Rates and charges for the use of the village sewer system are based on water meter readings of the amount of water consumed by a user. The rates and charges are as follows:
SEWER RATES & CHARGES |
SEWER RATES & CHARGES | |||
Fiscal Year | 2024 | ||
Monthly Minimum Charges | |||
up to 1" service | $18.51 | ||
1.25-1.5" service | $27.77 | ||
2" service | $37.02 | ||
3" service | $55.53 | ||
4" service | $74.04 | ||
6" service | $111.06 | ||
8" service | $148.08 | ||
10" service | $185.10 | ||
12" service | $222.13 | ||
Combined Water Usage Rate (per 1,000 gallons) | $12.36 | ||
(A) The rates listed above take effect on May 1, 2023.
(B) The user shall pay the listed monthly minimum charge plus the product of the water used during that month at the specified rate per 1,000 gallons. Charges are applicable in the fiscal year which the water was consumed.
(C) Non-residents. Wherever any facility, dwelling, or building uses either sewer or water, or both, and such facility, dwelling, or building is located outside the village limits, then the user or same shall pay a rate 150% of the residential rates and charges provided in this chapter.
(D) The sewer rates and charges are based on the water usage as recorded by approved water meters and/or sewage meters for waste-water having concentrations of 250 mg/l of BOD and 300 mg/l of total suspended solids.
(1) Metered usage shall be read to the lowest even increment of 100 gallons.
(2) Sewer users who obtain any portion of their water service from other than the village water supply shall install and maintain, at no expense to the village, water meters of a type approved by the Superintendent for the purpose of metering the water usage obtained from such other sources.
(3) Wherever required by the Superintendent, sewage metering devices shall be installed and maintained, at no expense to the village, when the volume of wastewater discharged to the public sewer cannot be otherwise determined by use of water meters.
(4) Metering devices shall not be removed without the consent of the Superintendent unless sewer use service is cancelled.
(E) The sewer rates and charges to be paid by all non-metered sewer users shall be equal to consumption of 10,000 gallons per month.
(F) Whenever the Superintendent determines that a non-metered sewer user is discharging more than 10,000 gallons per month, the Superintendent may require such non-metered user to install metering devices on the building water supply or building sewer to measure the volume of wastewater discharged to the public sewer.
(G) Surcharge program.
(1) A treatment service surcharge shall be levied to all non-residential users whose wastewater contains a concentration of a pollutant which exceeds a surcharge pollutant concentration threshold listed in the Village of Itasca Surcharge Policy (surcharge policy). Surchargeable pollutants include, but are not limited to:
(a) Ammonia-nitrogen;
(b) Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD);
(c) Fats, oils, and grease (FOG);
(d) Phosphorus; and/or
(e) Total suspended solids (TSS).
(2) A surcharge is applicable to the mass of pollutant discharged above the surcharge pollutant concentration threshold.
(3) The village retains the ability to waive the surcharge fee for one or more pollutants.
(4) Pollutant concentrations in a non-residential user’s wastewater shall be determined by wastewater sampling performed in accordance with techniques prescribed in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 40 Part 136. Sampling and analysis shall be conducted as often as deemed necessary by the Superintendent and shall be binding as the basis for calculating the surcharge.
(5) The appropriate flow measurement devices and methods consistent with approved scientific practices shall be selected and used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of measurements of the volume of monitored discharges. The devices used to monitor flow are subject to the approval of the village and shall be installed, calibrated, and maintained to ensure that the accuracy of the measurements is consistent with the accepted capability of that type of device. Devices selected shall be capable of measuring flows with a maximum deviation of less than 10% from true discharge rates throughout the range of expected discharge volumes.
(6) The surcharge rates are contained in the surcharge policy and shall be reviewed at the discretion of the village. Proposed modifications to surcharge rates shall be approved by the Director, Superintendent, and the Village Finance Director.
(7) The village shall make a written or digital copy of the current version of the surcharge policy available, within a reasonable amount of time, upon the request of a non-residential user of the village water supply and POTW who is, or in the opinion of the village has the possibility to be, subject to the surcharge program. A user desiring a copy of the surcharge policy should contact Village Hall.
(Ord. 695, passed 5-22-90; Am. Ord. 1550-10, passed 11-2-10; Am. Ord. 1570-11, passed 4-19-11; Am. Ord. 1596-11, passed 12-13-11; Am. Ord. 1709-14, passed 10-21-14; Am. Ord. 1784-15, passed 12-15-15; Am. Ord. 1805-16, passed 6-7-16; Am. Ord. 1815-16, passed 9-6-16; Am. Ord. 1930-19, passed 12-17-19; Am. Ord. 2047-22, passed 12-20-22; Am. Ord. 2066-23, passed 5-2-23) Penalty, see § 54.99