To provide for the recovery of costs from users of the POTW and for the implementation of the pretreatment program established by this chapter, the following fees are hereby established and shall be applicable to discharges by all users:
A. Fees And Charges Enumerated: All users shall be subject to the following fees and charges:
1. The wastewater discharge permit application fee shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a Class A permit, one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a Class B permit, and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a soil/groundwater remediation permit.
2. The annual fee for a Class A wastewater discharge permit shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
3. The annual fee for a Class B wastewater discharge permit shall be four hundred dollars ($400.00).
4. The fee paid by each industrial user when an accidental discharge or slug load occurs shall be up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The fee shall reimburse the WRA for any costs incurred as a result of the discharge.
5. The fee for sampling a user's discharge shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per day when using a twenty four (24) hour automatic sampler. The fee for subsequent consecutive days and for collecting grab samples shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) per day. When a sampling event must be rescheduled due to failure of the user's sampling equipment or due to a sampler seal (used to detect sample tampering) being broken, a trip charge of twenty five dollars ($25.00) and a rescheduling fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be assessed. The trip charge fee may be waived if the user informs the WRA of sampling equipment failure prior to eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. of a scheduled sampling day.
6. Laboratory analysis fees for those analyses performed by the WRA shall be as follows:
LABORATORY ANALYSIS FEES
Test | Cost/Sample | |
Test | Cost/Sample | |
BOD | $ 20.00 | |
COD | 20.00 | |
Total organic carbon (TOC) | 20.00 | |
TSS | 10.00 | |
pH | 5.00 | |
Oil and grease - total | 35.00 | |
Mineral/nonmineral | 35.00 | |
Nitrogen, ammonia | 15.00 | |
Nitrogen, nitrate | 15.00 | |
TKN | 30.00 | |
Phosphorous, total | 25.00 | |
Potassium | 12.00 | |
Calcium carbonate equivalent | 15.00 | |
Soil analysis, each pollutant | 20.00 | |
Phenols | 28.00 | |
Cyanide | 30.00 | |
Metals: | ||
Arsenic | 20.00 | |
Selenium | 20.00 | |
Mercury | 25.00 | |
Other metals (per parameter) | 15.00 | |
BETX (OA-1) | 40.00 | |
VPH (OA-1) | 40.00 | |
BETX and VPH (OA-1) | 45.00 | |
USEPA Tests: | ||
608 Organochlorine pesticides and PCBs | 70.00 | |
624 Volatile organic compounds | 140.00 | |
625 Base/neutral organic compounds | 290.00 | |
625 Acid/organic compounds | 290.00 | |
7. Fees for analysis performed by laboratories other than the WRA laboratory shall be the full cost of each analysis.
8. Fees for annual or biannual inspections of permitted users shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for those holding a Class A permit and fifty dollars ($50.00) for those holding a Class B permit.
9. Fees for copying and mailing documents shall be one dollar ($1.00) for the initial page and twenty five cents ($0.25) for each additional page plus postage. No charges shall be assessed for requests for copies received from individuals or agencies served by the WRA, provided the number of pages requested does not exceed ten (10).
10. Fees for past due reminders sent each thirty (30) days that a balance remains unpaid shall be five dollars ($5.00).
11. Prohibitive waste charges for each pollutant discharged in excess of permit or ordinance limits shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) per day for Class B permit holders and fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for Class A permit holders. High strength charges shall double if discharges are slug loads. Payment of fees does not preclude other enforcement action and may not be paid in lieu of compliance with discharge limitations.
12. Fees for inspection of a food service establishment as defined in article A of this chapter, regulation of fats, oils, and grease discharge by food service establishments, shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per visit.
B. Surcharges:
1. All users contributing wastewater in excess of the following concentrations shall be assessed a surcharge, which shall be in addition to the rates and charges ordinarily billed to such users for sewer use:
Pollutant | Surcharge (Per Pound) |
Suspended solids in excess of 250 mg/L | $0.16 |
BOD or CBOD in excess of 200 mg/L | 0.11 |
TKN in excess of 30 mg/L | 0.61 |
Oil and grease in excess of 100 mg/L | 0.06 |
2. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) in excess of three hundred milligrams per liter (300 mg/L) may be used at the discretion of the WRA Director in lieu of CBOD. In such case, the excess COD concentration shall be multiplied by the known CBOD/COD ratio or by a ratio of two-thirds (2/3) to establish an equivalent CBOD concentration. Ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) in excess of fifteen milligrams per liter (15 mg/L) may be used at the discretion of the WRA Director in lieu of TKN by multiplying the excess NH3-N concentration times two (2) to establish an equivalent TKN concentration.
C. Effective Date: The establishment and imposition of new or different fees or charges, in addition or in substitution for those provided above in this section, shall be by ordinance amending this chapter. The amounts of the fees and charges established in this section shall be and remain in effect until such time as the WRA Board shall by resolution revise said fee amounts. Said revised fees and charges shall take effect after the board causes said resolution to be sent to the City Council and thereafter causes same to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which participating communities are located. (Ord. 1069, 3-14-2019)