<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 78-25. - Sewer service charge.</div>
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               (a)
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               A sewer service charge will be used for deriving revenues for financing and maintaining
               the sewage system. The sewer service charge shall be assigned to all persons who contribute
               sewage to the sewage system.
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               (b)
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               The normal sewer service charge shall apply only to those discharges that, during
               each billing period, have concentrations of pollutants less than the following:
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               (1)
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               BOD - 300 mg/l;
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               (2)
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               COD - 900 mg/l;
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               (3)
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               Suspended solids - 300 mg/l;
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               (4)
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               Grease and oil - 50 mg/l.
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               For those discharges meeting these limits, the volume of wastewater measured during
               the period shall be the basis for determining the normal sewer service charge. The
               county shall establish the sewer service charge rates.
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               (c)
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               The sewer service charge for discharges in excess of the above concentrations shall
               be determined as follows:
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               (1)
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               The sewer service charge shall be computed at the maximum limits for the flow discharged
               during the period.
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               (2)
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               A surcharge shall be added to the sewer service charge for any sewage which exceeds
               the maximum strength and concentration standards herein established. The surcharge
               rate shall be established by the county commissioners yearly.
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               (d)
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               Sewer service charges shall be billed quarterly. Failure to pay the sewer srvice charges
               by the date so specified shall authorize the county to refuse to accept sewage from
               the defaulting discharger. The sewage shall again be accepted after receipt of full
               payment of all outstanding sewer service charges, plus an administrative charge as
               authorized by the county commissioners.
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               (e)
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               The county reserves the right to establish sewer service charges which will reflect
               equitable rights to all the public using the sewage system.
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               (f)
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               The county reserves the right to establish tap-on charges for its benefit or the benefit
               of private property owners who have extended lines for service for themselves and
               said tap-on charges will reflect equitable rights to all the public using the sewage
               system.
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               (Ord. of 7-19-1983, Â§ VII)
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