Residential wastewater rates are based on annual averaging during the winter months of December, January and February multiplied by the current residential wastewater rates.
(Ordinance 1144-2017 adopted 3/28/17)
Commercial wastewater rates are computed every month by multiplying the cubic feet of water usage by the commercial wastewater rate as adopted.
(Ordinance 1144-2017 adopted 3/28/17)
Residential and commercial rates included on the water bill as wastewater service and wastewater connection are subject to disconnection if the water service is disconnected for violations of this code regarding water and sewer provisions and/or for unpaid water bills. The lien procedures in section 13.02.042 above (water lien procedures) are also applicable to wastewater service connections.
(Ordinance 1144-2017 adopted 3/28/17)
The system facility access fees are those imposed upon the City of River Oaks by the City of Fort Worth for providing wastewater service to new development contained within the incorporated city limits of River Oaks and to which service is provided either directly or indirectly by the City of Fort Worth wastewater system. The system facility access fees for residential and other classes of customers shall be the applicable system facility access fees set and assessed by the City of Fort Worth pursuant to the wholesale wastewater contract between Fort Worth and River Oaks.
(Ordinance 1144-2017 adopted 3/28/17)
The wastewater tap fee is an additional charge to that of the normal monthly billing. The cost for the city to install such taps is based on the size of the line to be installed to the city sewer main, plus any additional materials involved in the installation of such taps.
(Ordinance 840-2010 adopted 5/11/10)
(a) 
Building drains are defined as the wastewater discharge line from the residence or commercial building to the connection with the city’s main sewer line.
(b) 
City sewer mains are defined to mean the main trunk line located in the city right-of-way designed to receive sanitary wastewater from a residence or commercial building and transport such wastewater to the wastewater treatment facilities controlled or contracted for by the city.
(c) 
It is the responsibility of the customer to contact the city prior to contacting a drain cleaner or plumber in regards to customer building drain stoppages in order that the city crews can verify if the stoppage is in the customer’s building drain or in the city sewer main. The city has 24-hour emergency personnel on call in order to answer such complaints.
(d) 
The customer is responsible for the cleaning of the building drain from the house or commercial building to the city sewer main.
(e) 
The city is not responsible to pay any plumbing bills for drain cleaning charged to the homeowner for services rendered of individual building drain lines. The city is responsible only for the maintenance of the city sewer main.
(f) 
Individual building drain lines that collapse in the street right-of-way are the responsibility of the homeowner to have repaired by a state-certified master plumber that is licensed by the plumbing examiners board of the state.
(Ordinance 840-2010 adopted 5/11/10)
(a) 
It is the customer’s responsibility to see that the necessary plumbing permits are obtained in accordance with the city code for any extensions or alterations to the existing individual wastewater system as defined in the code.
(b) 
The master plumber is responsible to pull the necessary permits, register with the city inspection department and have the installation inspected by the city plumbing inspector.
(c) 
The permit applicant is responsible for the cost of the street cut and street repair and must pay such expenses and charges to the city as provided for in the city’s adopted fee schedule ordinance, as amended.
(Ordinance 840-2010 adopted 5/11/10)