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(A) In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is not a user of water supplied by the water utility serving the city, and the water used thereon or therein is not measured by a water meter, or is measured by a water meter not acceptable to the city then the amount of water used shall be otherwise measured or determined by the city. In order to ascertain the rate or charge provided in this chapter, the owner or other interested party shall, at his or her expense, install and maintain sewer meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage discharge, or the city may bill a residential user a flat rate based on 8,000 gallons of water per month.
(B) In the event that the city provides sewer services to a regional water district or similar entity which serves multiple residential users, the total amount of sewage generated by the water district for treatment by the city shall be determined by sewer meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices, or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage discharge, with the sewer district bearing the expense of the installation and maintenance of such devices. The water district shall be billed as a single user for the total amount of sewage treated by the city.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76; Am. Ord. G-92-1057, passed 7-13-92; Am. Ord. G-08-1181B, passed 8-18-08)
In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharging sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids into the city’s sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, is a user of water supplied by the water utility serving the city and, in addition, is a user of water from another source which is not measured by a water meter or is measured by a meter not acceptable to the city, then the amount of water used shall be otherwise measured or determined by the city. In order to ascertain the rates or charges, the owner or other interested parties, shall, at his expense, install and maintain meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage discharge.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
In the event two or more residential lots, parcels of real estate, or buildings discharging sanitary sewage water or other liquids into the city’s sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, are users of water and the quantity of water is measured by a single water meter, then in each such case, for billing purposes, the quantity of water used shall be averaged for each user and the minimum charge and the sewage rates and charges shall apply to each of the number of residential lots, parcels of real estate, or buildings served through the single water meter.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
In the event two or more dwelling units such as mobile homes, apartments or housekeeping rooms discharging sanitary sewage, water or other liquids into the city’s sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, are users of water and the quantity of water is measured by a single water meter then in such case billing shall be for a single service in the manner set out elsewhere herein. In the case of mobile home courts, the number of dwelling units shall be computed and interpreted as the total number of mobile home spaces available for rent plus any other dwelling units served through the meter. A dwelling unit shall be interpreted as a room or rooms or any other space or spaces in which cooking facilities are provided.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
In the event a lot, parcel of real estate or building discharges sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the city’s sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, and uses water in excess of 45,000 gallons per quarter, and it can be shown to the satisfaction of the city that a portion of water as measured by the water meter or meters does not and cannot enter the sanitary sewage system, then the owner or other interested party shall install and maintain meters, weirs, volumetric measuring devices or any adequate and approved method of measurement acceptable to the city for the determination of sewage drainage.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
In order that the rates and charges may be justly and equitably adjusted to, the service rendered to industrial users, the city shall base its charges not only on the volume, but also on strength and character of the stronger-than-normal domestic sewage and wastes which it is required to treat and dispose of. The city shall require the industrial user to determine the strength and content of all sewage and wastes discharged, either directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewage system, in such manner and by such method as the city may deem practicable in the light of the conditions and attending circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge. The industrial user shall furnish a central sampling point available to the city at all times.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
(A) Normal sewage domestic waste strength should not exceed a biochemical oxygen demand of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid, suspended solids in excess of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid. Additional charges for treating stronger-than-normal domestic waste shall be made on the following basis.
(1) Rate surcharge based upon suspended solids. There shall be an additional charge of $0.02 per pound for suspended solids received in excess of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid.
(2) Rate surcharge based upon BOD. There shall be an additional charge of $0.02 per pound of biochemical oxygen demand for BOD received in excess of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid.
(B) The determination of suspended solids and five-day biochemical oxygen demand contained in the waste shall be in accordance with the latest copy of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes, as written by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, the Water Pollution Control Federation, and in conformance with Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants, Regulation CFR 136, published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1973.
(Ord. 505-76, passed 7-20-76)
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