8.1. Fees. The City may adopt fees which may include:

(1) Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the Frederick City Pretreatment Program;

(2) Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures;

(3) Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;

(4) Fees for permit applications and/or permits;

(5) Fees for the treatment of excessive discharges of BOD5 and Solids; and

(6) Other fees as deemed necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Ordinance and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the City.

* Cost of contracted services are billed directly.


8.2. Sewer user base charges. Sewer User Charges for domestic and non-domestic wastewater generated within the City and discharged into the POTW will be based upon water rental costs and, in the case of Domestic and Commercial Users, actual metered water supplied, or, in the case of Industrial Users, actual metered water supplied less an allowance for water not returned to the City for processing through the POTW. Said allowance will be determined at the discretion of the City by methods set forth in Section 3.8 and will be described as part of the User’s Industrial Waste Discharge Permit.

(1) In all cases where meters have been installed, the rates of rental for the use of water shall be payable quarterly. Such meter rates shall apply and take effect as soon as the meter shall have been installed; provided that the flat rate shall continue in force until the meter rate shall become effective.

(2) Sewer use rates for wastewater treatment are payable in quarterly installments. Rates shall be determined by Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.

(3) Sewer User base Charges for customers outside the City limits shall be two (2) times the City rate per thousand gallons.

8.2.1. Characterization of industrial wastes.

(1) The volume used of Industrial Waste for surcharges purposes from Users obtaining all water from the City Water Authority will be determined by a method which identifies and quantifies:

(a) domestic usage, QD

(b) unpolluted cooling-water discharged to a separate storm sewer or other outlet, QC

(c) makeup water used to replace evaporative loss in closed-cycle cooling system, QM

(d) water used as part of a manufactured product, QP

(e) total water used, QT

(f) the determined industrial waste flow, Ql

(2) The determination for industrial waste flow for surcharge purposes, Ql, shall be as follows:

Q1 = QT - (QD + QM + QP + QC)

(3) The values for the various terms in the formula above will be determined by direct metering or by calculation in a manner agreed upon by the City and Industrial User, more specifically:

(a) The total water used, QT shall be metered by the City.

(b) The water flow for domestic usage, QD, may be determined by metering the flow if the piping at the job site allows for separation of domestic water from process related water usage, or, the value of QD may be calculated by multiplying the average number of employees at the job site per day by 35 gallons per day. Another usage factor may be used if the Industrial User can establish validity.

(c) The value of QC, the unpolluted cooling water discharge flow, shall be determined by metering the discharge with meters installed, maintained and calibrated at the expense of the User and to the satisfaction of the City.

(d) The value of QM, the makeup water for closed circuit cooling systems, shall be determined by metering the water supply to the system with meters installed, maintained and calibrated at the expense of the User and to the satisfaction of the City.

(e) The volume of water used as part of a manufactured product, QP, will be calculated by a means appropriate to the manufacturing method or product accounting procedure and shall be approved by the City.

Should the Industrial User wish not to account for water Used but not discharged to the POTW i.e., QC, QM, and/or QP, these terms will be metered to assure the value is zero when calculating the industrial wastewater volume.

(4) Whenever a person using a private water supply discharges non-domestic wastes to the City’s POTW, the charges for such discharge shall be defined either in the contractual agreement with the City and the User, if the User is outside the City’s jurisdictional limits or in a discharge permit if the User is inside the City’s limits. Such person, however, shall install at his expense a suitable meter or meters, as may be required by the City to measure the total volume of water used in the industrial plant; or shall install, at his expense, a meter on the sewer line leaving the plant so as to measure the entire flow of waste discharged into the sewer system.

No meter for the measurement either of the water or sewage shall be installed, until a plan for such installation is submitted to the City or its designated representative, and approved as satisfactory. All meters or other measuring devices installed or required to be used under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be tested, inspected, or repaired as required by the City. The Owner of the property upon which such measuring device is installed shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping; and all repairs thereto shall be made at the property Owner’s expense.

8.3. Industrial waste surcharge.

8.3.1. Industrial waste surcharges. There shall be additional charges for industrial wastes having concentrations of BOD₅ in excess of 300 mg/1 and suspended solids in excess of 250 mg/1. These charges shall be determined using the formula in Section 8.3.2.

8.3.2. Surcharge formula.

S = 0.00834 * Ql (B0DI - 300) (TA) + (SSC - 250) (TB)

In order to determine the additional charge for industrial wastes with strength greater than that of domestic waste, the following formula shall be used:

Where:

S is the semi-annual surcharge to be added to the normal sewer rent.

0.00834 is a constant to convert waste concentrations expressed in mg/1 to thousands of pounds of waste.

Q1 is the semiannual industrial waste flow expressed in million gallons and determined as per methods set out in Section 8.2.1.

BODI and SSI are the average concentrations of BOD₅ and Suspended Solids in the industrial user’s waste stream expressed in mg/1 for the billing period.