The basic wastewater collection charge shall be based on water usage as recorded by water meters. The volume of flow used for computing basic user charges shall be the same as determined for the purposes of metered water consumption.
(A) If a person, business, or other entity who is discharging wastes into the village public sanitary sewers procures any part, or all, of their water from sources other than the village's water system, all or a part of which is discharged into the public sewers, the party shall install and maintain, at their expense, additional water meters of a type approved by the village for the purpose of determining the volume of water obtained from the other sources.
(B) Devices for measuring the volume of wastewater discharged may be required by the village if these volumes cannot otherwise be determined from metered water consumption.
(1) Such metering devices for determining the volume of wastewater shall be in accordance with village specifications for this purpose. Such devices shall be installed, owned, and maintained by the party receiving wastewater collection services. Following approval and installation, the meters may not be removed without the consent of the village unless service is cancelled.
(2) If an accurate determination of wastewater generated and entering the village’s wastewater collection system facilities can be made by the village’s Public Works Department, or the owner or occupant of the property, by means of actual sewerage flow monitoring and or metering, then the wastewater collection charge shall be based on the number of gallons of wastewater produced for the billing period in 1,000-gallon increments. Any fractional billing increment shall be rounded up to the next billing unit.
(C) If the user can prove through additional metering devices approved by the village, and installed at the user’s expense, that a portion of the water used is not entering the wastewater collection system, such usage shall be excluded from the wastewater collection service charges.
(D) Non metered users. All non-metered users of the wastewater collection system facilities (a sanitary sewer connection only, without a corresponding water service connection) shall have a measurement of wastewater flow imputed for purposes of computing the wastewater collection service charge if measurement of wastewater flow is not otherwise determined by measurement as identified in division (A)(2) of this section.
(1) Imputed residential per person usage.
(a) In the case of a residential dwelling unit, the amount of wastewater generated per person shall be imputed to be 3,000 gallons per month (based on United States Geological Survey statistics regarding the typical gallons of domestic consumption of water per person, per day). This imputed usage rate shall be multiplied times the number of occupants of the dwelling unit and the number of months in the billing period.
(b) The resident or owner of the dwelling unit shall be required to provide an accurate number of occupants of the home for such billing purposes at least on an annual basis.
(c) If the number of occupants cannot be reasonably determined, a minimum residential per person charge shall be computed using three occupants (based on United States Census Bureau statistics of local population in relation to units of housing).
(2) Imputed non-residential per person usage.
(a) If an accurate determination of wastewater generated and entering the village’s wastewater collection system facilities cannot be determined by measurement, then the additional charge shall be calculated by means of the actual, or average (in the case where occupancy fluctuates from day to day) number of occupants of said property for the billing period, following the per person formula provided under division (A)(4)(a)1. of this section.
(b) For non-residential properties where non-metered use of the wastewater collection system facilities (sanitary sewer connection only, without corresponding water service connection) is provided, and neither wastewater produced can be determined as provided under division (A)(2) of this section, or the number of actual or average occupants as provided under division (A)(4)(a)1. of this section can reasonably be determined, the additional charge shall be based on ten residential per person charges as provided under division (A)(4)(a)1. of this section.
(Ord. 83-0-028, passed 7-19-83; Am. Ord. 88-0-098, passed 11-22-88; Am. Ord. 92-0-049, passed 7-28-92; Am. Ord. 2004-O-031, passed 4-27-04; Am. Ord. 2005-O-020, passed 4-26-05; Am. Ord. 2008-O-048, passed 10-7-08; Am. Ord. 2009-O-072, passed 12-15-09; Am. Ord. 2021-O-019, passed 5-4-21; Am. Ord. 2023-O-056, passed 10-3-23) Penalty, see § 51.999