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Is.zo.oso charged by a user during a billing period; and (3) monitoring costs established for each user. For new industrial users such charges shall be as determined by the director. If the billable parameters representing a user's sewage strength are relatively constant, as de- termined by the director, the director may establish a unit rate per quantity of wastewater discharged based upon the strength of the sewage. Such rate shall remain constant unless and until the director determines that there has been a significant change in the user's sew- age strength. D. School User Charges. The school user charge shall be a flat rate per student based on the most current record of average daily attendance (ADA) pro- vided by the school district. E. Pretreatment Program User Charges. The pretreatment program user charge shall be designed to recover program costs and shall consist of (1) a de- mand (service) charge, based on classes of users, de- signed to recover program administrative costs; and (2) a loading (sampling) charge based on the number and type of sampling analyses conducted during the billing period. Local pretreatment program user charges are se[ forth in Section 1 s.20.180 of this chapter. Regional pretreatment program user charges are set forth in the master fee schedule. (Ord. 1979 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1203 § 8, 1986; Ord. 1082 § 2, 1983; prior code § 2- 1 s.50.03(a)) 15.20.050 User charge-Determination of wastewater volume. For purposes of determining user charges based on sewage flow, the wastewater volume discharged by any user shall be determined upon the basis of the vol- ume of fresh water, including all sources of nonwaste- water, used by, or furnished [o, the user. If a user re- ceives water solely for irrigation purposes through a totally separate meter and water system, such irrigation water shall not be included in determining the user charge. A. Exception-Wastewater Metering. Upon application of a user, and upon a finding by the direc- tor that a significant portion of fresh water or non- wastewater, received by the user from any metered source, does not flow into [he sewerage system be- cause of the activity of the user, or by reason of re- moval of wastewater by other means, the director may authorize determination of the volume of wastewater discharge to be made by an appropriate metering de- vice. Upon such determination by the director, a meter- ing device of a type approved by the director and at a location approved by the director shall be installed, a[ the user's expense. Such metering device shall meas- ure either the amount of wastewater discharged into the sewerage system, or the amount of fresh water or nonwastewater diverted from the sewerage system. Upon installation, such meters shall be maintained and tested periodically for accuracy in accordance with requirements established by the director, all of which maintenance and testing shall be at the expense of the user. B. Exception-Estimated Volume. In lieu of the use of a metering device as specified in this sec- tion, and upon a determination by the director that it would be unnecessary or impracticable [o install, main- tain, or operate such a metering device, wastewater volume discharged by a user into the sewerage system may be based upon an estimate thereof determined by the director. The determination of such estimated wastewater volume shall be based upon such factors as the number of fixtures through which wastewater flows into the sewerage system from [he user's premises, [he seating capacity of buildings or improvements upon the premises, [he population equivalent associated with the premises, the annual production of goods and ser- vices related to the premises, or other factors reasona- bly relating to water use, wastewater volume calcula- tions, or diversions of wastewater flow from sewerage facilities, as determined by the director. C. Users Without Water Service. Users no[ receiving metered water service shall be charged on the basis of RDEs determined by an estimate of the user's discharge. The director shall make the estimate in accordance with procedures established for estimat- ing discharges of new users pursuant to Section Is.24.OS0 of this title. The director may require un- metered users [o install appropriate metering devices, at the user's expense if the director suspects that the estimate of the unmetered user's discharge will not adequately reflect the user's actual volume of dis- charge. D. Permit Required. Permission for calcula- tion of wastewater volumes [o be determined in accor- dance with the provisions of subsections A, B and C of this section shall only be granted by a permit issued by the director or as a provision of such other permit as may be required or provided under this chapter. In the event such permission is granted pursuant to a separate permit, applications therefor shall be in writing in such form as the director shall require, and shall set forth the following: I . The name and address of the applicant; 40s (Pleasanton Supp. No. I, I-09)