[Ord. 468, 5/20/1996; as amended by Ord. 545, 2/26/2007,
§ 18-199.11; and by Ord. 585, 9/12/2011]
1. A sewer service rental or charge is, and shall be, imposed upon all
users of the wastewater facilities.
2. The funds received by the Borough from collection of wastewater service
charges shall be used for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
the Borough in the operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, inspection,
depreciation or other expense associated with the Borough wastewater
facilities and for such payments as the Borough may be required to
make under any lease or agreement it may enter into for said wastewater
facilities with the Authority. In addition, necessary expenditures
to establish a reserve to provide a margin of safety of at least 15%
over and above the above enumerated purposes.
3. Each user which discharges pollutants that cause an increase in the
cost of managing the effluent or sludge from the wastewater facilities
shall pay for such increased cost.
4. Charges and fees for the use of the wastewater facilities and services
shall be based upon the use of such system, or contractual obligations
for a level of use in excess of current use.
5. Each user shall pay its proportioned share of operation and maintenance
(including replacement) and debt service costs of the public wastewater
facilities and services based on the user's proportionate contribution
to the total wastewater loading.
[Ord. 468, 5/20/1996; as amended by Ord. 545, 2/26/2007,
§ 18-199.12; and by Ord. 585, 9/12/2011]
1. The use of the Borough's wastewater facilities shall be a bimonthly
charge based upon the water consumption of the property served as
measured by the charges for water supplied for the then current period.
Charges for water will be computed at the rate established by or fixed
in accordance with the appropriate fees schedule.
A. Bulk sewer charges for Edinboro University will be established as
per the current Borough/University Sewer Service Agreement.
B. Bulk sewer charges for Washington Township (excluding those properties
covered under the 2005 Sewer Service Agreement) will be established
as per the 2007 Borough/Washington Township Sewer Service Agreement
or any applicable agreement which supersedes this agreement.
2. Whenever the owner, occupant or user of any property subject to this
Part shall deposit into the sewer system of the Borough of Edinboro
wastes having a biochemical oxygen demand in excess of 250 parts per
million, such property owner shall be subject to an increase of 4%
above his normal sewer rental rate for each increase of 10% of the
biochemical oxygen demand above the rate of 250 parts per million
of such sewage so deposited. The measurement and determination of
such waste shall be made by the Superintendent of the sewage disposal
plant under such rules and regulations as Council may prescribe.
3. For a property which uses water, all or part of which is from a source
or sources other than the Borough water system, there shall be a sewer
rental based separate from and in addition to any sewer rental based
on the consumption of water from the Borough's water system.
Such separate or additional sewer rental shall be measured by the
quantity of water from the source or sources other than the Borough's
water system which is discharged into the Borough's sewers from
said property. The owner of such property shall install without cost
to the Borough a meter or meters to measure the quantity of water
received from other than the Borough's water system and deposited
into the Borough's sewers. No meter shall be installed or used
for such purpose without the approval of the Superintendent of the
WWCT; and the sewer rental based upon water received from other than
the Borough's water system shall be the same amount as is required
to be paid by the owner of the property receiving the same quantity
of water from the Borough's water system. If the owner of said
property fails to install an approved meter or meters, the Council
or the Borough Manager shall make an estimate of the amount of water
from sources other than the Borough's water system which discharged
into the Borough's sewers from the said property and the property
owner shall pay the applicable rate of sewer rental based upon such
estimate.
4. All sewer rentals shall be due and payable as herein provided. They
may be included in the same bills and be collected at the same times
and in the same manner as charges for water. Said payments shall apply
to all properties subject to the payment of sewer rents without regard
to the source of water used by them. The sewer rental imposed by this
Part shall be payable every two months.
5. All sewer rentals imposed and remaining shall comply with the current
Borough Council approved fee and/or rate schedule. All late charges
and collection procedures shall be outlined in the current Borough
Council approved fee schedule.
6. No sewer rental is hereby imposed on properties outside the Borough
of Edinboro from which sewage and other liquid wastes are discharged
into the sewers of the Borough, under any agreement between the Borough
and such property owners, or otherwise; nor upon any properties within
the Borough not accessible to sewer services from the Borough's
facilities. All sewer connections outside the Borough and discharged
into the Borough system, shall be paid by a mutual intermunicipal
agreement (Borough/Township 2005 Sewer Service Agreement).
7. The Borough Manager is hereby charged with the duty of collecting
all sewer rentals and is authorized, with the approval of Council,
to adopt such regulations with respect thereto as may in his discretion
seem fit and proper.
[Ord. 468, 5/20/1996]
The cost of operation and maintenance and debt service for all
flow not directly attributed (i.e., infiltration/inflow) shall be
distributed based on the users proportionate contribution to the total
wastewater loading.
[Ord. 468, 5/20/1996]
Revenues generated by the wastewater facility such as the sale
of treatment related by-products and (sewage sludge, or electricity)
shall be used to offset the cost of operation and maintenance of the
wastewater facility. User charges shall be proportionally reduced
through the use of such revenues.