The following definitions shall be applicable in this chapter;
"shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible:
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also referred to
as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq.
AMMONIA NITROGEN
That component of the nitrogen cycle which is generally produced
by deamination of organic nitrogen-containing compounds and the hydrolysis
of urea and is expressed in (milligrams per liter (mg/l) of NH3-N
(ammonia nitrogen).
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGENDEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed as milligrams
per liter (mg/l). Quantitative determination of BOD shall be made
in accordance with procedures set forth in the most recent edition
of standard methods.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
BUILDING SEWER (LATERAL)
A sanitary sewer which begins immediately outside of the
foundation wall of any building or structure being served and ends
at its connection to the public sewer main, including the "Y" or similar
fitting designed for the connection with the public sewer system.
CARBONACEOUS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (CBOD)
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical degradation
of organic material in five days at 20° C. when the oxidation
of reduced forms of nitrogen is prevented by the addition of an inhibitor.
This analytical procedure shall be performed in accordance with Standard
Methods. Also, see BOD.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
or surface water.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS
Carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids,
total Kjeldahl nitrogen, plus additional pollutants identified in
the WPDES permit for the publicly owned treatmentworks receiving the
pollutant if such works were designed to treat such additional pollutants
to a substantial degree.
COPPER
A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number
29.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Public Works or a deputy, agent, or representative
thereof.
DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTE
Wastewater with concentrations of BOD no greater than 250
mg/l, total suspended solids (TSS) no greater than 200 mg/l, and phosphorus
(P) no greater than eight milligrams per liter (mg/l).
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specified use of land owned
by others.
EXTRA STRENGTH WASTE
Wastewater which has a pollutant concentration greater than
that defined for domestic strength waste and not otherwise classified
as an incompatible waste.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection or treatment system.
GROUND GARBAGE
The residue from the preparation, cooking, dispensing, handling,
storage, and sale of food products and produce that has been shredded
to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension
under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers with
no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS or WASTEWATER
Wastewater or septage which contains pollutants of such a
strength that will adversely affect or disrupt the wastewater treatment
processes or effluent quality or sludge quality if discharged to the
sewerage system facility.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The wastewater from an industrial process, trade or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage, including cooling water and the
discharge from sewage treatment facilities.
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
The wastewater of a municipality, including that of the City.
From a standpoint of source, it may be a combination of liquid and
water-carried wastes from residential, commercial buildings, industrial
plants and institution, together with any groundwater, surface water
and stormwater that may have inadvertently entered the sewerage system
of the municipality.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
NITROGEN
Kjeldahl nitrogen, which is the sum of organic nitrogen and
ammonia nitrogen.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the wastewater treatment facilities including administration and replacement
costs, all as determined from time to time by the municipality.
PARTS PER MILLION
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
PERSON
Any and all persons, including any individual, firm, company,
municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution,
enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution, neutral water. For example, has a pH value of seven and
a hydrogen-ion concentration of 10 feet.
PHOSPHORUS
The quantity of phosphorus as determined in accordance with
standard methods.
PREMISES
Land and the improvements on it and/or a building or part
of a building. A duplex would be considered to have two premises.
An eight plex would be considered to have eight premises. Each mobile
home is considered to be its own premises. A structure originally
constructed as a single-family home, but currently reconfigured with
more than one mostly nonshared occupancy area shall have each nonshared
occupancy area considered a premises.
[Added 1-22-2018 by Ord.
No. 01-18]
PRETREATMENT
An arrangement of devices and structures, specifically including
interceptors described and provided herein, for the preliminary treatment
or processing of wastewater required to render such wastes as unacceptable
for admission to the public sewers.
PUBLIC SEWER
Any sewer owned or provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
of the City of Prescott.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
wastewater treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance
for which such facilities were designed and constructed. Operation
and maintenance costs include replacement costs.
RESTAURANT
Only users that are licensed as a complex restaurant as defined
under the provisions of Ch. CHS 196 Wis. Adm. Code, as amended from
time to time. The wastewater sewer service charges for complex restaurants
shall be imposed herein. All other restaurants (other than complex
restaurants) licensed under provisions of said Ch. CHS 196 shall be
considered to have normal domestic strength wastewater. The wastewater
service charge for said non-complex restaurants shall be imposed herein.
