Title 13 Public Utilities and Services
Chapter 13.03 Sewers
Article XI. Rates
Section 13.03.1138 “User Charge”
- “User Charge” means the charge required to cover the costs of collection and treatment of wastewaters discharged to the Spokane wastewater treatment system, including treatment of the wastewater to remove:
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- suspended solids (SS),
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- biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and
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- phosphorus (P),
as necessary to meet the standards established under state and federal law for municipal sewage effluent, as set forth in the City of Spokane’s NPDES wastewater disposal permit, and the costs for the disposal of treated wastewater and any residuals.
- The user charge rates shall be reviewed and may be adjusted annually by the director, subject to the approval of the city council, to accurately reflect the costs for treating each unit volume of wastewater and unit quantity of the above constituents, as necessary to comply with the requirements of the City of Spokane’s NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
- The user charge will consist of a charge calculated by the director for the treatment and disposal of discharges of standard wastewater strength, plus a surcharge to be applied to commercial user and industrial user sewer service accounts based upon the quality of constituent pollutants: BOD, SS or P, in the wastewater strength (SMC 13.03.1006).
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- The amount of the surcharge shall be determined by an analysis, by the director, of the wastewater being discharged by specific commercial and industrial users.
Date Passed: Monday, October 15, 2007
Effective Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Recodification ORD C34122 Section 1
