(A) The wastewater service charge for the use of and for service supplied by the wastewater facilities of the city shall consist of a demand charge, usage charge and surcharges.
(1) Demand charge. The demand charge shall vary with the size of the water meter serving the premises.
(a) For water services that have compound metering devices, the demand charge shall be assessed for the largest meter only.
(b) Effective January 1, 2020 the demand charge for sewer service shall be as follows:
Size | Monthly Demand Charge |
Size | Monthly Demand Charge |
5/8" and 3/4" meter | $ 0.85 |
1" meter | $ 1.85 |
1 ½" meter | $ 3.17 |
2" meter | $ 5.72 |
3" meter | $ 11.18 |
4" meter | $ 22.91 |
6" meter | $ 39.43 |
8" meter | $ 61.11 |
10" meter | $ 87.05 |
(2) Usage charges. Usage charge shall be based on actual metered water consumption during the billing period. Consumption is measured in units of 100 cubic feet (ccf).
(a) The metered consumption volumes will be prorated for all water services that are billed for less than a month (30 days).
(b) All non-metered residential sewer customers shall be assessed 7 ccf per month for usage charges.
(c) Effective January 1, 2020 the usage charges for sewer service shall be as follows:
Metered Consumption per Month | Usage Charge |
First 30 ccf | $2.56 per ccf |
Next 300 ccf | $2.56 per ccf |
Over 330 ccf | $2.56 per ccf |
(3) Surcharge. Effective November 4, 2022 a monthly surcharge shall be applied to all sewer accounts.
(a) The surcharge shall vary with the size of the meter and shall be as follows:
Sewer | |
Meter Size | Monthly Surcharge |
Sewer | |
Meter Size | Monthly Surcharge |
5/8" | $ 4.00 |
1" | $ 9.00 |
1 ½" | $ 15.00 |
2" | $ 27.00 |
3" | $ 53.00 |
4" | $ 108.00 |
6" | $ 185.00 |
8" | $ 286.00 |
10" | $ 408.00 |
(b) For water services that have compound metering devices, the surcharge shall be assessed for the largest meter only.
(c) All revenues generated by the surcharge shall be deposited into the Sewer Fund.
(d) An additional surcharge will be levied to all users whose wastewaters exceed the normal concentration. The surcharge will be based on water usage as recorded by water meters and/or sewage meters for all wastes in excess of the normal concentrations; §§ 51.318 and 51.319 specify the procedure to compute an additional surcharge.
(B) The adequacy of the wastewater service charge shall be reviewed annually by certified public accountants. The wastewater service charge shall be revised periodically to reflect a change in debt service, operation and maintenance costs, replacement costs and reserve fund costs.
(C) Charge adjustments. All charges, including demand charges, capital improvement charges and usage charges, shall be increased by an amount of 2.5% of the rate in effect at that time, rounded to the nearest $0.01, on May 1 of every year beginning in 2019.
(Ord. 9333, passed 4-23-2018; Ord. 9397, passed 12-16-2019; Ord. 9459, passed 11-7-2022) Penalty, see § 51.9999