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 Irving
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 52. WATER AND SEWER RATES

  § 52-6. Sewer user's charge for customers not purchasing city water.  

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  • For each commercial or industrial unit to which sanitary sewerage service is furnished directly or indirectly, and whose use of water is not purchased directly or indirectly from the city, the water utilities director or designee shall determine if a water meter or meters will be installed. The meter installation and maintenance shall be at the expense of the owner and shall be of the type approved by the water utilities director or designee for the purpose of determining the proper volume of flow to be used in computing sewer service charges. Such meters shall be read monthly and tested for accuracy when deemed necessary by said water utilities director or designee. Where it can be shown to the satisfaction of said water utilities director or designee that a substantial portion of the water as measured by the aforesaid meter, or meters, does not enter the sanitary sewer system of the city, then he may require or permit the installation of additional meters at the owner's expense in such manner as to measure the quantity of water actually entering the said sanitary sewerage system from the lot, parcel of land, building, or premises of such owner or occupant.

    If the water utilities director or designee determines a meter on a private well or other water source is not practicable, sewer use charge will be determined by the water utilities director or designee based on water used by similar establishments, or in any manner or method he may find practicable in order to arrive at the percentage of water entering the sanitary sewerage system and/or the quality of the sewerage to be used to determine the sewer service charge. The estimated water consumption shall be applied to rates in effect.

    For residents without city water service, an amount will be charged monthly based on a specific volume applied to rates in effect. The specific volumes used in the calculation are as follows:

    1 bedroom ..... 6,000

    2 bedrooms ..... 9,000

    3 or more bedrooms ..... 12,000

    Apartments, motels, and mobile home parks shall be charged the amount calculated for a two-bedroom residence per unit per month.

(Ord. No. 4211, § 1, 9-22-83; Ord. No. 5485, § 4, 9-22-88; Ord. No. 5849, § 3, 9-20-90; Ord. No. 6014, § 3, 9-26-91; Ord. No. 6163, § 1, 9-9-92; Ord. No. 6850, § 2, 9-5-96; Ord. No. 8529, § 3, 9-22-05; Ord. No. 8796, § 4, 5-3-07; Ord. No. 2010-9205, § 4, 9-9-10)