(a) Every person, firm or corporation whose premises are served by a sewer connection which discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, at concentrations greater than domestic sewage, either directly or indirectly into the sewerage system under the jurisdiction of the City, shall be charged and shall pay a sewerage surcharge in addition to the sewerage service charge for normal sewage.
(b) Through the collection and analysis of wastewater samples from the sewer user and a review of water consumption, the City of Rocky River shall calculate the extra-strength surcharge for these sewer users and transmit these charges to the Westlake Director of Finance. The Director of Finance shall add the amount of the extra-strength surcharge to the normal user charge for that sewer user. All extra-strength surcharge revenue which is collected within a given user class will be credited to that user class and not commingled among other user classes. The extra-strength surcharge revenue will be credited to its particular user class prior to calculating the user charge for the user class for the upcoming year.
(c) Constituents discharged to the system other than the constituents of normal sewage which will affect the biological treatment process in such a manner as to increase treatment costs or increase sewer maintenance cost shall be subject to a surcharge other than as described in this section. The amount of surcharge shall be determined by the Director of Engineering and Council.
(d) The Director may require a monthly report of the quantity and characteristics of any industrial waste discharged into a sanitary sewer.
(Ord. 2012-128. Passed 12-6-12.)