Redwood City Municipal Code § 27.23 Basis for Determination

For the purposes of this Chapter unless otherwise provided pursuant to the provisions of this Article, wastewater volumes shall be determined upon the basis of volumes of freshwater, including all sources of non-wastewater, used by, or furnished to, a user.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Upon application of a user, and upon a finding by Authority's Manager, subject to the concurrence of City's Director, that a significant portion of freshwater or non-wastewater, received by the user from any metered source does not flow into the sewerage facilities because of the principal activity of the user, or by reason of removal of wastewater by other means, Authority's Manager, with the concurrence of City's Director, may authorize determination of the volume of wastewater discharge to be made by an appropriate metering device. Upon such determination, a metering device, of a type approved by Authority's Manager, and at a location approved by Authority's Manager, shall be installed at the user's expense. Such metering device shall measure either the amount of wastewater discharged into the sewerage facilities, or the amount of freshwater or non-wastewater diverted from the sewerage facilities. Upon installation, such meters shall be maintained and tested periodically for accuracy in accordance with requirements established by Authority's Manager, all of which maintenance and testing shall be at the expense of the user.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

In lieu of a metering device as specified in Section 27.21, and upon a determination by Authority's Manager, subject to the concurrence of City's Director, that it would be unnecessary or impracticable to install, maintain, or operate such metering device, wastewater volume discharged by a user into the sewerage facilities may be based upon an estimate thereof determined by Authority's Manager, with the concurrence of City's Director. The determination of such estimated wastewater volume shall be based upon such factors as the number of fixtures through which wastewater flows into the sewerage facilities from the user's premises, seating capacity of buildings or improvements upon the premises, the population equivalent associated with the premises, annual production of goods and services related to the premises, or other factors reasonably relating to water use, wastewater volume calculations, and/or diversions of wastewater flow from the sewerage facilities.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

The determination by Authority's Manager, and the concurrence by City's Director, to require measurement of wastewater volumes by metering devices or calculation of estimated flows pursuant to Section 27.21 or 27.22, respectively, shall be based upon such data, statistics, description of the premises to be served by the sewerage facilities and operations conducted thereon together with corresponding reasons submitted by the user in support of use of such metering devices or calculations, as the case may be, and such other information deemed necessary or appropriate by Authority's Manager and City's Director to enable them to make a reasoned determination.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)