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Pg. 9 in §24-19. Thereafter, any person desiring to discharge industrial waste or pollutants into the sanitary sewer system shall, 60 days prior to any • such discharge, submit such an application. (b) Every application shall be reviewed by the director of Public Works or his assignee for approval or disapproval within 30 days of receipt. The director shall then submit each application to the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority for final approval or disapproval. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority shall approve or disapprove any application within 30 days of receipt. The Board of the Authority may extend the time for review for good cause. (c) Upon notice of final disapproval of any permit application or upon notice of modification of any permit, any person now discharging or desiring to discharge, industrial waste or pollutants into the sanitary sewer system shall submit a schedule for compliance with this article. Such schedule for compliance will be reviewed by the director of Public Works and the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority; and approval thereof will be determined based on the reasonableness of such schedule with regard to the relative cost, the degree of hazard to the integrity of the sanitary sewer system, and the public safety. In no case will the required time for full compliance with this article exceed three years. The director and the Authority may require full compliance with this article before the applicant may begin to discharge or continue to discharge any industrial waste or pollutants into the sanitary sewer system whenever the •Authority finds that such discharge is likely to pose an immediate danger to the sanitary sewer system of the Authority or the health, safety and general welfare of the public. (d) Upon final approval of an application for a permit to discharge industrial waste or pollutants into the sanitary sewer system the director of Public Works shall issue such permit. SECTION 24-21. Measurement of volume of industrial waste. The volume of industrial waste discharged by any person into the sanitary sewer system shall be measured by one or more of the following methods: (a) If the volume of waste water produced by any person in his industrial or process operations is substantially the same as the volume of water purchased from the city, then the volume of water purchased shall be considered to be the volume of waste discharged. (b) If, in the establishment of any person discharging industrial waste into the sanitary sewer system, a substantial portion of the water purchased from the city is used for purposes resulting in normal domestic sewage, for cooling purposes, or for purposes that do not require the 0