SANITARY SEWAGE
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes discharged
from toilets and/or sanitary plumbing facilities together with such
ground, surface and storm water as may have inadvertently entered
in the sewerage system.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions
together with small quantities of ground, storm and surface water
that are not admitted intentionally.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a person or community. The preferred term
is municipal waste water.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWER SERVICE AREAS
The areas presently served and anticipated to be served by
a sewer collection system.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
Is a service charge levied on users of the wastewater collection
and treatment facilities for payment of use-related capital expenses
as well as the operation and maintenance costs, building replacement
costs, of said facilities.
SEWER SYSTEM
The common sanitary sewers within a sewerage system which
are primarily installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities
which convey wastewater from individual structures or from private
property. The term "sewerage collection system" specifically excludes
the facilities which convey wastewater from individual structures,
from private property to the public sanitary sewer, or its equivalent;
except that pumping units and pressurized lines for individual structures
may be included as part of a "sewer system" when such units are cost
effective and are owned and maintained by the City. For example, a
building sewer (lateral) is not part of the sewer system.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All structures, conduits and pipes by which sewage is collected,
treated, and disposed of, except plumbing inside and in connection
with buildings served, and service pipes, from building to street
main, i.e., a building sewer.
SHALL
Shall is mandatory and may is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
An industrial user which meets one or more of the following
conditions;
A.
Any industrial user of the sewerage system which discharges
more than 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) of wastewater, excluding sanitary,
noncontact cooling, and boiler blowdown waste waters, and which is
identified in Division A, B, D, E or I of the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual;
B.
Any industrial user that discharges a process waste stream which
makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic capacity,
or more than 5% of the BODs, TSS, TKN, or total phosphorus treating
capacity, of the sewage treatment facility.
C.
Any centralized waste treater;
D.
Any industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards
of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
E.
Any nongovernmental user of the sewerage system which discharges
wastewater to the sewerage system which contains toxic pollutants
or poisonous solids, liquids or gasses in sufficient quantity either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge
of the sewer treatment facility, or injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates
a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect
on the waters receiving any discharge from the sewerage system. This
includes, but is not limited to, all toxic pollutants listed in Ch.
NR 215, Wis. Adm. Code.
F.
Any industrial user that is required to full effluent reports
for discharge to the sewerage system as required by Ch. NR 101, Wis.
Adm. Code, and § 283, Wis. Stats.
G.
Any other user designed as a significant industrial user by
the city or the DNR.
SLUG LOAD
Any substance release at a discharge rate and/or concentration
which cause interference to wastewater treatment processes or plugging
or surcharging of the sewer system.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water,
Sewage and Industrial Wastes," published jointly by the American Public
Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the
Water Pollution Federation and is in compliance with 40 CFR 136, "Guidelines
Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants," all as amended
from time to time.
STATS
The Wisconsin Statues in effect from time to time.
STORM SEWER or DRAIN
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water, or unpolluted water from any source.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in standard
methods and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water quality equal to or better than the effluent in effect
or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality
standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER
Any person who discharges, or causes or permits the discharge
of wastewater into the City's wastewater treatment works. A user may
be a commercial, industrial, or public enterprise, or a residential
living unit.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community or person. From the standpoint
of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and
institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater
that may be present.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices, facilities, structures, equipment,
or processes owned and used by the City for the purpose of the transmission,
storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal, domestic,
or industrial wastewater.
[Amended 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 02-22]
A. Mandatory connections.
(1) Within the City, the owner of each parcel of land adjacent to a public
sewer main on which there exists a building used or usable for human
habitation or in a block through which such system is extended, shall
connect to the sewer system within 120 days of notice in writing from
the City. Upon failure to do so, the City may cause such connection
to be made and bill the property owner for all such costs. If such
costs are not paid within 30 days, such cost shall constitute a special
tax lien against the property, in the manner provided by law. However,
the owner may, within 30 days after the completion of the work, file
a written election with the City stating that the owner cannot pay
such amount in one sum and ask that the sum be levied in five or less
equal installments. The amount shall be collected with interest at
a rate not to exceed 15% per annum from the date of completion of
the work, all as determined by City. The unpaid balance shall constitute
a special tax lien, all pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.,
as amended.
