§ 26-123. Industrial waster surcharge.

(a)

In the event that an industrial user discharges industrial wastes to the sewage works having an average biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) content in excess of three hundred (300) milligrams per liter (mg/l), and/or an average total suspended solids (TSS) contents in excess of three hundred (300) mg/l and/or an average of total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) content in excess of forty (40) mg/l, and/or an average oil and grease (O&G) content in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l, said industrial user shall pay a surcharge based upon the excess strength of their discharges.

(b)

Industrial users shall be defined as any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of the public sewage works which discharges more than the equivalent of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day (GPD) of sewage and which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the following divisions:

(1)

Division A—Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing.

(2)

Division B—Mining.

(3)

Division D—Manufacturing.

(4)

Division E—Transportation, Communication, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services.

(5)

Division I—Services.

(c)

Any nongovernmental user of the sanitary sewage facilities of the city shall also be considered as an industrial user if such user discharges to the sewage works sewage which contains toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal systems, or to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazards in or has an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the sanitary sewerage facilities of the city.

(d)

The costs of treatment for each pound of BOD, TSS, TKN and O&G removed from the sanitary sewerage facilities of the city shall be reviewed at the end of each fiscal year of the city and appropriate surcharge rates applied to the sewage billing. These rates shall be in effect until the next annual rate review.

(Ord. of 5-18-10, Art. VII, § 704(704.1—704.4))