If a user feels that a significant amount of metered water does not reach the sanitary sewer, a customer may avail himself or herself of one of the following options.
(A) The customer may request the Council to have additional meters or metered services installed as are necessary to calculate the volume of water not discharged to the sanitary sewer (i.e., a deduct meter), or the customer may request the Council to have a meter installed to measure the actual amount of sewage discharged to the sanitary sewer (i.e., a sewage meter). Requests for a second meter or metered services must be made in writing to the Council. In the event the Council agrees to the installations, the customer shall be charged all costs attendant thereto including, but not limited to, a meter yoke for each meter (to be installed by a licensed plumber), meter rental (the meter will be owned by the city and subject to access and inspection by the city personnel at all reasonable times) in an amount set annually by the Council, remote reading device(s) if necessary and labor and miscellaneous parts and supplies. No provision shall be made, nor shall any means be taken, to route water from any deduct meter to the customer’s general distribution system. In addition to the remedies set forth in § 53.151 of this chapter, any violation of this chapter will result in nullification of the deduct readings and removal of the deduct meter.
(B) In the event it is physically impractical or impossible to install metering equipment, the customer may request the Council to take means as it deems necessary to formulate an estimate of the amount of water not being discharged into the sanitary sewerage system or, conversely, the amount of actual sewage discharged thereto.
(C) (1) Neither of the options set forth in this section shall be applicable or available to customers for reasons which are attendant to use of water for the filling of pools or watering of lawns and outdoor greenery.
(2) This seasonal use of water (that does not reach the sewer system) has been figured into the rates for the second and third quarter. The residential water usage for the second and third quarters are compared with the water usage for the quarter containing the month of December (provided, this quarter includes a full quarter of water usage). The water bills for the second and third quarters will be based on the lowest measured water usage of the second quarter bill and the third quarter bill compared to the quarter water bill containing the month of December.
(2004 Code, § 53.101) (Ord. 781, passed 7-19-1988)