San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 4 Wastewater Volume Determination

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2014-020, 11/17/14)

User charges and fees shall be based on the total amount of water used from all sources unless, in the opinion of the City, significant portions of water received are not discharged to the sanitary sewer. The total amount of water used from public and private sources will be determined by means of public meters or private meters, installed and maintained at the expense of the user and approved by the City.

Where, in the opinion of the City, a significant portion of the water received from any metered source does not flow into the sanitary sewer because of the principal activity of the user or removal by other means, the user charges and fees will be applied against the volume of water discharged from such premises into the sanitary sewer. Written notification and proof of the diversion of water must be provided by the user if the user is to avoid the application of the user charges and fees against the total amount of water used from all sources. The user must install a meter of a type and at a location approved by the City and at the user's expense. Such meters may measure either the amount of sewage discharged or the amount of water diverted. Such meters shall be tested for accuracy every two years at the expense of the user.

Where, in the opinion of the City, it is unnecessary or impractical for the user to install a meter, a conservative estimate of the quantity of wastewater may be used, provided it can be reasonably substantiated by the user. It is the user's responsibility to provide the City with justification for the desired adjustment. The request for an adjustment shall be based upon a rational determination of the wastewater diversion and may consider such factors as the number of fixtures, production of goods and services or such other determinants of water used in process and not discharged to the sanitary sewer. The user must submit a description of the justification and methodology for estimating the unmetered volume, in writing, to the City for approval.