§ 51.31 SEWER CHARGES BASED ON WATER USAGE.
   (A)   Water obtained from the town's water utility. The sewer charges made for sewerage service rendered to each lot, parcel of real estate or building having any connection with the town's sewerage system or otherwise discharging sewage into that system, either directly or indirectly, shall be based upon the quantity of water presumed to enter the public sewers after being used in or on the property, as the quantity is measured by the water meter or meters therein used by the town's water utility, except as herein otherwise provided.
   (B)   Water obtained from other sources. Where the property obtains any part or all of the water used from sources other than the town's water utility, the owner or the tenant may be required by the town to install and maintain at his own expense a meter or meters acceptable to the town for the purpose of measuring the quantity of water obtained from these other sources, or the town may deter mine the quantity of such water by whatever means and methods it may find practicable.
   (C)   Exempt water - general. Where a significant portion of the metered water does not and cannot enter the sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, and where the quantity of water entering the premises averages more than 20,000 gallons per month, the person having charge of the property may request permission from the town to install at his own expense either an approved meter or meters to determine the quantity of water that cannot enter the sewerage system or an approved sewage-measuring device or devices to determine the volume of sewage that actually enters the sewerage system; when appropriate, the town reserves the right to determine by whatever other means and methods it may find practicable the percentage of the property's metered water that enters the sewerage system. In any case the user charge shall be applied to the quantity of water that can or actually does enter the public sewers.
   (D)   Metering of sewage. The town may require a user to install and maintain at his own expense an approved device to measure directly the volumes of wastes discharged to the sewerage system if these volumes cannot otherwise be determined from the metered-water consumption records. Any non-residential user whose monthly water consumption is 2,000 gallons or more shall install a meter. The town shall inspect and approve such installations and no such service, once installed, shall be removed without the town's approval.
(Ord. passed 11-3-1975)