[R.O. 2011 §68.010]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20°C), express in milligrams
per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which received the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred eighty (280) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than three hundred twenty-nine (329) mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for maintenance account and the replacement account shall be
carried over to the same accounts in the subsequent fiscal year, and
shall be used for no other purposes than those designated for these
accounts. Monies which have been transferred from other sources to
meet temporary shortages in the operation, maintenance and replacement.
The user charge rate(s) shall be adjusted such that the transferred
monies will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½)
inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
REPLACEMENT
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation
and maintenance" includes replacement.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Any contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot,
parcel of real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carried sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments together
with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Sewage Works and/or of Water Pollution
Control of the City of Savannah, or his/her authorized deputy, agent,
or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling,
and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or liquid industrial
wastes. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage
collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power, and other
equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvement, remodeling,
additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a
reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clearwell
facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land,
that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used
for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment (including
land for composing sludge, temporary storage of such compost, and
land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment
systems before land application); or any other method or system for
preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing
of municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined
storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
USEFUL LIFE
The estimated period during which a treatment works will
be operated.
USER CHARGE
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.
WATER METER
A volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Savannah or furnished and/or installed by
a user and approved by the City of Savannah.
[R.O. 2011 §68.030; Ord. No. 1966 §1, 5-17-1999]
A. Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section
710.020(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.
B. Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system,
the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent.
The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications,
and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent.
A permit of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the City
at the time the application is filed.
C. A permit
for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until
the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within twenty-four
(24) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
D. All
systems within the City limits of Savannah are required to have a
morphology test for type, capacities, location and layout of a private
sewage disposal system and shall comply with all recommendations of
the morphology test, the Department of Natural Resources of the State
of Missouri and the Department of Health guidelines of the State of
Missouri. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal
system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area
of the lot is less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square
feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to
any natural outlet.
E. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Section
710.030(D), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
F. The
owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
G. No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer.
H. When
a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected
to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal
system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel
or dirt.
[R.O. 2011 §68.040; Ord. No. 1970 §1, 7-6-1999; Ord.
No. 2099 §1, 6-3-2002]
A. No
unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening
into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.
B. There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1. For residential and commercial service, and
2. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
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In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City.
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The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications,
or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director
of Public Works. A permit and inspection fee of five hundred dollars
($500.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed and one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
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C. All
costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of
the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify
the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be
occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D. A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building;
except where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior
lot and no private sewer is available or can be construed to the rear
building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the
building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear
building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
E. Old
building sewer may be used in connection with new buildings only when
they are found, on examination and text by the Superintendent, to
meet all requirements of this Chapter.
F. The
size, slope, alignment, materials or construction of a building sewer,
and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing,
testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements
of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City. In the absence of the code provisions or in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specification
of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
G. 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 drain shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
H. No
person shall made connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground
water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
I. The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or set for in
appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and
water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
J. The
applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
K. All
excavations for 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 distributed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the City.
[R.O. 2011 §68.041; Ord. No. 1744 §1(68.041), 11-2-1992]
A. Plugging Required. Upon the permanent discontinuance of
the use of the City sewage system at any premises, including discontinuance
caused by abandonment of any premises, tearing down of any building
or any other cause, the property owner shall cause the connection
to the sewer main of the City to be plugged in a manner which will
be strong enough to resist breakage and be water-tight enough to prevent
any leakage of any fluids. All such plugging shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the Plumbing Inspector of the City. Plugging permit
fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be charged. If the owner
of the property fails to plug the sewer connection in a satisfactory
manner within thirty (30) days of the time the owner is notified in
writing by the Plumbing Inspector to plug the sewer service line,
the City shall proceed to plug the service line and bill the owner
for the costs. The cost may be collected by the City and a civil action
filed in court. The collection of the costs in a civil action shall
not prevent the filing of an action for a fine for violation of this
Chapter.
B. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this Chapter shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense and
a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
[R.O. 2011 §68.070]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients, except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[R.O. 2011 §68.080]
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
[R.O. 2011 §68.090]
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property
serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install
a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
and sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense, and shall be maintained
by him/her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
[R.O. 2011 §68.100]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Chapter shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by the American
Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control
manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect
the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine
the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite
of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four (24) hour composites
of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.
[R.O. 2011 §68.110]
No statement contained in this Chapter shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and
any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to
payment therefore, by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 2011 §68.120]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[R.O. 2011 §68.150]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater
to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring
the debt for such public wastewater treatment works.
[R.O. 2011 §68.152; Ord. No. 1985 §1, 10-18-1999; Ord. No. 2013 §1, 9-5-2000; Ord. No. 2146 §1, 4-8-2003; Ord. No. 2530 §§1 —
2, 8-15-2011]
A. Each
user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on his/her
use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
1. For all contributors, monthly charges will be based on monthly water
usage.
If a contributor has a consumptive use of water, or in some
other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection
system, the user charge for the contributor may be based on a wastewater
meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the
contributor's expense, and in a manner acceptable to the City.
2. Charges. The minimum base charge per month shall
be twenty-nine dollars and thirty cents ($29.30) for up to the first
one thousand (1,000) gallons of water. In addition, each contributor
shall pay a user rate of eight dollars and seventy-seven cents ($8.77)
per each additional one thousand (1,000) gallons of water for sewer
operations and maintenance, including debt service.
[Ord. No. 2643 §1, 5-19-2014; Ord. No. 2688 §1, 1-25-2016; Ord. No. 2706 §1, 9-6-2016; Ord. No. 2735 §1, 9-18-2017; Ord. No. 2759, 9-24-2018; Ord. No. 2789, 11-12-2020; Ord. No. 2808, 9-13-2021]
3. For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of
which is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition
to the normal user charge will be collected. The surcharge for operation
and maintenance including replacement is:
$0.20 per pound BOD
$0.17 per pound SS
4. Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's
treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which
singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable
increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of
the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge
to each such user shall be determined by the responsible plant operating
personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
5. The user charge rates established in this Chapter apply to all users,
regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.
[R.O. 2011 §68.153; Ord. No. 1985 §1, 10-18-1999; Ord. No. 2292 §1(68.153), 6-19-2006]
A. All
users shall be billed monthly. Billings for any particular month shall
be made at the end of that month. Payments are due when the billings
are made. Any payment not received by the tenth (10th) of the month
shall be delinquent.
1. A late payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge bill
will be added to each delinquent bill for each thirty (30) days of
delinquency. When any bill is in default, rendition of water and/or
sewer service to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill
is paid following due notice.
2. In the event sewer accounts are declared delinquent, the City Clerk/Treasurer
shall certify to the proper authority the legal description of the
real property enjoying the use of the sewage system, together with
the amount of sewage charge plus penalty remaining unpaid, such amount
to be placed on the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties
and collected in like manner as other taxes are by law collectible,
and shall become a lien upon the real property so served.
3. In the event such an account declared delinquent has not been paid
in full within four (4) months of the initial due date, the City shall,
at its option, disconnect the sanitary sewer from the City's collection
system. The location of the disconnection shall be at the discretion
of the City. The sewer may be reconnected to the City's collection
system by the affected property owner who shall bear the entire expense
of all costs for the reconnection, providing the delinquent account
has been paid in full and that the City has been reimbursed in full
for all costs borne by the City resulting from disconnecting the sewer.
4. Property owner liable for unpaid charges, rental of tenant
— termination of service. Every property owner shall
be held responsible for any charges or rentals left unpaid by any
tenant of the premises serviced by water or sewer service and the
City reserves the right to shut off any water service where said delinquent
charges or rentals are not paid by the owner.