“Allocated capacity” means that capacity in the facility which by contracts has been allocated to specific industrial users and for which such users have agreed to pay charges representing fixed capital costs, base operation and maintenance costs, and demand operation and maintenance charges based upon actual usage. (See contracts incorporated into Ordinance M-1977.)

“Base operation and maintenance” means those operation and maintenance functions of a general upkeep nature which are performed regardless of amount of usage to preserve the full value of the capital facilities.

“Demand operation and maintenance” means those operation and maintenance functions which vary directly with usage and would not be incurred if such usage ceased.

“Director” means the director of public works or duly authorized representative.

“Facility” means the city of Vancouver’s industrial wastewater collection system and industrial wastewater pretreatment facility constructed in 1979, and sometimes known as the pretreatment lagoon.

“Final treatment cost” means those operation and maintenance functions which vary with usage that are required for secondary treatment of the effluent discharges from the facility.

“Peak hourly rate” means that maximum mass emission made by any individual user during any single continuous 60-minute period.

“Peak monthly rate” means that maximum mass emission made by any individual user during any single continuous 30-day period.

“Reserve capacity” means that capacity for which the facility has been designed and for which specific existing industrial users have contracted to pay the capital costs thereof. (See contracts incorporated into Ordinance M-1977.)

“Unallocated capacity” means that capacity for which the facility has been designed which has not been assigned to any specific user as allocated or reserve capacity and for which city pays capital and base O and M costs. (Ord. M-4359 § 4, 2021; Ord. M-2705, 1987)