of the following components and characteristics in the sample. • Biochemical Oxygen Demand • Suspended Solids • Total Dissolved Solids • EC • pH • any other test deemed necessary 3.2 The sampling program outlined in sub-clause 3.1 above provides the basis for calculating monthly accounts. In addition, at any time samples may be collected to assess the quality of waste being discharged to the Corporation’s sewer. Grab samples may be used in place of composite samples for the purpose of calculating monthly fees or establishing compliance with this Agreement where: • There is evidence to suggest that a composite sample has been tampered with. • Collection of a composite sample is not easily achieved. • The Authorised Officer determines a composite sample to be misrepresentative of the waste quality discharged to the Corporation’s sewer. • 3.3 In situations where sample results are not available (ie. i.e. have not been provided or obtained) for any or all of the above parameters at 3.1 (c) the Corporation reserves the right to estimate the result/s based on the average of the same month of the previous three years, or any other means deemed appropriate by the Authorised Officer.