Wastewater collected in the Schellenger's Landing section of
the Township of Lower, United States Coast Guard facilities in the
City of Cape May, and from certain individual properties in the Borough
of West Cape May, is conveyed through the City of Cape May sanitary
sewer collection system to pumping stations of the Cape May County
Municipal Utilities Authority (CMCMUA) for treatment.
CMCMUA annually revises and adopts user charges for wastewater
treatment and bills same to the City of Cape May for all wastewater
flow to its pumping stations from the City of Cape May sanitary sewer
collection system, including wastewater from Schellenger's Landing,
Coast Guard facilities, and certain individual properties in West
Cape May.
The City of Cape May Sewer Utility must, in turn, allocate the
pro rata share of CMCMUA treatment charges to the jurisdictions and
users generating the flow. The bulk user rates established hereby
do not include costs of maintaining wastewater collector systems within
Schellenger's Landing, within Coast Guard facilities, and within West
Cape May. The bulk user rates are therefore lower than the rates charged
to customers within the City of Cape May where costs of maintaining
the wastewater collector system are included in the user rates.
City Council may, by resolution, authorize bulk user agreements
to establish a specific basis for determining the pro rata shares
of wastewater collected from bulk users or sources outside the boundaries
of the City of Cape May. Unless otherwise established by such agreement,
wastewater flow shall be determined on the basis of metered water
consumption. Total wastewater treatment charges applicable to bulk
users shall be determined by multiplying the total projected annual
CMCMUA fixed and variable charges to the City of Cape May each year
times 5 percent to cover administrative, finance and maintenance costs
incurred by the City of Cape May Sewer Utility in connection with
the wastewater collector system. Total wastewater treatment charges
shall also reflect any prior year CMCMUA billing adjustments.
The wastewater treatment bulk rate shall be determined by dividing
total wastewater treatment charges by the total metered water consumption
during the prior year by the City of Cape May, Schellenger's Landing
and Coast Guard facilities. The rate shall be multiplied times the
actual current year metered water consumptions to determine current
charges to be billed to bulk users on a quarterly or monthly basis
by the Utility Collector.