(a) Any person, firm or corporation served by a sewer connection which discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the wastewater treatment system which are of unusual strength, volume or character, but acceptable by the municipality for treatment, shall be subject to an additional surcharge which shall be over and above the rates and charges established by subsections (o),(p) and (q) of Section 939.09.
(b) The surcharge shall be effective if any or all of the following are exceeded:
(1) A five-day BOD greater than 300 mg/l by weight.
(2) Suspended solids greater than 300 mg/l by weight.
(c) The surcharge shall be calculated annually as provided for in subsection (r) of Section 939.09 to be effective January 1 of each year. Based on the results of tests and measurements made by the Municipality during the preceding year:
Annual Surcharge = (Bw X $0.0806) + (Sw X $0.0931) Where: Bw = The annual pounds of BOD discharged in excess of 300 mg/1; and Sw= The annual pounds of suspended solids discharged in excess of 300 mg/l. |
(d) When required by the Service Committee, the owner of any property discharging such wastes shall install a suitable chamber with gauging and sampling equipment in the building sewer to permit observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes from his premises. Such chamber and equipment shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Service Committee and shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him.
(e) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of such wastes shall be determined by the Municipality in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage, as prepared, approved and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
(f) The strength of the wastes shall be determined from samples taken at the aforementioned chamber at any period or time and of such duration and in such manner as the Municipality may elect, or, at any place mutually agreed upon between the owner and the Municipality. The results of routine sampling and analysis by the owner may also be used in determining the amount of the surcharge after verification by the Municipality. The strength so found by analysis shall be used in determining the amount of the surcharge.
(g) The Municipality 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. While performing the work, the Municipality shall observe all safety rules, applicable to the premises, established by the company.
Where a company or premise has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into such company or premise is granted, such company or premise shall either make the necessary arrangements with their security guards that upon showing proper identification personnel from the Municipality shall be permitted to enter, without delays, for the purpose of obtaining grab samples of wastes being discharged at the various sampling points; or the company or premise shall install suitable gauging and sampling manholes outside the security limits which manholes shall at all times be immediately accessible to municipal personnel.
(h) If a person, firm or corporation disagrees with the analysis on which the surcharge is based, he or it may request, in writing, an additional sampling and analysis which shall be conducted in a manner acceptable to the Service Committee and or the Superintendent. The cost of such additional sampling and analysis shall be borne in full by the requestor.
(Ord. 179-6. Passed 11-15-76.)