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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04431 O R D I N A N C E NO. 4431 AN ORDINANCE, amending Ordinance No. 3438, as adopted January 25, 1978, by repealing Section Four thereof, and enacting a new Section Four in lieu thereof, establishing revised surcharges to be collected when applicable from all the real property. whether public or private, served directly or indirectly by the public sewer systems and facilities of the Missouri Bottoms Service Area effective July 1, 1981. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. Section Four of Ordinance No. 3438, as adopted January 25, 1978, is hereby repealed. Section Two. Section Four of Ordinance No. 3438 as amended shall read as follows: "Section Four. Said charges shall be made and collected in accordance with the schedule 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 a sewerage system are hereby levied and they shall be collected according to the following schedules "A" and "B", to wit: SCHEDULE A Rate 1. For each single-family residence: A minimum charge of $30.00 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 $25.50 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 charges for such premises shall be computed at SCHEDULE B rates. SCHEDULE B For all premises not included in Schedule A, or specifically excluded therefrom by provision thereof: Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, and Other Service Based upon Quarterly consumption of water used on premises, as follows: First 25,000 cu. ft. of water used at $.62 per 100 cu. ft. Next 10,000 cu. ft. of water used at $.52 per 100 cu. ft . Next 10,000 cu. ft. of water used at $.42 per 100 cu. ft. Next 15,000 cu. ft. of water used at $.30 per 100 cu. ft. All Over 60,000 cu. ft. of water used at $.25 per 100 cu. ft. Minimum charge $15.00 Quarterly. SURCHARGES Surcharges for the discharge of suspended solids and biochemical 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.0.D. exceeding the content of normal sewage. Such levy shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per dry ton of excess suspended solids and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) 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 (500 Ccf) in any six month period and whose average suspended solids concentration exceeds 350 mg/l and/or whose average B.O.D. 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 following formulas, to wit: Suspended Solids Semi-Annual Charge=(SS-350)x8.34 x F x 182.5 x 0.90 x 100.00 2000 Semi Annual Charge=(B.O.D.-300)x8.34 x F x 182.5 x 0.90 x 100.00 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. 0.90 = Factor allowance for 90 percent degree of purification. $100.00 =The cost to the District in dollars per dry ton for removal of suspended solids. $100.00 =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, 1981. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted July 1, 1981.