A. The standard utility accounting period shall be a fiscal year commencing July 1st and ending June 30th.

B. The service charge shall be payable by each user on a bimonthly rate and generally billed and paid with the bill for water service to the same premises.

C. Sewer service charges shall be based upon the estimated actual use of the sanitary sewerage system by the premises or user, except that a minimum charge may be set based upon a minimum bi-monthly usage.

D. Charges for residential users shall be based on the average of the lowest two bimonthly water metering periods of consumption between the period November 1st to April 30th. For residential users supplied by private water supplies, the rate shall be not less than that applicable to like residences served by a metered public water supply.

E. Charges for nonresidential and industrial users shall be based on bimonthly or monthly metered water consumption from all sources but excluding water which, upon determination by the Engineer, is found to not be discharged to a sanitary sewer.

F. Charges for industrial users may also be based on the pounds of BOD and suspended solids and any other applicable waste loadings discharged to the sewer each billing period determined in accordance with SMC 13.08.120. Special charges may be made to reimburse the City for abnormal costs incurred because of other pollutants in the wastewater. Rates for seasonal industries shall include in their capital-related element the costs of allocated capacity service in the subregional system. Industrial rates, to the extent applicable, shall include provisions to comply with industrial cost recovery provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. (Ord. 1078, 2015)