(A) This section will set the rates to be charged to users for the collection and treatment of sewage. Each user shall pay for the sewage collection and treatment services provided by the city based on his or her use of the system as determined by water meters acceptable to the city.
(B) (1) For residential contributors, monthly user charges for the collection and treatment of sewage will be based on monthly water usage.
(2) For residential and commercial contributors, user charges for the collection and treatment of sewage shall be based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive user of water, or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the user charge for that contributor may be based on a wastewater meter or separate water meters installed and maintained at the city contributor’s expense and in a manner acceptable to the city.
(C) The minimum charge per month for the collection and treatment of sewage shall be $7.07 for the first 1,000 gallons for residential contributors and $7.07; for the first 1,000 gallons for other than residential contributors. In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge rate of $2.91 per 1,000 gallons of water (or wastewater) above the minimum as determined in the preceding section.
(D) (1) For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of which is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition to normal user charges will be collected.
(2) The surcharge is:
(a) $0.55 per pound BOD; and
(b) $0.41 per pound SS.
(E) Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the city’s system, or any water user which discharges any substances which singly or by interaction with other substances which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of the system, shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the treatment plant operator and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
(F) The user charge rates established in this section apply to all users, regardless of their location, of the city’s system.
(Ord. 91-001, passed 1-15-1991)