A. Sanitary sewer use service charges are hereby established and imposed upon each user of the POTW for discharge of industrial wastewater. Said charges are based upon the cost to the city of maintaining, and further improving facilities at the wastewater treatment plant(s) to meet all regulations for the secondary treatment of industrial wastewater and also take into consideration the cost of service to such customers, the quantity, quality and times of delivery of such industrial wastewater, the history of capital contributions to the POTW by such users, and the present need of the POTW relating to industrial wastewater.

B. Users not meeting the definition of a high strength user shall pay, for that month, a sanitary sewer use fee equal to that of a commercial, industrial, government, or electronics customer as imposed by Chapter 14.04 VMC as amended.

C. If the entire water supply that generates the industrial wastewater is separated from the water supply that generates the domestic sewage, or waters not discharging to the POTW, the industrial wastewater charge shall be based upon the metered volume of water used for industrial activities. If the process that generates industrial wastewater is not separately supplied or separately metered, then the industrial wastewater charge shall be based upon either the metered volume of water used from public and/or private supplies or the measured volume of total wastewater, with appropriate allowances for the volume of domestic sewage and allowance for other waters not discharged to the POTW. The domestic sewage allowance shall be based on 1,000 cubic feet per month for each nine employees using the sanitary sewer facilities. The domestic sewage allowance should be subject to such charge as is contemplated for general commercial customers by Chapter 14.04 VMC as amended. The rates of charge and methods of determining wastewater strength are set forth in this chapter. The director shall approve flow measurement methods necessary for assessment of such charges. (Ord. M-4431 § 3, 2023; Ord. M-3970 § 2, 2010)