(A) All industrial users shall be required to pay that portion of the federal assistance grant under PL 92-500 allocable to the treatment of waste from the users.

(B) The system for industrial cost recovery shall be implemented and maintained according to the following requirements:

(1) Each year during the industrial cost recovery period, each industrial user of the treatment works shall pay its share of the total federal grant amount divided by the recovery period.

(2) The industrial cost recovery period shall be equal to 30 years or the useful life of the treatment works, whichever is less.

(3) Payments shall be made by industrial users no less often than annually. The first payment by an industrial user shall be made not later than one year after the user begins use of the treatment works.

(4) An industrial user's share shall be based on all factors which significantly influence the cost of the treatment works, such as strength, volume and flow rate characteristics. As a minimum, an industry's share shall be based on its flow versus treatment works capacity except in unusual cases.

(5) An industrial user's share shall be adjusted when there is a substantial change in the strength, volume or flow rate characteristics of user's wastes, or if there is an expansion or upgrading of the treatment works.

(6) An industrial user's share shall not include any portion of the federal grant amount allocable to unused or unreserved capacity.

(7) An industrial user's share shall include any firm commitment to the city of increased use by the user.

(8) An industrial user's share shall not include an interest component.

(C) This requirement applies only to those features of wastewater treatment and transportation facilities which have been constructed with federal assistance administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under PL 92-500.

(Ord. 1737, passed 6-24-91)