(A) In order that rates and charges may be justly and equitably adjusted to the service rendered to any user, including commercial, industrial and public or private schools, the town shall base its charges not only on the volume, but also on the strength and character of the sewage and waste which the sewer system is required to treat and dispose of. The town shall require the owner or user to determine the volume, the strength and content of all sewage and waste discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewer system, in a manner and by a manner and by a method as the town may deem practical in light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge. All users, owners or other industrial users shall furnish a central sampling point available to the town at all times.
(B) The town may require any owner or occupant of a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sewage into the town's sewage system, either directly or indirectly, to measure by water meter the amount of water used in order to ascertain the rate or charge provided in this chapter and the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her own expense, install and maintain a meter or meters acceptable to the town for that purpose.
(C) Normal domestic waste strength should not exceed a biochemical oxygen demand of 200 parts per million, or suspended solids in excess of 200 parts per million. Any and all commercial and industrial installations shall be so controlled and/or treated as to the sewage strength that their affluent discharged to the town's sewer treatment works shall not exceed the normal domestic waste strength. In the event of unusual circumstances which prevent adequate pretreatment of industrial waste, additional charges for treating stronger than normal strength domestic wastes shall be as follows:
(1) Special use rate based upon BOD. There shall be an additional charge of $0.25 per pound of biochemical oxygen demand in excess of 200 PPM; and
(2) Special use rate based upon suspended solids. There shall be an additional charge of $0.25 per pound of suspended solids in excess of 200 PPM.
(Ord. 2-1986, passed 10-9-1986)