A. 
The purpose of this article is to establish proportionate user charges that place the cost of abatement directly on pollution sources, conserve potable water, and maintain financial self-sufficiency.
B. 
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare of the City to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater to the City's water resource recovery facilities.
A. 
The revenues collected from the user charges levied shall be deposited in a separate nonlapsing fund used for purposes of operation, maintenance, debt retirement, and other water resource recovery needs, as determined by the Director.
B. 
Fiscal year-end balances in the fund shall be used for no other purposes than those designated. Monies which have been transferred from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the fund shall be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriation adjustment of the user charge rates for operation, maintenance, replacement, and debt retirement. The user charge rates shall be adjusted such that the transferred moneys will be returned to their respective accounts.
A. 
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on their use of the WRRF as determined by their water consumption according to methods recommended by the Director. The cost of treating inflow and infiltration shall be shared by all users as part of the user rate.
B. 
Quarterly user charges shall be based on actual water usage as determined by the water company's meter readings. Any user who obtains water from the water company but is a flat-rate customer shall be billed at a consumption rate of 9,000 cubic feet of water per dwelling unit per year. If a sewer discharges water into the City collection system which has been obtained from a source other than the water company, the user shall install and maintain a meter to measure such discharge. All such meters must be inspected and approved by the Director or designee and must be available for inspection throughout the year by the City. If a nonresidential user has a consumptive use of water or, in some other manner, uses water which is not discharged into the collection system, the user charge for that contributor may be based on readings of a wastewater meter(s) or a separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the user's expense.
C. 
For users whose wastewater has a greater strength than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge, in addition to the normal user charge, shall be collected. The surcharge for operation and maintenance, including replacement, shall be established by the City Council. All users contributing 10,000 gpd or more and whose waste strength is greater than 350 milligrams biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) per liter or 250 milligrams total suspended solids (TSS) per liter, or wastewater with other loading demands as prescribed by WDP requirements, shall prepare and file with the Compliance Manager a report that shall include pertinent data relating to the wastewater characteristics, including, but not limited to, the methods of sampling and measurement to obtain these data. This data shall be used to calculate the applicable surcharge(s). The City may inspect the waste stream and take its own samples. Should the City do so, and should the results be substantially different, as determined by the Compliance Manager, from the data submitted by the user, the user charge shall be revised for the next billing cycle/period.
D. 
Any user who discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the biosolids, or any user who discharges any substance which, singly or by interaction with other substances, causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the WRRF, shall pay for such increased costs.
E. 
If, in the Director's opinion, the usage as determined by the water company is suspect, the Director shall notify the owner, of the problem. The Director shall require for the owner to provide a certificate of the meter. If the meter is found to be inaccurate, the City shall require that an appropriate meter be installed at the owner's expense. Until such time as the suspect meter is replaced, consumption values for the billing period in question and future billings shall be based on typical or anticipated usage as determined by the Director.
F. 
The user charge rates established in this article apply to all users of the City's water resource recovery facilities.
G. 
Any user who feels their charge is unjust or inequitable may make written application to the Director, requesting review of the user charge. The written request shall, where necessary, show the actual or estimated average flow and/or strength of wastewater in comparison with the values upon which the charge is based, including how the measurements or estimates were made. The Director shall determine abatements based on the abatement policy approved by the City Council.
H. 
The City Council may review and revise the user charges as necessary to ensure that adequate revenues are generated to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, including replacement and debt retirement, and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of such costs among users.
I. 
The City shall notify users of the rate changes by publishing the updated rates on the City's website.
The contents from septic tanks located on property within the City may be discharged at the WRRF upon approval by the Director. A septic waste discharge fee, as determined by the City Council, shall be assessed to the septic hauler/waste discharger. The City Council may review and revise septic tank discharge rates as needed, to ensure that adequate revenues are generated to pay the cost of waste treatment. (See § 176-5.08 for additional details about hauled wastewater.)
A. 
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the payment of fees from nonresidential dischargers to the WRRF to compensate the City for the cost of administration of the Nonresidential Wastewater Discharge Program.
B. 
The City may adopt charges and fees which include:
(1) 
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures;
(2) 
Fees for reviewing permit applications;
(3) 
Fees for the recovery of costs associated with the City's hiring of consultants to review and/or draft permits; and
(4) 
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
The City may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the City's Nonresidential Wastewater Discharge program, which may include:
A. 
Fees for WDP applications including the cost of processing such applications;
B. 
Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing a discharger's discharge, and reviewing monitoring reports and certification statements submitted by dischargers;
C. 
Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
D. 
Fees for filing appeals;
E. 
Fees to recover administrative and legal costs associated with the enforcement activity taken by the Director or Compliance Manager to address noncompliance; and
F. 
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.