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ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL THAT PART OF
ORDINANCE N0. 730 THAT PERTAINS TO
SANITARY SEWER SERVICE ONLY; AND
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE
N0. 737, AND ESTABLISHING RATES FOR
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL
SEWER SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS, CREATING AN EMERGENCY AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That portion of Ordinance No. 730 that pertains
to sanitary sewer service only is repealed.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 737 is hereby repealed.
Section 3. SCHEDULE N0. 1
RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
Effective February 1, 1973
on:
Rate: The net monthly rate (after lOf discount)
for sanitary sewer service shall be as follows:
Per Month
Winter: (September through April Inclusive)
132 of the net monthly bill (after 10~ discount)
for metered water service for the same month.
Surr~ner : ( May through Augus t Inclusive) . The monthly rate
(after 10~ discount) for the months of May
through August will be the calculated average
of previous monthly bills from September
through April. New Accounts opened during the
months of February through August will be billed
on the winter rate until a three month average
of winter months can be established.
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Exempt In the event that the customer uses a substantial
Water:
amount of water for purposes which do not dispose
of the water into the sanitary sewer system, the
customer may apply to the City of West Memphis
to install a meter at customer's own expense
to meter such water. If the City of West Memphis
agrees that-such water does not enter the
sanitary sewer system, then the sewer charge
shall be imposed on a water bill computed on
total water consumption less the water passing
through the meter for the water that does not
Irr.
enter the sanitary sewer system.
Billing Bills will be rendered monthly with water service
and
Payment: bill. The net bill shall be paid not more than
15 days from date of bill; otherwise the 10/
discount is forfeited and the gross bill is
payable.
Section la... SCHEDULE N0. 2
RATE FOR COMMERCIAL SANITARY SEWER SERVICE
Effective February 1, 1973
on:
Rate: The net monthly rate (after lOf discount) for
sanitary sewer service shall be as follows:
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132 of the net monthly bill (after 10~ discount)
for metered water service for same month.
Exempt In the event that the customer uses a substantial
Water
amount of water for purposes which do not dispose
of the water into the sanitary sewer system,
the customer may apply to the City of West Memphis,
to install a meter at customer's own expense to
a
meter such water. If the City of West Memphis
agrees that such water does not enter the
sanitary sewer system, then the sewer charge
shall be imposed on a water bill computed on
total water consumption less the water passing
irr
through the meter for the water that does not
enter the sanitary sewer system.
Billing Bills will be rendered monthly with the water
and
Payment: service bill. The net bill shall be paid not
more than 15 days from date of bill; otherwise
the 10~ discount is forfeited and the gross
bill is payable.
Section 5. SCHEDULE N0. 3
RATE FOR INDUSTRIAL SEWER SERVICE
Effective February 1, 1973
on:
Applica- All industrial customers whose activities are
tion:
identified in the Standard Industrial Classifi-
cations Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1967, as
amended and supplemented, under the Category D -
Manufacturing (a copy of which is to be on file
at all times in the office of City Clerk and in
the offices of the West Memphis Utilities
Commission for inspection by any interested
person), or whose sewage effluent contains wastes
with concentrations of arrmionia, phosphorus,
and toxic pollutants.
Rate: The net monthly rate (after 10~ discount) for
sanitary sewer service shall be as follows:
Volume 132 of the net monthly bill (after lOf discount)
Charge :
for metered water service fo~± the same month,
(Plus )
BOD The BOD charge will be (bo) the calculated unit
Char e•
(boBi cost of treatment chargeable to biochemical
oxygen demand per pound multiplied by the amount (Bi)
of BOD from the Industrial Users in pounds per
irr.
year, (Plus )
Suspended The suspended solid charge will be~ (so) the
Solid
Char e: calculated unit cost of treatment (including
soSi
sludge treatment) chargeable to suspended solids
per pound multiplied by (Si) the amount of
suspended solids from the Industrial Users in
pounds per year.
All measurements, test, and analyses for deter-
mination of biochemical oxygen demand and
suspended solids shall be determined in accordance
with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for
Examination of Water and Wastewater" published
by the American Public Health Association. Such
determination shall be made annually at the end
of each calendar. year and the monthly installments
for the next twelve (12) months shall be
one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount so determined.
Abbre- Total monthly. charge (Ci) = Volume Charge
viated
Form: + boBi + soSi
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Exempt In the event that the customer uses a substantial
Water:
amount of water for purposes which do not dispose
of the the water into the sanitary sewer system,
the customer may apply to the City of West Memphis
to install a meter at customer's own expense to
meter such water. If the City of West Memphis
agrees that such water does not enter the sanitary
water system, then the sewer charge shall be
imposed on a water bill computed on total water
consumption less the water passing through the
meter for the water that does not enter the
sanitary sewer system.
Billing Bills will be rendered monthly with water service
and
Payment: bill. The net bill shall be paid not more than
15 days from date of bill; otherwise the~„~0~
discount is forfeited and the gross bill is
payable.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed.
Section 7. It being found and determined by the City Council
of the City of West Memphis that certain adjust-
ments are necessary in the rates for sanitary
sewer service, an emergency is hereby declared
to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and approval.
ADOPTED this L_ day of ~~ .(~ ~j'Uq{~ ~ 1973
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MAYOR
ATTEST
C ITY C LERK