(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 May 1, 2024 the demand charge for sewer service shall be as follows:
(c) Effective May 1, 2025 the demand charge for sewer service shall be as follows:
(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 seven ccf per month for usage charges.
(c) Effective May 1, 2024 the usage charges for sewer service shall be as follows:
(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 wastewater service charge shall be revised periodically to reflect a change in debt service, operation and maintenance costs, replacement costs and reserve fund costs.
(Ord. 9333, passed 4-23-2018; Ord. 9397, passed 12-16-2019; Ord. 9459, passed 11-7-2022; Ord. 9491, passed 3-18-2024) Penalty, see § 51.9999