1. Civil Penalties. A User who has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this Code, an Individual Wastewater Discharge Permit or other Permit or order issued pursuant to this Code or any other statute or regulation or any other Pretreatment Standard or requirement shall be liable to the District for a civil penalty of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per day, per violation. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation and in the case of a monthly or long-term average violation of a Discharge limit, penalties shall accrue for each day during the period of the violation. In addition to the civil penalty, the District may recover reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with enforcement activities, including sampling and monitoring expenses, and the costs of any actual damages incurred by the District.

2. Injunctive Relief. When the District finds that any User has violated or continues to violate any provision of this Ordinance Code, an Individual Wastewater Discharge Permit, or any other Permit or order issued under this Code or any other law or regulation, or any other Pretreatment Standard or requirement, the District may petition the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, or any other court having jurisdiction, through the District’s attorney for the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction, as applicable, which restrains or compels the specific performance of the Individual Wastewater Discharge Permit order or other requirement imposed by this Ordinance or any other law or regulation on the activities of the User. The District may recover reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and other expenses associated with enforcement activities, including sampling and monitoring expenses and the costs of any actual damages incurred by the District in such action.

3. Administrative Citations. The District may, to enforce any applicable provisions of this Code, issue administrative citations pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 1 of this Code.

4. Administrative Complaints. In addition to all other remedies available at law, the Pinedale County Water District may, to enforce any applicable provisions of this Code, issue administrative complaints pursuant to §§54725, et seq., of the Government Code or any other applicable statue or regulation.

5. Cease and Desist Orders. The District may issue an order requiring the Customer to cease and desist any violation and to immediately comply with all requirements and take such remedial or preventative action as may be needed to properly address a continuing or threatened violation, including halting operations. The issuance of a cease-and-desist order shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action or the District pursuing any other remedy against the Customer.

6. Water Supply Severance. The District may order that the water service to the Customer be severed. Water service will only be reconnected, at the Customer’s expense, after the Customer has satisfactorily demonstrated to the District its ability to comply. [Ord. 2022-2 § 3, 2022.]