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(A) If the concentration of the sewage from any user, except those subject to industrial charges, exceeds the level of 250 mg/l BOD and 300 mg/l suspended solids, they shall be subject to a surcharge for that portion of the contribution which exceeds those limits. Any industrial user which discharges an amount of flow, BOD, or suspended solids in excess of their allocated industrial capacity as documented in letters of intent submitted to the state Department of Environmental Control and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall be subject to a surcharge for that portion of the contribution which exceeds their allocated industrial capacity. The formula for determining the surcharge is as follows:
Surcharge= [BC (B)+SC (S)+PC (P)]
BC= Cost for plant operation and maintenance and plant equipment replacement of a unit of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
B= Concentration of BOD from a user above base level
SC= Cost for plant operation and maintenance and plant equipment replacement of a unit of suspended solids
S= Concentration of suspended solids from a user above base level
PC= Cost for plant operation and maintenance and plant equipment replacement of a unit of any pollutant
P= Concentration of any pollutant from a user above a base level
(B) If the experienced additional cost associated with high strength wastes are not recovered by the industrial rate charges or above surcharges, the city shall have the option to review the effect any user (all classifications) has on the wastewater system and establish a higher rate, if necessary, for the excessive amount of BOD, SS, or other applicable pollutants.
(C) Any user who violates the limitations of this section or discharges a contaminate that proves detrimental to the proper operation of the sewage treatment facilities shall be liable for its proportionate share of any and all fines and penalties assessed against the city as a result of such violation.
(Prior Code, § 3-228)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 16-681
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 treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of the treatment works, shall pay for the increased costs. The charge to each user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 3-229)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 16-681
For connection with and service by the municipal sewerage system, each user outside the city shall pay a sewer use charge as prescribed in § 51.071. Connections with systems outside the corporate limits of the city may be made only when permission therefor is granted by the city.
(Prior Code, § 3-231)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 16-681
BILLING AND COLLECTION
(A) The sewer use charges pursuant to this chapter shall be applied separately to each individual water meter which measures water contributing to or discharging into the city sewerage system and shall be determined by the water meter readings for water furnished by the water works system of the city or by privately owned water supply which may contribute to or discharge into the sewerage system. In the case of unmetered water supply, the quantity of water used and discharged into the sewerage system shall be determined to the satisfaction of the City Manager at the expense of the owner of the unmetered water supply. If the quantity of unmetered water discharged into the sewerage system is estimated by the City Manager to be in excess of the amount permitted to be used under the minimum charge as applied to the user, the City Manager may require that the water supply be metered at the expense of the owner or user thereof.
(B) Should any meter get out of order or repair and fail to register properly, the user using the meter will be charged at the average quarterly consumption as shown by the meter when in order for six months previous, or fraction thereof if the same has not been used that long.
(Prior Code, § 3-232)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 16-681
All sewer use charges prescribed by this chapter shall be a lien upon the premises and real estate for which the sewer service is supplied and used and if not paid when due, the charge shall be certified to the City Treasurer and may be recovered by the city in an action at law and it may be certified to the County Clerk and assessed against the real estate and premises served, and be collected and returned in the same manner as other city taxes are certified, assessed, collected, and returned.
(Prior Code, § 3-233)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 16-681
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