94-35. Water Used For Industrial or Commercial Purposes and Not Discharged Into County
- Whenever a property upon which a sewer user charge is hereby imposed uses water from the government-owned water system for an industrial or commercial purpose so that the water so used is not discharged into the County sewerage system, the quantity of the water so used and not discharged into the County's sewers shall be excluded in determining the sewer user charges of such property and shall be measured by a device approved by the County and installed and maintained without cost to the County, and provided that the water supply of such property is metered and the owner pays for such water at metered rates.
- The sewer user charges are based upon the consumption of government-owned water systems. City water to be paid by the owner of such property shall be computed at the rates established for sewer service and using a quantity of water equal to the total quantity of water furnished such property by the government-owned water system, less a quantity not discharged into the County's sewer; provided, however, that where, in the opinion of the County, it is not practical to install a measuring device to determine continuously the quantity of water not discharged into the County's sewers, the County shall determine periodically, in such a way and by such method as it may prescribe, the quantity of water discharged into the County's sewers, and the quantity of metered water used to determine the sewer user charges shall be the portion so determined of the quantity measured by water meter or meters.
