(A)
The following schedule of rates shall apply to each user where sewer is available. This combined schedule includes rates, for user and debt service charges, based on the volume of metered or estimated water consumption.
Sewer Rate Schedule (Based on Water Consumption) | |
Water Consumption per Month | Combined |
Sewer Rate Schedule (Based on Water Consumption) | |
Water Consumption per Month | Combined |
First 267 cubic feet | $21.12* |
Next 401 cubic feet | $0.0717 per cubic feet |
Next 2,006 cubic feet | $0.0646 per cubic feet |
Next 4,011 cubic feet | $0.0529 per cubic feet |
Over 6,685 cubic feet | $0.0561 per cubic feet |
NOTES TO TABLE: *Minimum bill | |
(B) Normal monthly billings for sewer service shall be determined on the basis of each user’s metered water consumption and rates provided in division (A) above. It is recognized in the assessment of such charges that not all metered water consumption is returned to the sewers. For the purpose of assessing service charges equitably, the average percentage of metered water consumption returned to the sewer is deemed to be 90%. Where it can be evidenced that the proportion of metered water consumption actually returned to the treatment system by an individual customer is significantly different from 90%, service charges shall be determined on the basis of actual wastewater discharge. In this event, the volume of wastewater discharge shall be determined by using additional water meters to segregate water consumption that is returned to the sewers and/or actual metering of wastewater flows and/or any other procedure agreed upon by the user and Superintendent of the city sewer system as a reasonable method of determining flows. The city reserves the right to require the installation of additional water meters and/or wastewater flow meters for the purpose of determining actual monthly wastewater flows.
(C) In the event that the Superintendent shall permit a user to discharge wastes to the sewage works having an average biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) content in excess of 250 mg/liter and/or an average suspended solids (SS) content in excess of 300 mg/liter and/or an average ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) content in excess of 25 mg/liter, the user shall pay a surcharge based upon the excess strength of its wastes.
(D) The following surcharge rates shall apply to each user of the sewage works that has received permission from the Superintendent to contribute excessive strength sewage.
Surcharge Rates
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BOD | $0.21 per pound |
NH3-N | $0.82 per pound |
SS | $0.21 per pound |
(E) Commercial out of city sewer rates. The following schedule of rates shall apply to each out of city user where sewer is available. This combined schedule includes rates, for user and debt service charges, based on volume of meter usage.
Commercial Out of City Sewer Rate Schedule (Based on Meter Usage) | |
Sewer Usage per Month | Combined |
First 267 cubic ft. | $26.32* minimum |
All over 267 | $0.07 per cubic ft. |
NOTES TO TABLE: *Minimum rate | |
(Prior Code, § 50.61) (Ord. passed 3-6-1989; Ord. 610.01, passed 8-19-1996; Ord. 50, passed 4-18-2005; Ord. 50, passed 11-27-2006; Ord. 50, passed 6-2-2009; Ord. 50, passed 5-19-2014; Ord. 50, passed 6-12-2017; Ord. 2018-06, passed 9-24-2018; Ord. 2022-03, passed 6-27-2022; Ord. 2023-06, passed 6-23-2023)