APPLICABILITY.
Applicable to entire territory served.
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE.
Available for general domestic, commercial, industrial and resale service.
RATES
Domestic Rates (based upon metered volume of water supplied) | |
Customer charge | $6.76 |
Commodity charge | $6.38 per 1,000 gallons |
Commercial and Industrial Rates (based upon metered volume of water supplied) | |
Customer charge | $6.76 |
Commodity charge | $8.98 per 1,000 gallons |
Resale Rates to Other Utilities (based upon metered wastewater flow) | |
Commodity charge | $4.64 per 1,000 gallons |
MINIMUM BILL
No bill will be rendered for less than $13.16 per month for Domestic Service or for less than $15.75 per month for Commercial or Industrial Service.
GENERAL TERMS
PUMPING SERVICE
The above rates and charges are subject to a twenty-five percent (25%) surcharge where it is necessary for the City to provide pumping service in order that the existing gravity sewer system can receive wastes from all or part of a particular drainage area, exclusive of the main pumping service now provided at the treatment works.
DOMESTIC SECURITY DEPOSITS
A refundable security deposit of $50.00 shall be required prior to being connected or reconnected. Said deposit will be refunded with interest (at a rate as provided annually by the Public Service Commission) after 12 consecutive months of on time payments, except for tenants, which the City shall hold until the tenant discontinues service.
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECURITY DEPOSITS
A refundable security deposit not to exceed 1/6 of the average annual charge shall be required of commercial and industrial customers prior to being connected or reconnected. Said deposit will be refunded with interest (at a rate as provided annually by the Public Service Commission) after 12 consecutive months of one time payments.
SERVICE CONNECTION FEE, RESIDENTIAL
(1) To apply where an opening for residential connection must be made by the Moundsville Sanitary Department in its collector sewer line or manhole, and a service line laid from such opening to the customer pipe at property line.
(2) The connection fee shall be the greater of $750.00 or the actual cost for the connection.
(3) When the distance from the Moundsville Sanitary Department’s connection opening to Customers pipe at the property line connection point, exceeds 50 feet, customer will be charged a fee according to number two (2) above for the first 50 feet plus $25.00 per foot for all service pipe over 50 feet.
(4) All residential sewer tap applications must be approved by the Moundsville Sanitary Department or a representative of the Department before installation.
SERVICE CONNECTION FEE, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL
(1) To apply where an opening for commercial or industrial connection must be made by the Moundsville Sanitary Department in its collector sewer line stub out or any manhole. A service line shall be run by the property owner or contractor from the commercial or industrial building to the nearest sewer line stub out or manhole for the sewer connection.
(2) The connection fee shall be the greater of $500.00 or the actual cost of connection for a commercial or industrial tap.
(3) The Moundsville Sanitary Department reserves the right to inspect all installation of the sewer line stub out from the building to its connecting point as explained in item number 1. The fees for inspection will be further explained below.
(4) All commercial or industrial sewer taps applications must be approved by the Moundsville Sanitary Department or a representative of the Department before installation.
INSPECTION
The Sanitary Department shall inspect all construction work performed relating to extensions of mains and other construction of sanitary facilities, in order to insure that all work performed is in conformance with the Sanitary Department’s design and installation requirements. The fee for such inspection services shall be $100.00 per day. Such fee shall be payable to the Moundsville Sanitary Department by the contractor or other individual primarily responsible for the construction work performed.
SEWER TAP INSPECTION FEE
The sewer tap inspection fee shall be $100.
DISCONNECTION/RECONNECT/ADMINISTRATIVE FEE
Whenever water service has been disconnected for non-payment of sewer bills, the customer shall be charged a disconnect, reconnect, and/or administrative fee in the same amount as the Sanitary Department is charged by the customer’s water utility.
INCREMENTAL LEAK ADJUSTMENT (limited to two monthly billings)
$1.00 per 1,000 gallons. To be used when the bill reflects unusual consumption which can be attributed to eligible water leakage on the customer’s side of the meter. This rate shall be applied to all such unusual consumption above the customer’s historical average usage.
