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Title 13
Chapter 13.03
Section 13.03.1136
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.03 Sewers

Article XI. Rates

Section 13.03.1136 “Standard Wastewater Strength”
  1. “Standard wastewater strength” or “standard strength sewage” means wastewater containing constituents typical of wastewater discharged from domestic dwelling units in the City of Spokane, specifically two hundred ten milligrams per liter (mg/l) of BOD, one hundred seventy milligrams per liter SS, and twelve and four-tenths milligrams per liter P.
  1. Wastewater which is determined, by analysis of monitored sample, by the director to be within the range of one standard deviation on either side of the typical value:
    1. BOD between one hundred sixty and two hundred sixty milligrams per liter,
    1. SS between one hundred twenty-five and two hundred fifteen milligrams per liter, and
    1. P between nine-and-sixteen-hundredths and fifteen-and-two-tenths milligrams per liter,

and not containing other elements, materials or substances at concentration levels or amounts known to be detrimental to the structure or operation of the Spokane wastewater treatment system or hazardous to the health of municipal employees, and which will not cause the municipality to violate its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, will be considered as being of standard wastewater strength.

Date Passed: Monday, October 15, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Recodification ORD C34122 Section 1