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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02824 O R D I N A N C E NO. 2824 AN ORDINANCE, amending Ordinance No. 2444, adopted June 20, 1973, by repealing Section Five thereof and enacting a new Section Five in lieu thereof continuing the schedule of charges and establishing revised surcharges to be collected from all the real property, whether public or private, served by the public sewer systems and facilities in the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict, effective July 1, 1975. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. Ordinance No. 2444, adopted June 20, 1973, is hereby amended by repealing Section Five thereof. Section Two. Ordinance No. 2444 is hereby further amended by enacting a new Section Five thereof continuing the schedule of charges and establishing a revised surcharge to be collected by the District. Section Five of Ordinance No. 2444 shall read as follows: Section Five. Said charges shall be made and collected in accordance with the schedules as hereinafter set forth. NORMAL SEWAGE The term "normal sewage" shall be as defined in Ordinance No. 2289 as adopted May 3, 1972. Charges for the discharge of normal sewage into the sewerage system are hereby levied and they shall be collected according to the following schedules "A" and "B", to wit: 2 SCHEDULE A Rate 1. For each single-family residence: A minimum charge of $11.50 for each six months period whether or not the water supply is metered. A single family residence as used herein is defined as premises used as a dwelling by one family only. Rate 2.For each family unit of a multifamily building or structure: A charge of $8.50 for each six months period per family or dwelling unit whether or not the water supply is metered. A multifamily building or structure as used herein is defined as a dwelling under one roof for occupancy by more than one family, including but not limited to flats, apartments and the like. PROVIDED: The District shall have the power to enter on any premises for the purposes of examining the use made of its sewerage facilities, the number and kind of plumbing fixtures connected with such facilities, and the number of persons served by such facilities. When such examination gives reason to believe that the consumption of water on premises places a burden on the sewerage system in excess of that which is placed by other premises in the same sewer service charge rate classification, then the Executive Director shall require measurement of the sewage discharged from the premises, at the expense of the owner or occupant, by a water meter or meters or by a sewage flow meter or meters. If such measurement shows that the sewage flow is excessive, sewer service charges for such premises shall be computed as SCHEDULE B rates. 3 SCHEDULE B For all premises not included in Schedule A, or specifically excluded therefrom by provisions thereof: WATER CONSUMPTION RATE EACH SIX MONTHS PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS PER 100 CUBIC FEET (Ccf = 100 Cubic Feet ) Minimum Charge $11.50 First 250 Ccf $0.245 Next 750 Ccf 0.225 Next 2,750 Ccf 0.180 Next 41,250 Ccf 0.170 All over 45,000 Ccf 0.160 SURCHARGES Surcharges for the discharge of suspended solids and biological oxygen demand (hereinafter called B.O.D.) exceeding the normal sewage discharge as defined in Ordinance No. 2289, adopted May 3, 1972, are hereby levied and they shall be collected in addition to the normal sewer service charges, as follows: 1. A surcharge is hereby levied on the person discharging or responsible for the discharge into the public sewerage system of suspended solids and B.O.D. exceeding the content of normal sewage. Such levy shall be Eighty Dollars ($80.00) per dry ton of excess suspended solids and Eighty Dollars ($80.00) per ton of excess B.O.D. and shall be adjusted annually based on costs to the District for removal. 2. The person subject to surcharge is one whose water consumption is equal to or exceeds fifty thousand cubic feet (50,000 Ccf) in any six month period and who average suspended solids concentration exceeds 350 mg/l and/or whose average B.O.D. 4 concentration exceeds 300 mg/l. 3. Each person subject to surcharge shall submit to the District on forms supplied by the District as stated in Ordinance No. 2289 a certified statement concerning strength and volume of wastewaters discharged into the sewers or sewer works of the District or into any sewer connected thereto. The analytical data submitted thereby based on Standard Industrial Classification requirements shall be obtained from samples collected in accordance with standard accepted procedures from the manhole or adequate place described in Ordinance No. 2289 at a time period representative of normal operational conditions and utilizing accepted analytical procedures. 4. Analytical data reported by the person discharging subject wastewaters will be considered current for each subsequent billing period until such data is reported inaccurate and replaced by updated certified data by said person. The results of routine scheduled sampling and analyses by the Industrial Waste Division of the District may be used in lieu of data reported by said person if such data is found to be not current or in error. 5. The surcharge, calculated separately for each premise using wastewater flow proportioned average suspended solids concentrations and/or average B.O.D. concentration and the adjusted water consumption figure, shall be determined semi- annually in accordance with current billing procedures and using current reported analytical data. Said surcharges shall be calculated for each semi-annual billing period according to the 5 following formulas, to wit: Suspended Solids Semi-Annual Charge = (SS-350) X 8.34 x F x 182.5 x 0.95 x $80.00 2000 B.O.D. Semi-Annual Charge = (B.O.D.-300) x 8.34 x F x 182.5 x 0.95 x $80.00 2000 SS = Average concentration of suspended solids in water or waste in milligrams per liter. B.O.D. =Average concentration of 5-day B.O.D. in water or waste in milligrams per liter. 350 =Concentration of total suspended solids in "Normal" sewage in milligrams per liter. 300 =Concentration of 5-day B.O.D. in "Normal" sewage in milligrams per liter. 8.34 = Weight in pounds of one gallon of water. F = Average flow of water or waste expressed in million gallons per day. 182.5 = The number of days in each semi-annual period. 0.95 = Factor allowance for 95 percent degree of purification. $80.00 =The cost to the District in dollars per dry ton for removal of suspended solids. $80.00 =The cost to the District in dollars per ton for removal of 5-day B.O.D. 2,000 = The number of pounds per ton. Section Three. The rates and charges provided herein shall become effective July 1, 1975. 6 The foregoing Ordinance was adopted May 28, 1975.