(2) In lieu of the above, the City, at their option, may impose a penalty
for the period that the violation continues after 10 days of written
notice to any owner failing to make a connection to the sewer system.
The penalty shall be in the amount of a minimum of $10 per day. Upon
failure to make such payment, said penalty shall be assessed as a
special tax lien against the property, all pursuant to § 281.45,
Wis. Stats., as amended.
(3) This section ordains that any such failure to connect to the sewer
system is contrary to the minimum health standard of the City and
fails to assure preservation of public health, welfare, comfort and
safety; and that such failure constitutes a public nuisance under
§ 823.02, Wis. Stats., as amended, subject to abatement
as provided for herein.
B. New connections and reconnection.
(1) New connections to the wastewater treatment works will be allowed
only if there is available capacity in all of the downstream facilities,
including, but not limited to, capacity for flow, BOD, suspended solids,
and phosphorus, as determined by the Director.
(2) All sewer service laterals in areas subject to river flooding shall
have a shut off valve installed at time of connection or reconnection.
During flood events if it is determined that flood water is entering
the sewerage system via a service lateral, the service lateral shall
be turned off until the flood waters are no longer at a level to enter
the sewerage system.
C. Work authorized. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections
with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb the sanitary sewer or
appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from
the Director. Said permit shall be requested at least two business
days' prior to making said connection.
D. Service connection permit.
(1) Applications for permits shall be made by the owner or authorized
agent and the party employed to do the work, and shall state the location,
name of owner, address of the building to be connected, and how the
building is to be occupied. No person shall extend any private building
drain beyond the limits of the building or property for which the
service connection permit has been granted. The permit application
shall be accompanied by a permit and inspection fee in the amount
shown in the Permit and Fee Schedule.
(2) Classes of permits.
(a)
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits, including:
[1]
For service to residential and commercial buildings; and
[2]
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
(b)
In either case, the application shall be supplemented by any
plans, specifications, or any other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Director. The industry, as a condition of permit
authorization, must provide information describing its wastewater
constituents, characteristics and type of activity.
E. Sewer connection fee. Each new connection to the wastewater treatment
works shall be assessed a sewer connection fee to offset the capital
cost of providing sewer service. For all development, whether in the
form of new subdivisions, commercial development or such other development,
at the time a building permit is issued for construction requiring
installation of a water meter or expansion of an existing water meter
or at the time of the installation of a new water meter or expansion
of an existing water meter under circumstances in which a building
permit is not required, the sewer service connection fee shall be
paid in full. Rates which are in effect at the time of issuance of
a sewer service connection permit will be applied. Payment of the
connection fee for sewer service shall be the responsibility of the
owner of record of the property at the time of application for the
sewer service connection. Permit fees shall be paid at the Prescott
municipal utility office. The connection fee for sewer services will
be based on the number of residential living units with properties
paying the fee for each living unit. Single family homes will pay
one fee, duplexes two, etc. The amount of said fee is set by the approving
authority and shown in the Permit and Fee Schedule. Any new connection
requiring excavation within the street right-of-way will also be assessed
a street opening fee to offset the cost of work within said right-of-way.
A new connection requiring the use of a lift station shall be assessed
a lift station fee to offset the capital cost of providing the lift
station service.
(1) In addition to this fee being imposed upon new subdivisions and commercial
development, it shall be imposed upon each of the following types
of development:
(a)
New residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional development
which does not require the subdivision of land under Ch. 236, Wis.
Stats., or City ordinances and which development requires connection
to the municipal sewer system.
(b)
Pre-existing development on land which was formerly located
in a town adjoining the city, which developed land is annexed to the
city and is required or requested to be connected to the municipal
sewer system.
(2) A development shall be deemed to be "connected" to the public water
system for purposes of this section at such time as when a water meter
is first installed or when an expanded water meter, in the case of
existing development, is installed.
