The sewer system of the city shall be operated by a department to be known as the “Sewage Disposal System”. The department shall consist of the governing body, a superintendent, and other officers and employees of the city who shall devote all or part of their time to the conduct of the department. The city administrator shall maintain, manage, conduct and control the sewage disposal system and department. The governing body shall make all such ordinances, rules and regulations as may be necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management of the sewage disposal system.

(Code 2003)

There is hereby created the position of superintendent of the sewage disposal department. The superintendent of the sewage disposal department shall be employed by the city administrator and shall perform the following duties:

(a)   He or she shall have general control and charge of the maintenance and operation of the city’s sewage disposal system and plant, pumping equipment, and all other appurtenances of the sewage disposal system. He or she shall generally supervise all extensions and alterations of the sewage disposal system as directed by the city administrator.

(b)   He or she shall report monthly to the city administrator on all materials concerning the sewage disposal system.

(c)   He or she shall keep up-to-date maps of the sewage system showing the exact location of all sewer lines, manholes, and all other equipment of the system and shall file with the city administrator an annual inventory of all such property in January of each year.

(d)   He or she shall supervise and inspect all sewer connections and installations.

(e)   He or she shall perform all other duties assigned to him or her by the city administrator and shall be subject to general advice and control of the city administrator with respect to all specific duties.

(f)   He or she shall have charge and control of all employees within his or her department subject only to direct instructions from the city administrator.

(g)   He or she shall perform all other duties imposed upon him or her by ordinance or law.

(Ord. 444, 1974)

The employment of the regular employees of the department shall be made by the city administrator. Wages shall be approved by the governing body. All employees of the department shall be under the immediate control and management of the superintendent.

(Code 2003)

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:

(a)   Person shall mean any individual, firm, institution, company, association, society, corporation, or group.

(b)   Shall is mandatory; May is permissive.

(c)   Sewer shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

(d)   Sanitary Sewer shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwater’s are not intentionally admitted.

(e)   Combined Sewer shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

(f)   Public Sewer shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.

(g)   Sewage shall mean a combination of the water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.

(h)   Sewage Works shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

(i)    Sewage Treatment Plant shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

(j)    Building Sewer shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.

(k)   Building Drain shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.

(l)    Storm Drain shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.

(m)  Garbage shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

(n)   Properly Shredded Garbage shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers.

(o)   BOD (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 C, expressed in milligrams per liter.

(p)   Suspended Solids (SS) shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.

(q)   pH shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

(r)    Industrial Wastes shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

(s)   Watercourse shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

(t)    Natural Outlet shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface of groundwater.

(u)   Slug shall mean any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24 hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

(v)   Superintendent shall mean the superintendent of sewage works of the City of Lakin or his or her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.

(w)  City - The City of Lakin, Kansas, and the area within three miles of the city limits.

(Ord. 501, Art. 1; Code 1986)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city.

(b)   It shall be unlawful to discharge any wastewater or other polluted waters into any natural outlet except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this article.

(Ord. 501, Art. 2; Code 1986)

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater within the city.

(Ord. 501, Art. 2; Code 1986)

(a)   The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the city and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may be located in the future, a sanitary sewer of the city is hereby required to install, at his or her expense, toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public wastewater collection system in accordance with the provisions of this article within 90 days after the official notice to do so, provided that the public wastewater collection system is within 150 feet of the property line.

(b)   No sewer connection will be permitted for areas outside the city limits until the developer or owner obtains approval from the governing body. Any sewer lines needed to connect with existing city sewer mains and laterals must conform to city and state specifications for same.

(Ord. 501, Art. 2; Code 1986)

Any person or person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to so connect any building or buildings with the sewer system of the city as herein provided for, for more than 10 days after being notified in writing by the board of health of the city to do so, the city may cause the premises and building to be connected with the sewer system.

(K.S.A. 12-631; Code 1986)

Whenever it becomes necessary for the city to cause any premises, building or buildings to be connected with the sewer system the city shall advertise for bids for the construction and making of the sewer connection and shall contract therefor with the lowest responsible bidder or bidders and cause the premises to be connected with the sewer system and the costs and expenses thereof shall be assessed against the property and premises so connected, such assessment to be made in the same manner as other special assessments are made.

