Wastewater Surcharges

A. The department may accept into its public waste-water system an individual waste of unusual volume, strength or character under a special agreement or arrangement between the county and the industrial user subject to payment of appropriate surcharges based upon rates as set forth in the annual budget ordinance. B. A monitoring program shall be conducted by the department to periodically measure the characteristics of wastewater discharges from users. All users that discharge wastewater which exceeds the limitations set forth in subsections C and D of this section shall be identified by the department and shall be subject to the appropriate surcharge. C. Any user who discharges or causes to be discharged into the public wastewater systems any water or wastes that exceed the following limitations of concentration shall be required to pay a surcharge in accordance with subsection A of this section. 1. All weight of total suspended solids over four pounds per one thousand gallons of wastewater; 2. All weight of BOD5 over four pounds per one thousand gallons of wastewater. D. Any user who discharges or causes to be discharged into the public wastewater system any water or wastes deemed by the director to be unusual in volume or character shall be required to pay a surcharge in accordance with subsection A of this section. E. When required by the director, the owner of any property served by a building wastewater system carrying nonresidential wastes shall install monitoring and recording equipment, and a suitable control manhole in the building wastewater system to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste. The manhole shall be readily accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the director. The manhole shall be installed and maintained by the owner at the owner's expense. F. Pursuant to section 14.21.070, the director may require the owner to perform measurements, tests and analyses. Director shall require that measurements, tests and analyses be performed by a State Department of Health certified laboratory at the owner's expense. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastewater shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods and shall be made at the control manhole provided for in subsection E of this section, or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. If no special manhole is available, the sampling location shall be determined by the department. (Ord. 2323 § 14 (part), 1994)