F. Cost of sewer connection. All costs and expenses incident to the
installation and connection of the sewer service lateral shall be
borne by the person making the connection.
G. Use of old sewer service laterals. Old sewer service laterals may
be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found,
on examination and test by the Director, to meet all requirements
for this chapter.
H. Materials and methods of construction. The size, slope, alignment,
materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to
be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and
back filling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the municipality's
building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and WEF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
I. Building sewer grade. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such
building drain shall be lifted by a means approved by the Director
and discharged to the building sewer.
J. Stormwater and groundwater drains.
(1) No person shall make connection of roof downspout, exterior or interior
foundation drains, groundwater sump baskets or pumps, areaway drains,
or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer
or building drain, which is connected directly or indirectly to a
sanitary sewer.
(2) All existing downspout or groundwater drains, etc., connected directly
or indirectly to a sanitary sewer, shall be disconnected within 60
days of the date of an official written notice from the Director.
K. Conformance to plumbing codes. The connection of the building sewer
into the sanitary sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building
and plumbing code, or other applicable rules and regulations of the
municipality or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the ASTM and WEF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections
shall be made gastight and watertight. The Director, before installation,
must approve any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials.
L. Inspection connection. The person making a connection to a public
sewer shall notify the Director when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall
be inspected and approved by the Director.
M. Barricades and restoration. All excavations for the building sewer
installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights
so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways,
and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall
be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Director.
N. Service connection installer license. No person shall make a service
connection with any public sewer unless regularly licensed under this
section to perform such work, and no permit shall be granted to any
person except such regularly licensed person.
O. Service connection installer license application. Any person desiring
a license to make service connections with public sewers shall apply,
in writing, to the Business Manager with satisfactory evidence that
the applicant or employer is trained or skilled in the business and
qualified to receive a license. Said application shall be accompanied
by a service connection license fee as established by the approving
authority and shown in the Permit and Fee Schedule. All applications
shall be referred to the Director for recommendation. If approved,
such license shall be issued by the Business Manager upon the filing
of a bond as hereinafter provided. All licenses shall expire on December
31 of the current calendar year unless the license is suspended or
revoked for cause.
P. Service connection installer bond. No license shall be issued to
any person until a bond to the City is filed with the Business Manager
in the amount specified in the Permit and Fee Schedule. Said bond
shall be conditioned that the licensee will indemnify and save harmless
the City from all suits, accidents, and damage that may arise by reason
of any opening in any street, alley, or public ground made by the
licensee or by those in the licensee's employment for any purpose
whatever, and that the licensee will replace and restore the street
and alley over such opening to the condition existing prior to the
installation, adequately guard with barricades and lights and will
keep and maintain the same to the satisfaction of the Director, and
shall conform in all respects to the rules and regulations of the
City relative thereto, and pay all fines that may be imposed on the
licensee by law.
Q. License suspension and revocation. The Director may suspend or revoke any license issued under Subsection
N for any of the following causes:
(1) Giving false information in connection with the application for a
license.
(2) Incompetence of the licensee.
(3) Willful violation of any rules or regulations pertaining to the making
of service connections.
Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meaning
under this subsection.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGES
All costs associated with repayment of debt incurred for
the construction and/or rehabilitation of the wastewater collection
system and treatment facility.
MEASUREMENT
The unit of volume measurement for wastewater or other wastes
discharged into the City sewerage system shall be 1,000 gallons, United
Stated Liquid Measure. The unit for assessing costs with respect to
strength wastewater parameters shall be avoirdupois pounds.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER
Wastewater with concentrations of CBOD, suspended solids,
nitrogen and phosphorus greater than 200, 200, 50 and 12 milligrams
per liter (mg/l), respectively.
NORMAL USER
A user whose contributions to the sewerage system consist
only of normal domestic strength wastewater originating from a house,
apartment, flat, or other living quarters occupied by a person or
persons constituting a distinct household, business or commercial
enterprise.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
All costs associated with the operation and maintenance of
the sewerage system, including, but not limited to, administrative
costs and expenses.
POLICY
It shall be the policy of the City to obtain sufficient revenues
to pay the costs of the operation and maintenance of the sewerage
system including debt service and replacement.
