[R.O. 2011 § 710.750; Ord. No. 17-184 § 1, 9-20-2017]
A.
The City may adopt reasonable fees for
reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the City's pretreatment
program which may include:
1.
Fees for wastewater discharge permit
applications including the cost of processing such applications;
2.
Fees for monitoring, inspection,
and surveillance procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing
a User's discharge, and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by
Users;
3.
Fees for reviewing and responding
to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
4.
Fees for filing appeals;
5.
Fees to recover administrative and legal costs [not included in Section 710.560(B)] associated with enforcement activity taken by the Director of Public Works to address IU non-compliance;
6.
Other fees as the City may deem necessary
to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate
solely to the matters covered by this Chapter and are separate from
all other fees, fines, and penalties chargeable by the City; and
7.
Surcharge for excess biochemical
oxygen demand and total suspended solids discharge.
a.
In order for treatment rates to recapture
the cost of providing sanitary sewer treatment and disposal service
to Industrial Users, treatment rates shall be based on the volume
of effluent treated and the chemical composition of the effluent.
Industrial Users shall determine the chemical composition of effluent
discharged, directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewer system
by using the sampling procedures stated in Section 710.a400 and collected
sample handling, preservation and laboratory analyses shall be performed
in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136 and amendments thereto.
b.
Normal domestic sewage strength and
character (chemical composition) is categorized as not exceeding a
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of three hundred (300) parts per million
by weight and a total suspended solids (TSS) of three hundred (300)
parts per million by weight. Additional charges for treatment and
disposal of effluent in excess of the normal domestic sewage strength
and character shall be as follows:
(1)
Rate Surcharge Based
Upon BOD. There shall be an additional charge of forty and three-tenths
cents ($0.403) per pound of BOD received in excess of three hundred
(300) parts per million by weight.
(2)
Rate Surcharge Based
Upon TSS. There shall be an additional charge of thirty-four and three-tenths
cents ($0.343) per pound of TSS received in excess of three hundred
(300) parts per million by weight.
c.
An Industrial User may request reconsideration of the additional charges in Subsection (A)(7)(b) by submitting to the City composite samples and analysis of the effluent to substantiate BOD and TSS below three hundred (300) parts per million by weight.
d.
All costs of sampling and analysis,
including the costs of installation of hydraulic flow measuring devices,
personnel costs and laboratory costs, shall be the sole responsibility
of the Industrial User.
