932.11 CHARGES; FEES.
The following charges and fees are hereby established to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the City's Waste Water Disposal System:
(a) Fee for wastewater discharge permit issued under Section 932.13: $1,300 times the number of sampling events per year. Sampling frequency is a combination of self-monitoring and City monitoring and shall be as follows:
Industrial Flow (average gallons per day) | Sampling Frequency |
0 - 50,000 |
4 times per year |
50,000 - 100,000 |
6 times per year |
100,000 or more |
12 times per year |
(b) Fee for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures:
$520.00.
(c) Fee for consistent removal (by the City) of pollutants otherwise subject to federal pretreatment standards:
Tests Performed | Actual Cost Not to Exceed |
Ortho phosphate as P
| ACTUAL COST SCHEDULE IS TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT UPON REQUEST.
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Total phosphate as P
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Nitrate plus nitrite as N
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Organic nitrogen
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Nitrite as N
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Ammonia as N
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Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen as N
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Odor
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Specific gravity
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Temperature
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Fecal coliform bacteria 1 sample
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Total coliform bacteria
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Turbidity
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Acidity - hot
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Alkalinity - total
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- Phenolphthalein
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Asbestos in water (trans electron microscopy)
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Flow rate measurement
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Bromide
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Carbon dioxide
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Carbonate in water
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Chloride
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Cyanates
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Cyanide - total
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- amenable to chlorination and total
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Fluoride
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Iodine
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Organic carbon - total
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Organic halides - total
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1 analysis/sample
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4 analyses/samples
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Phenols -distillation
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-distillation and extraction
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Surfacants
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Individual volatile organic compounds - first
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- each additional
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Individual semi-volatile organic compounds - first
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- each additional
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(d) Other fees as the City may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. Fees for the services of the following City officials as required by industry under the industrial pretreatment program approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall be as follows:
Per Hour | |
Deputy Law Director | Cost schedule to be supplied by the Waste Water Treatment Plant upon request. |
Law Director | |
Assistant Law Director | |
Private (contract) counsel |
Any other technical assistance requested of the City by an industry shall be charged to the industry at the City's annual cost. To the extent that the City elects to utilize the services of private counsel on a contract basis to enforce the provisions of this chapter, such fees shall be charged to the permit holder as provided herein.
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the City.
(e) The following schedule reflects the costs to permit holders for the analyses of samples taken by the City as required by this chapter.
Test Performed | Price |
pH | Actual cost schedule to be supplied by the Waste Water Treatment Plant upon request. |
pH (carbonate stability) | |
Total hardness as CaCO | |
Calcium hardness as CaCO3 | |
Color | |
Residual chloride as CI | |
Sulfates as SO4 | |
Sulfides | |
Sulfides | |
Sulfite | |
Sulfur - total | |
Total solids | |
Total volatile solids | |
Suspended solids | |
Dissolved solids | |
Settleable solids | |
Spec. conductance, mmhos 25 degrees C. | |
BOD | |
COD | |
Dissolved oxygen | |
Kjeldahl Nitrogen as N | |
Oil and grease - solvent extraction | |
Oil and grease - soxhlet extraction | |
Metals: | |
Hexavalent Cr | |
Mercury | |
Arsenic | |
Selenium | |
Silicon | |
Barium | |
Beryllium | |
Molybdenum | |
Tungsten | |
All other metals by AAS: dissolved - first | |
- each additional | |
All other metals by GFAAS - first | |
- each additional | |
EPA - EP toxicity - sample prep - | |
8 metals | |
Total organic carbon | |
Total organic halides | |
1/sample | |
4/samples | |
Herbicides and pesticides | |
Trihalomethanes | |
P.C.B.'s | |
Organic priority pollutants | |
Volatile organics | |
Pesticides and PCB's | |
Base neutral fraction | |
Acid fraction | |
Dioxin screen | |
Laboratory time | |
Consultation time plus expenses |
(Ord. 99-12. Passed 1-20-99.)