Soledad Municipal Code Ch. 13.28 Wastewater Charges and Fees

The city council shall from time to time, by resolution, establish a schedule of charges and fees which will enable it to comply with the revenue requirements of the State Clean Water Grant Program and such charges and fees shall be determined in a manner consistent with regulations of the program.

(Prior code § 26-36-50)

All users are to be classified by the city either by assigning each one to a "user classification" category according to the principal activity conducted on the user's premises, by individual user analyzation, or by a combination thereof. The purpose of such collective and/or individual classification is to facilitate the regulation of wastewater discharges based on wastewater constituents and characteristics to provide an effective means of source control, and to establish a system of charges and fees which will ensure an equitable recovery of the city's cost.

(Prior code § 26-36-51)

The charges and fees as established in the schedule of fees and charges may include, but are not limited to:

A. User classification charges;

B. Fees for monitoring;

C. Fees for permit applications;

D. Sewer connection fees;

E. Appeal fees;

F. Charges and fees based on wastewater constituents and characteristics, to include industrial cost recovery provisions of the Federal Act.

(Prior code § 26-36-52)

A. Charges and fees shall be based upon a minimum basic charge for each premises, computed on the basis of wastewater from a domestic premises with the following characteristics:

1. BOD, two hundred fifty milligrams per liter;

2. COD, three hundred seventy-five milligrams per liter;

3. Suspended solids, two hundred fifty milligrams per liter;

4. Oil and grease, forty milligrams per liter;

5. Volume, two hundred twenty-four gallons per day per domestic premises.

B. The charges and fees for all classifications of users other than the basic domestic premises shall be based upon the relative difference between the average wastewater constituents and characteristics of that classification as related to those of a domestic premises.

C. The charges and fees established for permit users shall be based upon the measured or estimated constituents and characteristics of the wastewater discharge of that user which may include, but are not limited to, BOD, COD, suspended solids, oil and grease, chlorine demand and volume.

(Prior code § 26-36-53)