All owners of property connecting with the sewerage system of the Bristol Borough Water and Sewer Authority, Bristol, Pennsylvania, and all owners of property who may hereafter connect and have the use of said sewerage system shall pay the rental or charge as hereinafter provided for the use, whether directly or indirectly, of such sewerage facilities based on the schedule of rates hereinafter set forth.

The Authority hereby adopts the following Schedule of Rates and rules and regulations regarding furnishing sanitary sewer service in the Borough and Township of Bristol served by the Bristol Borough Water and Sewer Authority:

Sewer charges for properties served with water under meter water rates shall be due and payable upon presentation or delivery.

If such bill is paid within 25 days, a discount of 5% will be allowed for prompt payment. The last day of the twenty-five-day discount period will be indicated on the bill by month and day of month. Payments by mail will be credited as received on the day of mailing as evidenced by the United States Post Office mark. Such bills not paid within the discount period are payable in full.

If such a bill remains unpaid for a period of seven days after the expiration of the discount period, it shall be classified as delinquent and a 10% penalty shall thereafter be added to such bill.

If such bill still remains unpaid until 14 days after the expiration of the discount period, water service to such property may be discontinued at any time upon not less than five days' notice. If water service is thus discontinued, it will not be restored until all unpaid bills, including penalties, and the cost of shutting off and restoring water service shall have been paid in full.

Sewer charges for properties served with water under flat rates are due and payable quarterly on or before the 20th day of the last month of the current quarter of the calendar year for which the bill is rendered.

If such bill is paid within 14 days, a discount of 5% will be allowed for prompt payment. The last day of the fourteen-day discount period will be indicated on the bill by month and day of month. Payments by mail will be credited as received on the day of mailing as evidenced by the United States Post Office mark. Such bills not paid within the discount period are payable in full.

There shall be imposed on any quarterly payment when not made in 30 days, a 10% penalty, and such payment will be classified as delinquent. If any quarterly payment still remains unpaid 40 days after the due date thereof, a penalty of 1% per month shall be due and owing, and the water service to such property may be discontinued at any time upon five days' notice. In addition, if the water service is thus discontinued, it will not be restored until all unpaid bills, including penalties and all charges for shutting off and restoring water service, shall have been paid in full.

Should any industry connected with the Authority sewerage system determine at its own expense, by measurement and to the satisfaction of the Authority, that it is not returning to the Authority sewerage system a quantity of sanitary sewage and industrial waste equal to the quantity of water purchased from the Bristol Borough Water and Sewer Authority, then in that event the industry and Authority may agree that the sewer rental or charge shall be in an amount equal to the actual quantity of sanitary sewage and industrial waste returned to the Authority Sewer System instead of the total amount of water consumed. Such rentals or charges determined in accordance with this section shall be payable in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

The Authority may at any time and at its own expense measure the quantities of sanitary sewage and industrial waste being returned by any industry to its sewerage system. Should such measurements reveal that any industry is either returning more sanitary sewerage and industrial waste than may have been agreed upon in accordance with the preceding subsection, or should such measurements reveal that the industry is returning larger quantities of sanitary sewage and industrial waste than the quantities of water it is purchasing from the Bristol Borough Water and Sewer Authority, then in that event the sewer rental shall be in an amount equal to the gallonage actually returned instead of the hereinbefore mentioned rates. Sewer rentals or charges determined in accordance with this section shall be payable in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

Residential Connections: the sum of $1,000 per residential unit.

Nonresidential Connections: the sum of $1,000 per equivalent dwelling unit.

The tapping fee for new connections to the Bristol Borough Water and Sewer Authority's system shall be $1,910 per equivalent dwelling unit.

An equivalent dwelling unit shall consist of flows of 220 gallons per day.

The number of equivalent dwelling units initially assigned by the Authority to a nonresidential property shall be computed based upon an estimate of average daily water consumption divided by 220 gallons per day. The initial tapping fee charged shall be based thereon.

The Authority will review the water consumption of every new nonresidential property one year after the completion of construction and full occupancy, and will determine if the owner is responsible for additional equivalent dwelling units and associated tapping fees.

The Authority will review all nonresidential properties that undergo expansions or changes of use in order to assess the assignment of additional equivalent dwelling units and the payment by the owner of additional tapping fees.

The Authority hereby approves the following fee schedule for the collection of unpaid claims, which fees shall be added to the unpaid claims:

The following collection procedures are hereby established in accordance with the Act: