§ 53.126 SURCHARGES.

   In addition to other elements of the total user charge system in §§ 53.118 and 53.120, the ordinance on file with the City Clerk shall provide for the following surcharges:

   (A)   A high strength waste surcharge established for pollutant levels (BOD, SS, and the like) which exceed the levels contained in the domestic strength wastewater of the service area. The surcharge shall be expressed as a formula with a per unit charge established for each applicable pollutant (see Appendix B of 40 C.F.R. § 35.900).

   (B)   The authority and intent shall be established to require each user discharging any toxic pollutants to pay the increased costs of managing the effluent or the sludge of the treatment works resulting from the discharge.

(1990 Code, § 3-220) (Ord. 389, passed 11-17-1992)