(K.S.A. 12-631; Code 1986)

Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of section 15-407, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this article.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 1986)

Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the building and zoning official. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the city, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the building and zoning official. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid as established by resolution or ordinance set forth by the governing body and paid to the city clerk at the time the application is filed.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 2003)

A permit for a private wastewater disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the building and zoning official. He or she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within 24 hours of the receipt of notice by the superintendent or his or her representative.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 2003)

At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in section 15-410, a direct connection shall be made to the public wastewater collection system in compliance with this; disposal facilities shall be cleaned and filled according to section 15-416.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 1986)

The owner shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all time, at no expense to the city.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 1986)

No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the health officer.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 1986)

When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to the sewer within 60 days and the private wastewater disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel, locally available chat, or soil.

(Ord. 501, Art. 3; Code 1986)

Any person, firm or corporation having a license to clean septic tanks and to haul and dispose of raw sewage in Kearny County, Kansas, and being in full and complete compliance with the requirements established by the Kearny County Department of Health for the removal, transportation, and disposition of sewage shall, upon payment of the fees hereinafter provided, be permitted to dump and dispose of raw sewage in the Lakin Sewer System between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week at such place and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the city engineer of the city, or his or her duly authorized agent and in compliance with the requirements established by the Kearny County Department of Health for the removal, transportation, and disposition of sewage.

(Code 1986)

The city shall have the right to refuse to permit any person, firm or corporation who is in violation of the provisions of this article or the requirements established by the Kearny County Department of Health for the removal, transportation and disposition of sewage, or who has in the past dumped or disposed of sewage in the Lakin Sewer System in violation of this article or the requirements of the Department of Health, to dump or dispose of sewage in the Lakin Sewer System.

(Code 1986)

(a)   No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the building and zoning official.

(b)   There shall be one class of building sewer permit for residential and commercial service. The owner or his or her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the building and zoning official. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid as established by resolution or ordinance set forth by the governing body and paid to the city clerk at the time the application is filed.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

All costs and expense incident to the extension of sewer mains and installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the extension of a sewer main or the installation or connection of the building sewer.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986; Code 2013; Ord 871; Code 2018)

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building (see 15-407); except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be construed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.

(Ord. 501, Art.4; Code 1986)

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the building and zoning official to meet all requirements of this article.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public collection system, wastewater carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior or interior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public wastewater collection system.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

The connection of the building sewer into the public wastewater collection system shall conform to the requirements of the Uniform Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the building and zoning official before installation.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the building and zoning official when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the building and zoning official or his or her representative within 96 hours of the receipt of the notice.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.

(Ord. 501, Art. 4; Code 1986)

(a)   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.

(b)   Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers as approved by the superintendent, or to a natural outlet. Such flows are also subject to federal and state regulations.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:

(a)   Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.

(b)   Cleaning, stripping or paint solvents.

(c)   Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two mg/1 as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.

(d)   Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.

(e)   Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstructions to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, ungrounded garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshing, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the superintendent that such wastes can harm either the sewers, wastewater treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the wastewater treatment process, capacity of the wastewater treatment plant, degree of treat ability of wastes in the wastewater treatment plan, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:

(a)   Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 °F (65 °C).

(b)   Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and 150 °F (0 and 65 °C).

(c)   Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 horsepower (.076 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent.

(d)   Any waters or wastes containing strong acid pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.

(e)   Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established by the superintendent for such materials, or pretreatment requirements established by state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge.

(f)   Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite wastewater to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge.

(g)   Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.

(h)   Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.

(i)    Materials which exert or cause:

(1)   Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate).

(2)   Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).

(3)   Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the wastewater treatment works.

(4)   Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting “slugs” as defined herein.

(j)    Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.

