The control authority may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the control authority's pretreatment program which may include:
A. 
Fees for wastewater discharge permit applications including the cost of processing such applications;
B. 
Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing a user's discharge, and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by users;
C. 
Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
D. 
Fees for filing appeals;
E. 
Fees to recover administrative and legal costs (not included in subsection (B) of this section) associated with the enforcement activity taken by the director to address nondomestic user noncompliance; and
F. 
Other fees as the control authority may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by these regulations and are separate from all other fees, fines, and penalties chargeable by the control authority.
(Ord. 2839 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024)
Nondomestic users meeting the definition of a high-strength user as defined in SMC § 13.18.330(G) shall be subject to appropriate charges and fees as determined by the director.
A. 
A monthly sanitary sewer charge for flow is levied on each high-strength user discharging directly to the POTW. This charge is at a rate as determined by the director and is based upon the measured volume of total wastewater discharged to the POTW or metered water consumption.
B. 
Rates for strength of industrial wastewater from high-strength users are established for each pound of BOD and each pound of suspended solids as determined by the director.
C. 
Industrial wastewater samples taken for the purpose of determining charges are to be taken by the control authority or as otherwise determined by the control authority. The samples taken shall be composite samples. Charges shall apply as specified in subsection (B) of this section, as determined on the basis of at least one 24-hour flow proportioned or timed sample analysis to be obtained twice per month and such analyses averaged for each month; provided, a new average for strength of industrial wastewater may be computed, regardless of previous averages, when changes in preliminary treatment or industrial process changes have been made which are expected to significantly change the average strength of the wastewater.
D. 
Sampling procedures and methods to determine the mean wastewater strength for the purpose of determining charges shall be conducted by or under the direction of the director. Samples shall involve a 24-hour flow-proportioning or timed sampling device, where feasible, and be in accordance with methods as prescribed in SMC § 13.18.780 and § 13.18.790. Sampling shall be conducted at sampling manholes or other locations adjudged by the director to be suitable points from which samples would be representative, either singly or with other samples, of the industrial wastewater to be sampled. Samples shall be analyzed by an accredited laboratory as required by chapter 173-50 WAC.
(Ord. 2839 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024)