§ 27-153. Established.

There is hereby established the following charges for the use of the sanitary sewerage system by industrial users as defined in section 27-143. These charges are defined and assessed according to the schedules contained herein.

(1)

Plant investment fees. For new industrial sewerage customer accounts as defined in section 27-143, applied for after June 22, 1983, the following schedule of plant investment fees are applicable.

Meter Size (inches)	Maximum Fee
5/8 or ¾	$550.00
1	800.00
1½	1,400.00
2	2,000.00
3	3,700.00
4	6,000.00
6	11,700.00
8	23,200.00
10	34,700.00

 

(b)

Minimum charge. A minimum for all industrial user accounts as defined in section 27-143 is hereby established and assessed at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for monthly accounts and three dollars ($3.00) for bimonthly accounts. This minimum charge applies to the first three thousand (3,000) gallons or less of metered water consumption for monthly accounts and six thousand (6,000) gallons or less of metered water consumption for bimonthly accounts.

(c)

Monthly service charge. These fees are defined and assessed for all accounts to the following schedule:

Meter Size (inches)	Total Monthly Service Charge	Total Bimonthly Service Charge
5/8 or ¾	$0.90	$1.80
1	1.10	2.19
2	2.36	4.71
3	5.15	10.29
4	8.57	17.14
6	16.72	33.43
8	25.72	51.43
10	35.15	70.29
12	41.15	82.29

 

(d)

Volume rate charges:

(1)

Industrial user volume charge. This fee is to be calculated for each sewerage connection account with the exception food service operations as defined in section 27-143 and those assessed a volume charge in section 27-48(c). This fee shall be based on one hundred (100) percent of total metered water consumption, as indicated by the water meter reading, less product usage as defined in section 27-143 at a rate of one dollar ($1.00) per [one] thousand (1,000) gallons. The formula for computing the volume charge shall be:

(Q _t - P) × Rate (as established above) = C _v

Where:

Q _t = Total metered water consumption per billing period in thousands of gallons.

P = Product usage per billing period in thousands of gallons, as established by the discharger to the satisfaction of the director. Where the discharger fails to so establish its product usage, the value of P shall be zero. It shall be the duty of the discharger to submit such records, which shall be accurate and complete, to the director as he may require, to enable the director to properly assess the charge.

C _v = Amount charged based on volume of water consumed.

(2)

Food service operation volume charge. All food service operations as defined in section 27-143 discharging into the sanitary sewerage system shall be assessed a volume rate charge based on seventy-five (75) percent of total metered water consumption, as indicated by the water meter reading, at a rate of one dollar ($1.00) per [one] thousand gallons. The formula for computing the volume charge shall be:

Q _t × Rate (as established above) = C _v

Where:

Q _t = Total metered water consumption per billing period in thousands of gallons.

Q _v = Amount charged based on volume of water consumed.

(e)

Excessive strength charge (ESC). This charge is an additional sewerage service charge levied on all industrial users, excluding food service operations, who discharge into the sanitary sewerage system any waste of higher strength than that of domestic sewerage as defined in section 27-143 and is intended to defray the added cost of treating higher strength waste. ESC shall be calculated based on excessive BOD and excessive TSS. In those instances where the wastewater discharger has a COD concentration greater than or equal to two and one-half (2.50) times that of the BOD concentration, the ESC shall be calculated based on the excessive COD. The director may require the discharger to provide data demonstrating the treatability of such wastewater. The ESC shall be computed according to the following formula:

ESC = (V - P) × 0.00834 × [a(BOD - 500) + b(TSS - 250)]

Alternatively, if COD is greater than or equal to 2.5 times BOD ESC = (V - P) × 0.00834 × [a(COD - 500 + b(TSS - 250)]

Where:

V = Metered water volume per billing period in thousands of gallons

P = Product usage per billing period in thousands of gallons

0.00834 = Constant to convert milligrams per liter to pounds per thousand gallons

200 = Milligrams per liter of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) allowed in wastewater with no excessive strength charge

250 = Milligrams per liter of total suspended solids (TSS) allowed in wastewater with no excessive strength charge

500 = Milligrams per liter of chemical oxygen demand (COD) allowed in wastewater with no excessive strength charge

a = Unit cost of treatment per pound of BOD and COD

b = Unit cost of treatment per pound of TSS

BOD = Concentration of BOD in discharger's waste effluent, expressed in mg/l

TSS = Concentration of TSS in discharger's waste effluent, expressed in mg/l

COD = Concentration of COD in discharger's waste effluent, expressed in mg/l

(1)

All required sampling for the determination of ESC shall be done in accordance with section 27-152.2.

(2)

If an industrial user has a wastewater discharge permit, provisions regarding ESC, including, but not limited to, sampling location and monitoring frequency, stated in their wastewater discharge permit take precedence.

(3)

Excessive strength charges (ESC) for industrial users classified by the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, published by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, as SIC Code 2086 that are primarily engaged in the manufacturing of bottled and canned soft drinks and carbonated waters shall be computed according to the following formula:

ESC = (V - P) × 0.00834 × [c(BOD - 200) + b(TSS - 250)]

Where:

c = the current charge

the terms V, P, BOD, b and TSS are defined in section 27-152(e).

The base charge for a, b and c will be adjusted annually beginning January 1, 2002, based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. The annual adjustment will equal a U.S. City Average 12 month percentage change in the All Urban Consumers—All Items Index (CPI-U) as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPI adjusted charges are published annually in the Official Journal of Jefferson Parish and in the Progressive Jefferson, the publication ordinarily accompanying the water bills themselves.

(f)

Monitoring and surveillance fee, food service operations.

(1)

All food service operations, regardless of the type of grease control device installed, are required to obtain an annual discharge permit or permit renewal through the department of environmental affairs and shall comply with all provisions of the permit. Permits are not transferable. A monitoring and surveillance fee not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) per year per FSO shall be assessed during the processing of the permit or permit renewal in order to recoup the costs of administering this program including but not limited to time and materials spent assigning permits and inspecting FSOs. The following food service operations shall be exempt from the monitoring and surveillance fee:

a.

Schools, kindergarten through 12th grade, including public, private, and parochial;

b.

Day care facilities;

c.

Churches, religious institutions, and not-for-profit food distribution centers such as homeless shelters;

d.

Not for profit nursing homes.

(2)

Exemption. If, in the opinion of the director of the department of environmental affairs, a food service operation does not discharge fats, oil or grease during the conduct of business, an exemption to the monitoring and surveillance fee may be issued. However, this does not exempt the user from the requirement to obtain a discharge permit under section 27-152. At least one (1) time per year and no later than September 30th of a given year, the director of the department of sewerage shall submit to the director of public works an estimate of the costs incurred in clearing blockages caused by fats, oil or grease in the sewerage collection system for the last twelve-month period.

(Ord. No. 18867, §§ 1, 2, 9-15-93; Ord. No. 19235, 11-16-94; Ord. No. 21439, § 10, 11-14-01; Ord. No. 21559, 4-24-02)