§ 86-278. When flow meters are required.

(a)

The commission or the Village of Hartland may require institutional, governmental, commercial, and industrial users to install metering equipment, including water flow meters or wastewater flow meters, for the purpose of more accurately determining the volume of wastewater discharged to the wastewater facilities, whenever any of the following exist:

(1)

The commission or the Village of Hartland believes that the discharge flow from a user may significantly exceed the flow expected for that user based on the number of DUEs assigned to that user consistent with the DUE determination calculated under this article (Schedule A);

(2)

The user discharges industrial wastewater to the wastewater collection system;

(3)

The commission or the Village of Hartland believes that a user may discharge more than one DUE of wastewater;

(4)

The user discharges wastewater with BOD5, TSS, TKN, or Total Phosphorus concentrations greater than the concentration limits for domestic wastewater as defined in this article;

(b)

Where water meters are required to be installed by the commission or the Village of Hartland, the water meters shall be furnished by the Village of Hartland and installed by a licensed plumber while a representative of the Village of Hartland is present to observe and inspect said installation. All costs for the installation of the water meters shall be at the expense of the user requiring the water meter. Meters shall be calibrated and maintained in accordance with the policies of the Village of Hartland. Where water enters the user's premises from more than one source, water flow meters shall be installed at each source. The Village of Hartland shall provide water meter readings to the commission for the subject property on a quarterly basis with the readings being provided no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter. Water usage shall be the measure for determining the monthly user charge fees and surcharge fees where applicable. The initial assignment of DUEs to such user, the initial monthly user charges and the initial connection charges shall be based upon reasonable estimates prepared by the commission, subject to adjustment as herein provided. In the event that, after a period of one year (which year shall be determined as beginning on the July 1 immediately following the date that the water meter is installed), the water meter readings indicate that the water consumption at the property is in excess of the original estimate, the commission shall give to the user an initial notice pursuant to the process set forth in the commission's ordinances. If the said user's average wastewater discharge continues at such increased amount for the second 12-month period following the date of expiration of the first 12 months, then the said user shall be (i) billed additional connection charge(s) based on such increased flows and (ii) billed prospectively an increased user charge, based on the difference in the DUE values before and after the meter was installed. In such event, the commission shall issue a final notice pursuant to the process set forth in the commission's ordinances.

(c)

In the event that a user, who is required by the Commission or the Village of Hartland to install a flow meter for the purposes of determining the volume of wastewater discharged to the wastewater facilities, produces evidence satisfactory to the Village of Hartland and Commission that a significant percentage of the total annual volume of metered water used is not discharged into the sanitary sewer, the user may be allowed to have an exemption water meter(s) installed. Said meter(s) shall be furnished by the Village of Hartland. All costs shall be at the expense of the user requiring the meter(s), including installation and piping revisions required to insure that any water not reaching the sanitary sewer is metered by the exemption meter. The Village of Hartland may establish charges for each size meter to compensate for furnishing, reading and servicing the meter. The amount of exemption water metered shall be subtracted from the total amount of water used by the user to determine the applicable user charge fee. Regardless of the amount of metered exemption water, no user shall be charged for less than one DUE for each single building sewer connected to a sanitary sewer, unless the commission determines otherwise.

(d)

The commission may require industrial users to install wastewater flow meters on the user's building sewer in accordance with the requirements of this section. In such cases, the wastewater flow meter readings shall be used as the measure for determining the monthly user charge fees.

(Ord. No. 786-10, § 1, 12-13-2010; Ord. No. 800-12, § 3, 12-10-2012)