[Adopted 1-3-1978 by Ord. No. 673 (Ch. 18, Part 3, of the 1993 Code)]
[Amended 2-25-1981 by Ord. No. 696; 12-10-1997 by Ord. No. 818; 2-13-2002 by Ord. No. 843]
There is hereby established and imposed a sewer treatment charge in addition to the rentals or charges imposed under authority of Article I of this chapter, payable as hereinafter set forth, as follows:
A. 
Monthly charge and penalty rate. All bills for sewage transportation and treatment, exclusive of the monthly charge for sewer rental, shall be calculated at a rate to be set by Council, from time to time, by way of resolution and maintained and posted as part of the Borough of Irwin's fee schedule.
[Amended 1-3-2006 by Ord. No. 871; 3-10-2010 by Ord. No. 892; 1-3-2012 by Ord. No. 908; 12-12-2012 by Ord. No. 912; 12-9-2015 by Ord. No. 937; 11-9-2016 by Ord. No. 943; 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 987; 6-10-2020 by Ord. No. 4-2020]
B. 
An equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) shall mean one of the following, which shall have separate kitchen facilities and/or bathroom facilities and/or commode and/or lavatory and/or shower and/or laundry facilities and/or such other water-using facilities normally discharged into the sewage disposal system:
(1) 
One single house.
(2) 
Each house of multiple or row houses.
(3) 
Each apartment in an apartment complex.
(4) 
Each trailer (house or travel).
(5) 
Each 50,000 gallons or less of water used per year in the case of motels, hotels and/or all other customers having a single water meter.
(6) 
Each 50,000 gallons or less of water used per year in the case of commercial, industrial and/or similar sewage customer accounts.
C. 
With respect to Subsection B(5) and (6) above, all such customers shall pay the equivalent of one EDU for the first 50,000 gallons or less of water used per year, and in the event of usage in excess of 50,000 gallons, shall pay, in addition to the charge for the first EDU, an amount equal to the mathematical fraction to be determined by assigning the gallons in excess of 50,000 as the numerator and 50,000 as the denominator, which said fraction shall be multiplied times the rate per EDU.
Bills for said sewer treatment charge shall be rendered in a manner and in the form to be prescribed by the Borough. All bills for sewage treatment charges shall be rendered to the owner of the premises to which the sewer service is furnished, and such owner shall, in all cases, be liable for payment of such bills.
[Amended 8-9-1982 by Ord. No. 709]
A. 
All bills for sewage treatment service shall be due when rendered and shall be subject to a penalty of 10% if the bill for each billing quarter is not paid in full within 30 days after the date of the bill for each billing quarter. The owner receiving service will be billed quarterly for the sewage treatment charges or monthly in accordance with the billing practices established by the Borough from usage data available from the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. In the event such a bill becomes delinquent for more than a thirty-day period, the owner receiving service will again be billed as to the delinquency, and a copy of the bill shall be sent to the occupant of the premises in question.
B. 
Sewer service to any property may be discontinued after five days' notice for failure of the property owner to pay the bill for such services within 30 days after the due date thereof.
A. 
In the event any person, firm or corporation discharging sanitary sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids into the Borough's public sanitary sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, obtains a part or all of the water used by him from other sources than the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, such user of other water shall, at no expense to the Borough, install and maintain water meters satisfactory to the Borough Council for measuring all water usage other than that obtained from the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, and the quantity of water used to determine the sewerage service charge as above set forth shall be the sum of the quantity measured by all such meters plus the quantity of water obtained from the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County.
B. 
In the event it be established to the satisfaction of the Borough Council that a portion of the water measured by the above-named water meter or meters does not and cannot enter the public sanitary sewerage system, and in the event that the total water used by said person, firm, or corporation exceeds 100,000 gallons per quarter, then the Borough Council may determine, in such manner and by such method as it may deem practical, the percentage of the metered water entering the sanitary system, or the Borough Council may require or permit installation of additional meters in such manner as to determine either the quantity of water excluded from the sewerage system or the quantity of water, sewage or industrial waste actually entering the sewerage system, exclusive of stormwater runoff. The sewerage service charge shall be based upon the quantity of water estimated, measured or computed by the Borough Council to be actually entering the sewerage system, exclusive of stormwater runoff, subject to the charge provision set up in § 200-30 of this article.
C. 
Persons, industries or corporations requesting consideration for a reduction in the sewage treatment charges because of water not entering the public sanitary sewerage system shall make written application to the Borough Council for such consideration, giving the name of the firm, industry or business; address; Borough account number; and supporting data fully describing other sources of water, if any, as well as disposition of water alleged not to be entering the sewerage system. The application shall be accompanied by a sketch of approximate scale showing the plan of the property, water distribution system, sewer layout, existing meters, and proposed meters in the scheme to determine the quantity of flow entering or not entering the sewerage system. The cost of furnishing, installing and maintaining any meters other than those utilized to measure water purchased from the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County shall be borne by the applicant. The type, size, location, arrangement and maintenance of such meters shall be subject to the approval of the Borough Council.
The Borough Manager and the Borough Treasurer are hereby authorized to remit to Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority, or its successor, the amounts imposed upon the Borough for payment of treatment charges imposed under authority of the service agreement or the amendments thereto.