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August 19, 2013 (Regular Meeting) Page 1681 by the Board of Directors. A copy of these charges and fees will be made available from the Executive Director. 3.2 User Charges A user charge shall be levied on all users including, but not limited to persons, firms, corporations or governmental entities that discharge, cause or permit the discharge of sewage into the POTW. (a) The user charge shall reflect at least the cost of debt service, operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the POTW. (b) Each user shall pay its proportionate cost based on volume of flow. (c) The Executive Director shall review annually the sewage contributions of users, the total costs of debt service, operation and maintenance of the POTW and will make recommendations to the Board of Directors for adjustments in the Rate Schedule as necessary. (d) Charges for flow to the POTW not directly attributable to the users shall be distributed among all users of the POTW based upon the volume of flow of the users. 3.3 Surcharges All industrial users of the POTW are subject to industrial waste surcharges on discharges which exceed the following levels: BOD - 300 MG /L COD - 675 MG /L TSS - 250 MG /L NH - 15 MG /L Oil /Grease -100 MG /L Aluminum - 1.80 MG /L Arsenic - 0.003 MG /L Cadmium - 0.003 MG /L Copper - 0.090 MG /L Chromium - 0.020 MG /L Cyanide - 0.041 MG /L Lead - 0.049 MG /L Mercury - 0.0003MG /L Nickel - 0.021 MG /L Silver - 0.005 MG /L Zinc - 0.176 MG /L The amount of the surcharge will be based upon the volume of flow and the character and concentration of the constituents of the wastewater discharged in excess of the levels listed above. An industrial user shall never increase the amount of water to dilute pollutant concentrations to avoid or reduce surcharges. (a) The volume of flow used in determining the total discharge of wastewater for payment of user charges and surcharges shall be based on the following: (1) Metered water consumption as shown in the records of meter readings maintained by WSACC. If a person discharging wastewater into the public sewers produces evidence to the Executive Director that a significant percent of the total annual volume of water used for all purposes does not reach the public sewers, then an estimated percentage of total water consumption to be used in determining non - domestic wastewater discharge may be agreed upon between the Executive Director and the person discharging such non - domestic wastewater into the public sewer. The Executive Director shall ascertain whether substantial evidence has been provided to prove a significant percent of water does not reach the public sewers; or (2) If required by WSACC or at the individual discharges option, other flow monitoring devices which measure the actual volume of