Wastewater pretreatment program cost recovery.
Chandler City Code § 50-13
in effect50-13. - Wastewater pretreatment program cost recovery.
A. In order to provide for recovery of City costs associated with the City of Chandler wastewater pretreatment program, the following fee schedule is established:
Industrial User permit application and renewal .....$480.00
Monthly metered water charge, per 1,000 gallons .....$0.183
Excess pollutant processing charge:
Per excess lb. BOD* .....$0.415
Per excess lb. TSS** .....$0.083
Per excess lb. Ammonia .....$0.487
*BOD: Biochemical oxygen demand
**TSS: Total Suspended solids
The above fees shall be separate from all other fees chargeable by the City and apply to Industrial Users required to be permitted under the procedures contained in the City's approved Pretreatment Program. Industrial Users that certify no discharging of any process and/or process related wastewater regulated under Federal Pretreatment Categorical Standards shall be exempt from the monthly metered water charge in this section. The monthly metered water charge is measured at the Industrial User's water meter(s) or at the metered combined sewer outfall if approved by the City. These fees relate solely to the pretreatment program requirements and are structured to reimburse the following:
1. Costs of setting up and operating the City's wastewater pretreatment program;
2. Costs of monitoring, inspection and surveillance procedures;
3. Costs of reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;
4. Costs associated with processing permit applications and issuing permits;
5. Costs associated with filing appeals;
6. Costs incurred by City for consistent removal of pollutants otherwise subject to Federal pretreatment standards;
7. Other costs deemed necessary to carry out the requirements of the pretreatment program.
Fees shall be reviewed annually each January by the Director of the Public Works and Utilities Department to assure they are equitable and sufficient to recover City costs associated with the program as defined above.
B. If any provision, paragraph, word or section of this ordinance is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words or sections shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect.
C. All other ordinances and parts of other ordinances inconsistent or conflicting with any part of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency of conflict.
(Ord. No. 1013, § 1, 11-12-81; Ord. No. 1314, § 1, 3-8-84; Ord. No. 3058, § 2, 11-18-99; Ord. No. 3311, § 5, 9-27-01; Ord. No. 4465, § 1(K), 8-15-13; Ord. No. 4646, § 2F, 8-16-15; Ord. No. 4802, § 2(Exh., § 31), 4-26-18)
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