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Title 18, Chapter 1
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Jefferson City
Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 6 : Industrial Sewer Pretreatment Program

18-603 : Fees.[5]

  1. Purpose. The city shall adopt, at a frequency deemed necessary, an adequate schedule of user charges and surcharges and tap fees to defray the cost of administering, operating and maintaining the wastewater disposal system. The costs to be used as a basis for determining the charges shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, administration, direct operation and maintenance, collection and billing of charges, bond redemption, studies and reports, professional fees, repairs, capital improvements, and cost of service line connections. The user charges, surcharges and tap fees are to be used only for the purpose of administering, operating, and maintaining the wastewater disposal system, and shall be published on a form for public distribution and notice and shall become Appendix A and B5 of this chapter upon adoption and public notification. The current fees and charges schedule shall continue in effect until revised by the city.
  2. User charges. A user charge shall be levied on all users including, but not limited to, persons, firms, corporations or governmental entities that discharge, cause or permit the discharge of sewage into the POTW.

     
    1. The user charge shall reflect at least the cost of debt service, operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the POTW.
    2. Each user shall pay its proportionate cost based on volume of flow.
    3. The public works director shall review as deemed necessary the sewage contributions of users, the total costs of debt service, operation and maintenance of the POTW and make recommendations to the city council for adjustments in the schedule of charges and fees as necessary.
    4. Charges for flow to the POTW not directly attributable to the users shall be distributed among all users of the POTW based upon the volume of flow of the users.
  3. Surcharges. An industrial user of the POTW whose wastes exceed the limitations established by § 18-602(3) of this policy is in the discretion of the City of Jefferson City Council subject to an industrial waste surcharge as set forth in Appendix A to this chapter.

     
    1. The volume of flow used in determining the total discharge of wastewater for payment of user charges and surcharges shall be based on the following:
      1. Metered water consumption as shown in the records of meter readings maintained by the city; or
      2. If required by the city, other flow monitoring devices which measure the actual volume of wastewater discharged to the sewer must be installed. Such devices shall be accessible and safely located, and the measuring system shall be installed in accordance with plans approved by the city. The metering system shall be installed and maintained at the user's expense according to arrangements that may be made with the city. An individual user may request individual monitoring of wastewater discharged however, the user shall provide written rational demonstrating that effluent monitoring would be m ore accurate than water consumption records.
      3. Where any user procures all or part of his water supply from sources other than the city, the user shall install and maintain at his own expense a flow measuring device of a type approved by the city.
    2. The character and concentration of the constituents of the wastewater used in determining surcharges shag be determined by samples collected and analyzed by the city. Samples shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative of the actual discharge and shall be analyzed using procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
    3. The determination of the character and concentration of the constituents of the wastewater discharge by the public works director or his duly appointed representatives shall be binding as a basis for charges.
  4. Pretreatment program administration charges. The schedule of charges and fees adopted by the city may include charges and fees for:

     
    1. Reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the pretreatment program;
    2. Monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures;
    3. Reviewing slug control plans, including accidental and/or slug load discharge procedures and construction plans and specifications;
    4. Permitting;
    5. Other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of the pretreatment program.
  5. Partial payments of bills. Partial payments toward a bill covering recycling, sewage and water services a re to be applied among these services in the following order:

     
    1. Recycling services;
    2. Sewage services; and
    3. Water services. (as added by Ord. #2024-08, Sept. 2024 Ch18_1-5-26)
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Appendices A - Enforcement Response Guide and B - Local Limits, and any amendments thereto, are available in the office of the recorder.