There is hereby imposed an annual rental or
charge upon the owners of residential, commercial and industrial properties
coming within the tolerances for sewage discharge as will be determined
and regulated from time to time by the Sanitary Authority and served,
or to be served, for the use of the sanitary sewer system in the city.
The annual sanitary sewer rental to be charged
to properties located in the city for the discharging of sanitary
sewage into the sewer system shall be at the following rates based
on metered water consumption:
A. Rates per 100 cubic feet.
(1) Rates per 100 cubic feet, for all water used, except
where the minimum charge shall apply:
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Price per 100 Cubic Feet
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Quantity per Quarter
(cubic feet)
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O & M
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Debt Service
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Total
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First 1,500 or less
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$0.24
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$0.38
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$0.62
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Next 10,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.34
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$0.58
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Next 20,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.30
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$0.54
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Next 20,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.26
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$0.50
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Next 20,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.23
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$0.47
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Next 200,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.20
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$0.44
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Next 200,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.17
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$0.41
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Next 9,000,000 or less
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$0.24
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$0.16
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$0.40
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Next 9,471,500 or less
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$0.24
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$0.16
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$0.40
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(2) Provided, however, that no bill for metered service shall be rendered for less than the minimum charge described in Subsection
B hereof and that all bills (except such minimum bills) shall reflect the amounts payable in respect of operation and maintenance (O & M) charges and debt service charges as shown in the table above.
B. Minimum charges.
(1) Minimum charges which shall apply to each customer
according to the size of water meter installed:
Size of Meter
(inches)
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Quarterly Minimum
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5/8
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$9.30 3/4
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1
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$23.85
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1 1/4
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$34.92
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1 1/2
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$46.78
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2
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$94.69
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3
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$198.07
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4
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$410.35
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(2) Each minimum charge shall entitle the customer to
the use of the number of cubic feet of water per quarter or fraction
of a quarter which the minimum charge would cover, as computed by
the above schedule of rates.
C. Unmetered single residential users shall pay the quarterly minimum fee for the five-eights-inch meter described in Subsection
B hereof. All other unmetered users, including multiple residential users, shall pay at metered rates as estimated from time to time by the Sanitary Authority.
Whenever a sewer line is to be tapped in from
a building to any lateral, trunk or interceptor sewer owned, operated
or maintained by the Sanitary Authority, the Sanitary Authority shall
impose a tap-in fee of $100 per premises when the building sewer connection
has already been installed and a tap-in fee of $100 plus direct cost
for labor and materials incurred by the Sanitary Authority when the
building sewer connection is not already installed.
The Council may by resolution designate a person
as the sewer rental collector.
All moneys received by the city from the collection
of charges or rentals herein provided for shall be deposited to the
credit of the city's Sewer Revenue Fund for the purpose of defraying
the expense of the city in the operation, maintenance, repair, alteration,
inspection or other expense in relation to the sanitary sewer system
and for such payments as the city may be required to make under any
lease or agreement for the sanitary sewer system with the Sanitary
Authority.
Procedural matters in connection with the rates
and charges imposed hereby shall be governed by the sewer regulations
of the Sanitary Authority as in effect from time to time and insofar
as the terms thereof are consistent herewith.
The sewer rental charges imposed on owners of
residential, commercial and industrial properties are hereby amended
to exclude any and all properties owned or leased by the city upon
which a sewer rental charge has been imposed both prior to and after
the passage of this Article.
[Added 4-11-1978 by Ord. No. 2-78]
The following industrial cost recovery charges
are hereby also imposed upon all industrial users of the sewer system
of the City of New Kensington Municipal Authority, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, which shall take effect on April 11, 1978, and shall
be calculated and collected as follows:
A. In providing the sewer system, a waste collection,
transportation and treatment system which includes contractual provisions
for facilities for the treatment of industrial wastes, either independently
or in conjunction with other wastes, the Authority shall have the
authority and shall collect from such industrial users to which they
are applicable all or any part of the construction costs of such waste
collection and transportation system reasonably attributed to such
industrial wastes. The appointment of such costs shall be equitable
as among industrial users, and such costs shall be collected by periodic
charges in conjunction with the sanitary sewage collection, transportation
and treatment charges imposed hereunder or in such other manner or
combination thereof as in the judgment of the Authority is equitable
and will assure each industrial cost recovery.
B. Industrial users defined.
(1) An industrial user hereunder is any nongovernmental
user of the sewer system of the Authority as identified in the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget,
as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
(a)
Division A: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
(c)
Division D: Manufacturing.
(d)
Division E: Transportation, Communication, Electric,
Gas and Sanitary Services.
(2) Any industrial user may be excluded if it is determined
that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes
from sanitary conveniences.
C. The annual amount to be recovered from each industrial
user shall be predicated on the following formula:
(A x G) +
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(B x H) +
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(C x I) ÷ J =
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Annual Payment
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D
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E
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F
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($/year) where:
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A = Eligible federal grant allocable to flow
(q), in dollars
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B = Eligible federal grant allocable to BOD,
in dollars
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C = Eligible federal grant allocable to SS,
in dollars
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D = Total design flow (q), in gallons per day
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E = Total design BOD, in pounds per day
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F = Total design SS, in pounds per day
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G = Industrial user's flow discharge to sewer
system, in one gallon per day
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H = Industrial user's BOD discharge to sewer
system, in pounds per day
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I = Industrial user's SS discharge to sewer
system, in pounds per day
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J = Amortization period, 30 years
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D. For the purpose of computing hereunder the industrial
user's annual payment, a cost recovery period of 30 years is hereby
established.
E. Any and all sections of the Authority's Sewer System
Rules and Regulations, as adopted and from time to time amended, pertaining
to the determination, measurement, billing and collecting regulations
for industrial wastewater discharges shall be the same hereunder and
in effect as if written herein. Each industrial user shall be billed
monthly on the basis of its computed annual industrial cost recovery
payment divided by 12.
F. Moneys collected under the industrial cost recovery
charges hereunder shall be deposited into a special account under
its revenue fund entitled "Industrial Cost Recovery Account," which
is hereby established. On an annual basis, 50% of the amounts recovered,
together with interest earned thereon, shall be returned to the United
States Treasury. Of the 50% remaining, together with interest earned
thereon, 80% shall be used for eligible costs for reconstruction and
expansion pursuant to 40 CFR 35.928-2(b) and 20% used as the Authority
sees fit.
G. Pending use, retained amounts in said Industrial Cost
Recovery Account shall be invested in obligations of the United States
Government or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest
by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or such amounts
shall be deposited in accounts fully collateralized by obligations
of the United States Government or by obligations fully guaranteed
as to principal and interest by the United States Government or any
agency thereof.
H. Industrial users shall be reviewed annually by the
Authority for quantity and strength of waste and the industrial cost
recovery charges imposed hereunder adjusted accordingly.
I. The Authority shall maintain records and submit reports
and financial statements to the Environmental Protection Agency in
conformance with the latest applicable federal regulations.
J. This Article shall be amended, as necessary, in order
to comply with new or amended federal regulations.