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY
Apartment buildings and other multiple occupancy buildings shall be required to pay not less than the monthly Minimum Bill for each unit. Hotels and motels shall be exempt from this multiple occupancy charge.
House trailer or mobile home courts served through a single meter shall be required to pay the monthly Minimum Bill multiplied by the number of units in place at the time the meter is read each month.
DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY
The above schedule is net. On all accounts not paid in full within 20 days of the date of bill, ten percent (10%) will be added to the net amount shown. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is only to be collected once for each bill where it is appropriate.
RETURNED CHECK CHARGE
A service charge equal to the actual bank fee assessed to the Moundsville Sanitary Board or a maximum of $25.00 will be imposed upon any customer whose check for payment of charges is returned by their bank due to insufficient funds.
SURFACE OR GROUND WATER SURCHARGE
Surface or Ground Water Surcharge
An additional amount shall be charged where surface or ground water is introduced into the sanitary system where evidence of a violation exists.
Surcharge formula to be applied in cases where surface drainage is connected to the utility’s sewer system.
Applicability
Whenever the utility has discovered that a customer’s roof drain, downspout, storm sewer or similar facilities conducting surface water have been connected to the utility’s sewer system, and such customer has failed to take appropriate action, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a demand by the utility in accordance with the Rules of the Public Service Commission, to eliminate such connection, a surcharge will be imposed upon the customer calculated on the basis of the following formula:
S = A x R x .0006233 x C
S = The surcharge in dollars
A = The area under roof and/or the area of any other water collection surface connected to the sanitary sewer, in square feet.
R = The measured monthly rainfall, in inches.
.0006233 = A conversion factor to change inches of rain x square feet of surface to thousands of gallons of water.
.0008333 = A conversion factor to change inches of rain x square feet of surface water to $ per 100 cubic feet
C = The utility’s approved rate per thousand gallons of metered water usage.
The utility shall not impose the surcharge unless and until the customer has been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, that it has been established by smoke testing, dye testing, or on-site inspection that rain or surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system at the customer’s location, and that the customer has not acted within thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice to divert the water from the sanitary sewer system.
Said surcharge shall be calculated and imposed for each month that said condition continues to exist. Failure to pay the surcharge and/or correct the situation shall give rise to the possible termination of water service in accordance with the Rules of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
Ci = VoVi + BoBi + SoSi
Surcharge Formula to be applied to a customer producing unusual waste.
The charge for the treatment of unusual waste will be calculated on the basis of the following formula:
Ci = charge to unusual users per year
Vo = average unit cost of transport and treatment chargeable to volume, in dollars per gallon
Vi = volume of waste water from unusual users, in gallons per year
Bo = average unit cost of treatment, chargeable to Biochemical, Oxygen Demand (BOD), in dollars per pound
Bi = weight of BOD from unusual users, in pounds per year
So = average unit costs of treatment (including sludge treatment) chargeable to total solids, in dollars per pound
Si = weight of total solids from unusual users, in pounds per year
When an unusual user is to be served, a preliminary study of its wastes, and the costs of transport and treatment thereof, will be made. Waste containing materials which, in the judgment of the utility should not be introduced into the sewer system need not be handled by it. The results of the preliminary study will be used to determine the feasibility of the proposed sewer service and the charge therefore, based upon the formula set out above.
Thereafter, unusual sewage will be monitored on a regular basis and at the conclusion of each fiscal year, based on the investigation aforesaid and audit of the utility records, new cost figures will be calculated for use in the above formula. The cost of establishing the monitoring facilities shall be paid by the unusual user. Based on these audited figures, additional billings covering the past fiscal year will be made for payment by each unusual user, or refund given by the utility, as the case may be. Such audited figures will then be used for the preliminary billing for the next fiscal year, at the end of which an adjustment will be made as aforesaid.
(Ord. 8-16-22)