(k)   Any waters or wastes having a five-day BOD greater than 300 milligrams per liter, or containing more than 300 milligrams per liter of suspended solids, or having an average daily flow greater than two percent of the average wastewater flow of the city, shall be subject to the review of the superintendent. Where necessary, in the opinion of the superintendent the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the BOD to 300 milligrams per liter, or reduce the suspended solids to 300 milligrams per liter, or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until the approvals are obtained in writing.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public wastewater collection system, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in section 15-231, and which in the judgment of the superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the treatment works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or would otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the superintendent may:

(a)   Reject the wastes

(b)   Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public wastewater collection system

(c)   Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or

(d)   Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or user charges.

(f)   The superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

Where preliminary treatment of flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any water wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner, at his or her expense.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

(a)   When required by the governing body, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be construed in accordance with plans approved by the superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense, and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.

(b)   All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be performed by a laboratory approved by the superintendent and shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of the constituents upon the treatment works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24 hour composite of all building sewers of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all building sewers whereas pH’s and heavy metals are determined from periodic grab samples.

(c)   Any pretreatment standards as established by state, federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge will be used as the minimum requirements by the superintendent as applied to this section.

(Ord. 501, Art. 5; Code 1986)

(a)   The superintendent of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article. The superintendent shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that point having bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. Any report, record, or information taken for purposes of administrating this article shall remain confidential to the superintendent, except that such report, record, or information may be disclosed to other officials, employees, or authorized representatives of the city and except for such effluent information as may be required by federal and state regulations.

(b)   While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in (a) above, the superintendent shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in section 15-433.

(c)   The superintendent of the city bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the wastewater collection system lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

(Ord. 501, Art. 7; Code 1986)

No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.

(Ord. 501, Art. 6; Code 1986)

(a)   Any industrial user requesting sewer service after January 1, 1979 shall establish or cause to be established the quality, quantity and peak flow rate characteristics of the users wastewater and shall present this information to the city in such a manner that the city shall determine if an industrial cost recovery (ICR) rate shall be established for the user. The cost of establishing these characteristics shall be paid for by the user.

(b)   Under the ICR program, any industrial user’s share shall be based on all factors which significantly influence the cost of the wastewater collection and treatment system, such as quality, volume and delivery flow rate characteristics which shall be considered and included to insure a proportional distribution of the grant assistance allocable to the industrial user’s use, or capacity firmly committed for its use and shall not include an interest component. As a minimum, an industrial user’s share shall be proportional to its flow in relation to the treatment works flow.

(c)   Whenever current standards, regulations or guidelines are altered by any governmental agency in such a manner as to cause an expansion and/or upgrading of the treatment works which are not covered by user’s fees, and require federal grant moneys, each industrial contributor’s ICR fee will be adjusted in accordance with the current regulations to reflect the costs of expanding and/or upgrading the treatment works.

(Ord. 501, Art. 8)

All users of the sewage system are for the purposes of the Article classified and charged as follows:

(a)   Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City of Lakin based on his use of the treatment works as determined by water meters acceptable to the city.

(b)   For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based on average monthly water usage during the months of December, January, February and March. If a residential contributor has not established a December, January, February and March average, his monthly user charge shall be the median charge of all other residential contributors.

(c)   For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges shall be based on average monthly water usage during the months of December, January, February and March. If an industrial or commercial contributor has not established a December, January, February and March average, his monthly user charge shall be the median charge of all other industrial or commercial contributors.

(d)   Sewage discharge to the sanitary sewer system from each industrial or commercial user shall be subject to an extra surcharge when the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) exceeds 250 milligrams per liter, the suspended solids (SS) exceeds a concentration of 300 milligrams per liter, or the oil and grease (O&G) exceeds a concentration of 100 milligrams per liter as determined by Environmental Protection methodology stipulated in 40 CFR Part 136 analysis procedures. Sample collection methodology will be calculated according to the formula.