REPLACEMENT COST
All costs necessary to replace equipment as required to maintain
capacity and performance during the design life of the sewerage facilities.
When required by appropriate authority having jurisdiction thereof,
separate, segregated, distinct replacement fund shall be established
and used only for replacement of equipment.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE GENERALLY
Charges to each user shall be based on wastewater parameters
established from time to time by the City Council. The sewer service
charges shall consist of the sum of the annual debt service charges,
all annual operation and maintenance costs, all replacement costs,
and all sewer service charges levied.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
A sewer service charge is hereby imposed upon each lot, parcel
of land, building, or premise served by the public sewer or otherwise
discharging sewage, including industrial wastes, into the public sewerage
system. Such sewer service charge shall be payable as hereinafter
provided and an amount determined as follows:
A. Category A. Service charges shall be imposed on each user whose water
use is metered and whose sewer discharges are normal domestic strength
wastewater. The Category A sewer charge is of the following form:
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Type
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Equal to:
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Service charge
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A flat rate based on the size of the water meter
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Volume charge
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The volume of metered water in thousands of gallons multiplied
by the volume rate
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Volume rate
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The volume unit price for sewer service expressed in dollars
per 1,000 gallons, as determined by the City
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B. Category B. Service charges shall be imposed on each user whose water
use is not metered and whose sewage discharges are normal domestic
strength wastewater. The Category B sewer charge shall be of the form
as follows:
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Type
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Equal to:
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Service Charge
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Equivalent residential units ("ERU's") multiplied by the equivalent
residential unit rate ("ERU Rate")
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A Single ERU
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A single family residential dwelling unit that discharges normal
domestic strength wastewater
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ERU Rate
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The average cost of providing wastewater service to a residential
customer for one calendar quarter, plus proportional share of the
administrative and billing costs of the City
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(1) No one shall be assigned less than one ERU. The number of residential
unit equivalents for nonresidential users shall be as determined by
the City from time to time:
C. Category C. Service charges shall be imposed on users whose sewage
discharges are high strength wastewater having organic concentrations
of carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD) greater than 200
milligrams per liter (mg/l) and/or suspended solids greater than 200
milligrams per liter (mg/l) and/or total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) greater
than 50 milligrams per liter (mg/l) and/or phosphorus greater than
12 milligrams per liter (mg/l). The minimum Category C service charge
shall be based on a concentration of 200 mg/l CBOD, 200 mg/l suspended
solids, 50 mg/l TKN and 12 mg/l phosphorus. The form of the Category
C sewer charge is as follows:
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Type
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Equal to:
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Service charge
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A flat rate based on the size of the water meter
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Volume charge
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The volume of metered water in thousands of gallons multiplied
by the volume rate
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Volume rate
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The volume unit price for sewer service expressed in dollars
per 1,000 gallons, as determined by the Council
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High strength surcharge
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The excessive CBOD, suspended solids, TKN and phosphorus, multiplied
by the respective CBOD, suspended solids, TKN and phosphorus rates.
The excessive CBOD, suspended solids, TKN and phosphorus are the portions
of each of these constituents that are in excess of normal domestic
strength wastewater. The excessive amounts of CBOD, suspended solids,
TKN and phosphorus are expressed in pounds and their respective rates
are expressed in dollars per pound
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D. Category D. Service charges shall be imposed on such restaurant users
as provided herein whose sewage discharges are defined herein as complex
restaurant wastewater. The Category D sewer charge is as follows:
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Type
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Equal to:
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Service charge
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A flat rate based on the size of the meter
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Restaurant volume charge
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The volume of water metered in thousands of gallons multiplied
by the restaurant volume rate.
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No sewage or industrial waste containing any substance likely to cause obstruction, nuisance or explosion therein or injury thereto or deemed deleterious to the operation of the sewerage system by the Director of Public Works shall be discharged into the City sewers, drains or sewerage system. Any person who shall continue to discharge any deleterious substance into the sewerage system after 10 days' written notice from the Director of Public Works to discontinue shall be subject to water service shut off and a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code. Each day of violation after the effective date of notice to discontinue shall constitute a separate offense.