(a) Wastewater Service Charges. Charges and fees for the use of the public wastewater facilities shall be based upon the actual use of such system, or contractual obligations for a level of use in excess of current actual use. Property value may be used to collect the amount due as permitted by Federal law in 40 CFR 35.929 and 40 CFR 403.12(e).
(b) Industrial Cost Recovery. Users of the City’s wastewater facilities will also be assessed industrial cost recovery charges as required by Federal law, Section 40 CFR 35.928.
(c) Determination of System Use.
(1) The use of the City’s wastewater facilities shall be based upon actual measurement and analysis of each user’s wastewater discharge, in accordance with provisions of Section 932.07
(b) and (c), to the extent such measurement and analysis is considered by the Manager to be feasible and cost-effective.
(2) Where measurement and analysis is considered not feasible, determination of each user’s use of the facilities shall be based upon the quantity of water used whether purchased from a public water utility or obtained from a private source, or an alternative means as provided by subsection (c)(3).
(3) The Manager, when determining actual use of the City’s wastewater facilities based on water use, shall consider consumptive, evaporative or other use of water which resulted in a significant difference between a discharger’s water use and wastewater discharge. Where appropriate, such consumptive water use may be metered to aid in determining actual use of the wastewater facilities. The meters used to measure such water uses shall be of a type and installed in a manner approved by the Manager. The actual average water use by each residential user, Class I, during the three months of January, February and March shall be used as the measure of each respective residential user’s actual use of the sewer system throughout the year.
(Ord. 1463-90. Passed 5-29-90.)