(a) In order to comply with federal regulations, in the case of federal grant assistance for the construction of wastewater treatment works, where it has been determined that industrial users, as defined in Section 927.49 above, or as amended by appropriate federal regulations, are required to reimburse a portion of the federal grant amount allocable to the capital cost of constructing facilities for the treatment of industrial users, rates, and charges shall be collected from each industrial user connected to the municipal sewage works or who otherwise discharges sewage, water, or liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the municipal wastewater treatment system, which charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determinable in the following.
(b) The industrial cost recovery charges for the treatment of industrial wastes shall be based upon the volume of sewage flow billed to industrial users, as determined in accordance with appropriate provisions for determining billed flow included in the sewer rate ordinance and the total strength and character of industrial wastes which is introduced into the waste treatment system. The industrial user shall furnish a control sampling point available to the City at all times. The strength and character of industrial wastes shall be measured at the industrial user's expense. The industnal cost recovery rates for the treatment of wastes shall be as follows:
Measurement | Rate |
Monthly volume flow, which includes normal domestic wastes, BOD 240 mg/1 and suspended
solids 240 mg/l
$0.037/1000 gallon
Monthly pounds of BOD in excess of 240 mg/l
0.12/pound
Monthly pounds of suspended solids in excess of 240 mg/l
0.12/pound
(c) The rates stated in subsection (b) above would result in total recovery of the federal grant amount if all users were subject to the industrial cost recovery requirement, and provided that the treatment plant was operated at capacity during the cost recovery period. Therefore, these rates will insure that each industrial user will pay only that portion of the federal grant amount applicable to the costs of the treatment facilities actually utilized to treat industrial wastes, as determined by each industrial user's flow and pollutant loadings.
(d) In the event an industrial user can and does show to the satisfaction of the City that a portion of the total monthly billed sewage flow is from sanitary conveniences, then the flow and pollutant loadings to which the industrial cost recovery charge is applied shall be determined on the basis of net flow and pollutant loadings excluding sanitary conveniences.
(e) The industrial cost recovery charges for treatment services shall be prepared and billed monthly. (Ord. 1980-14. Passed 2-12-80.)