(A) In order that the rates and charges may be justly an equitably adjusted to the service rendered, the town shall base its charges not only on volume, but also on the strength and character of the sewage and waste which it is required to treat and dispose of. The town shall require the customer, at the customer's expense, to measure and determine the strength and content of all sewage and waste discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the town's sanitary sewer system or sewage treatment works in such manner and by such method as may be deemed practical in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge. Any and all commercial and industrial installations shall be so controlled and/or treated as to the sewage strength that their effluent discharged to the town's sewer system shall have a biochemical oxygen demand not to exceed 250 parts per million and suspended solids not to exceed 250 parts per million at any time.
In case the town permits any user to discharge industrial waste into the town's sewer system in excess of the foregoing strength, additional rates shall be imposed as follows:
(1) For five-day BOD in excess of two and one-tenth pounds for each 1,000 gallons of sewage and wastes, an additional charge of $0.07 shall be made for each pound.
(2) For suspended solids in excess of two and one-tenth pounds for each 1,000 gallons of sewage and wastes, an additional charge of $0.07 shall be made for each pound.
(B) The town shall prohibit the dumping of industrial wastes which, in its discretion, affect and are deemed harmful to the operation of the sewage treatment works of the town, or may require methods of pretreatment of wastes to reduce the characteristics of the waste satisfactory to the town.
('80 Code, § 13.40.030) Penalty, see § 51.999
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 11.053