S                 =             V(0.832)(X(BOD-250))+Y(SS-300)+Z(O&G-100)

Where:

S                 =             Extra Strength charge in dollars

V                =             Sewage volume in thousands of gallons

0.832          =             Conversion factor for thousands of gallons to million pounds

X                =             Applicable unit charge for BOD in dollars per pound from schedule below

BOD           =             BOD strength index in parts per million by weight or mg/l

250             =             allowable BOD strength under normal volume charges in parts per million by weight or mg/l

Y                =             Applicable unit charge for suspended solids in dollars per pound from the schedule below

SS               =             Suspended solids strength index in parts per million by weight or mg/l

300             =             Allowable suspended solids strength under normal volume charges in parts per millions or mg/l

Z                =             Applicable unit charge for oil and grease in dollars per pound from schedule below

100             =             allowable oil and grease under normal volume charges in parts per million by weight or mg/l

Extra Strength unit charges in schedule below:

$ 0.0770 per pound BOD

$ 0.0513 per pound SS

$ 1.0007 per pound Oil and Grease

(e)   Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City of Lakin treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance, or replacement of the treatment works, shall pay for such increased costs. The charge of each user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the city council.

(f)   That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established, shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two primary accounts as follows:

(1)   An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs of the treatment works known as the Operation and Maintenance Account.

(2)   An account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment works and known as the Replacement Account. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made at least annually from the operation, maintenance, and replacement revenue in the amount of $5,700 annually.

(g)   Fiscal year end balances in the operation and maintenance account and the replacement account shall be carried over the same accounts in the subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purposes than those designated for these accounts. Monies, which have been transferred from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the operation, maintenance, and replacement fund shall be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation, maintenance and replacement. The user charge rate shall be adjusted such that the transferred monies will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.

(h)   That portion of the fees designated for debt service as established, shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Debt Service Account. The monthly debt service fees shall be deposited on a monthly basis to said account. At such time that the State Revolving Loan Fund has been paid in full, any remaining monies shall be transferred to the Replacement Account.

(Ord. 501; Art. 9; Ord. 770; Code 2018)

All users of the sewage system are for the purposes of this article classified and charged as follows:

Classification	Min. Rate Per Month	Min. Allowed (Gal. Per Month)	Surcharge
Residential	$10.40	0-12,500	$1.04 per 5,000 gals over 12,500
Commercial	$15.60	0-25,000	$1.04 per 5,000 gals over 25,000

All users of the sewage system shall pay a monthly charge of $3.70, to be deposited into a sewage system reserve account for the purpose of funding sewage system improvements.

(Ord. 682, Ord. 770; Ord. 829; Ord. 895; Code 2018)

(a)   Any user charges for the sewage system pursuant to this Article shall be billed and payable in the same manner provided for electric charges in Chapter 15, Article 2 of the Lakin City Code, including, but not limited to, any provisions relating to due dates, grace periods, delinquent bills, late charges, and termination.

(Ord. 499, Sec. 3; Ord. 926)

The rates and revenues charged and collected under this article shall be reviewed annually to ensure that they provide the necessary capital to provide for the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment facility.

(Ord. 499, Sec. 5)

(a)   Any person found to be violating any provision of this article except section 15-436 shall be served by the city with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.

(b)   Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in (a) above, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $100 for each violation, or a jail sentence not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine and incarceration. If the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this section, punishment shall be a fine not exceeding $300 per day of such violation, together with imprisonment of not more than 90 days as may be assessed by the court for each day of violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.

(c)   Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the city, by reason of such violation, including such fines, penalties and other costs which may be assessed to the city for violation of wastewater treatment plant effluent requirements, where such violation is created by a user of the treatment works who, in turn, is in violation of city, state or federal regulations.

(Ord. 501, Art. 10)

Any landowner located outside the city limits but within one mile thereof may make an application to the city for a permit to connect one residence or one business to the city sewer system and the city shall allow such connection upon a determination that no additional mains will be needed by the city to handle the connection and upon a payment of $5,000 per connection by the owner applicant. The $5,000 connection charge takes into consideration the building and maintenance of the main sewer lines of the city necessary to handle the connection as well as the costs of building and maintaining a sewage disposal system. The city reserves the right to establish a monthly sewerage disposal charge and rates therefore in excess of those charged to city residents for the same service taking into consideration all capital and maintenance costs.

(Ord. 458, 9-504)