(a) Funds received from the strength surcharges and the industrial waste surveillance charges shall be deposited in the Sewer Fund.
(b) Each industry discharging to the sanitary sewer system shall have completed and filed with the City an industrial waste questionnaire containing pertinent information as to quantity of flow, characteristics of discharged wastewater, etc., and this information, which has been used to determine required sewer service charges authorized by Chapter 913, will also be used to determine billings for extra strength surcharges for the first quarter following the effective date of this section. Subsequent billings will be based on revised information obtained from quarterly updated reports or from other sources of information or records. New industries shall file a fully executed questionnaire with the City prior to being issued a sewer permit.
(c) In connection with the administering of this chapter, reference is made to Chapter 911 and specifically those sections pertaining to control manholes, wastewater volume determination, sampling and monitoring and analyses.
(d) The results of routine sampling and analysis by the owner will be used to determine the surcharges; however, the Department may, at any period or time and of such duration and in such manner as the Department may elect, determine the strength of the discharged wastewater for purposes of verification. If the owner fails to file the necessary quarterly reports, the strength determined by the Department's analysis will be used to determine the amount of the surcharges. Similarly, the surcharges shall be applied to the total metered water consumption if the owner fails to file the required quarterly reports.
(e) If necessary, the Department shall have the right to enter and set up, on company property, such devices as are necessary to conduct a gauging and sampling operation and to begin such operation without advance notice to the company or owner. While performing the work, the Department shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises as established by the company.
(f) Where a company has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry onto such company's premises is granted, the company shall either make necessary arrangements with their security guards that upon showing proper identification personnel from the Department will be permitted to enter, without delays, for the purpose of obtaining samples (grab or composite) of wastes being discharged at the various sampling points; or the company shall install suitable gauging and sampling manholes outside the security limits which manholes will at all times be immediately accessible to Department personnel.
(g) If a person, firm or corporation disagrees with the analysis on which the surcharges are based, he may request, in writing, an additional sampling and analysis which shall be conducted in a manner acceptable to the Director. The requestor shall be billed for an additional surveillance charge in order to cover the cost of such additional sampling and analysis.
(h) Where certain types of business and industrial users discharge clear uncontaminated water, if such users shall install and have in operation equipment to dispose of or divert such waters from entering the sanitary sewer systems, they shall be exempt from payment of surcharges for the water so disposed of or diverted. When the equipment is installed and in operation, the owner shall install a meter or meters at his expense to measure the amount of water so disposed of or diverted.
(i) If the Director finds that it is not practicable to measure such water by meters, he shall determine the volume of wastewater in any manner or method as he may find practicable, in order to arrive at the percentage of metered water entering the sanitary sewer system, and the quantity of water used to determine the surcharges shall be that percentage so determined. Where applicable, the sanitary flow from industry shall be considered equal to fifteen gallons per day per employee.
(j) On or before July 1 of 1978, and each year thereafter on or before July 1, the Director shall submit to the Safety Service Director a recommended system of extra strength surcharges and industrial waste surveillance charge. If approved, the Director shall submit the schedule of charges to Council on the first regular meeting in October, for ratification and incorporation into the City ordinances. The system shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) Strength Surcharges. The cost of treating and handling the extra strength constituents of BOD5,suspended solids and phosphorous shall be determined and reported in the schedule at a cost per pound.
(2) Industrial Waste Surveillance Charge. The cost shall be determined by calculating the actual cost of gathering samples, testing and reporting the results of analysis and distributing the cost proportionately to the appropriate customers.
(Ord. 2016-21. Passed 11-28-16.)