HomeMy WebLinkAbout032552 ORD - 09/07/2021Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code regarding water and wastewater rates
effective January 1, 2022; and also amending Corpus Christi Code effective
October 1, 2021 to establish revised wastewater surcharge fees for high strength
waste dischargers such as operations primarily engaged in slaughtering or meat
packing operations
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council for the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas:
Section 1. That the City Code Section 55-50 is amended to revise water rates as shown
in redline text follows:
Sec. 55-50. Schedule.
(a) Base rates for water service. The rates for water service are as follows:
(1)
Monthly minimum charges.
a. Metered treated water customers.
1. Inside city limits ("ICL"):
Meter Size
(Inches)
Effective
January 1, 2020
Residential
—%
$12.92
Commercial
3/4-3/
12.92
Residential and Commercial
1
19.39
11/2
32.31
2
64.60
3
103.36
4
206.72
6
323.00
8 and larger
646.00
Large Volume
Any size
24,202.00
Temporary construction
1
19.39
1%
32.31
2
64.60
2. Outside city limits ("OCL"):
Meter Size
(Inches)
Effective
January 1, 2020 2022
Residential
%8—%
$ 15.51 19.39
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03552
SCANNED
Commercial
Effective
January 1, 2020
%—%
15.51 19.39
Residential and Commercial
263.23
1
23.26 29.08
11/2
38.77 48.46
2
77.52 96.90
3
121.O'L 155.05
4
218.07 310.09
6
387.60 484.50
8 and larger
775.20 969.00
Large Volume
Any size
40,382.00
Temporary construction
1
23.26 29.08
11/2
38.77 48.46
2
77.52 96.90
b. Untreated water customers.
1 Minimum monthly charge for public agency for resale untreated water customer without a raw water supply
contract executed after January 1, 1997: If the charge based on the volume of water taken in a monthly billing
period is less than $263.23, the customer shall be billed $263.23, unless a valid water supply contract between the
customer and city that was executed prior to January 1, 1997, provides for a minimum annual payment. If a valid
water supply contract between the customer and city executed prior to August 1, 2000, provides for a minimum
annual payment, the customer shall pay the minimum annual payment under the contract.
c. Blended water customers.
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Effective
January 1, 2020
Minimum monthly service charge, water
districts/municipalities with raw water supply
contracts executed after January 1, 1997
$432.20
Minimum monthly service charge for public agency for
resale untreated water without a raw water supply
contract executed after January 1, 19971
263.23
Minimum monthly service charge, industrial
451.73
Minimum monthly service charge, domestic
15.04
Minimum annual service charge, domestic
150.57
Minimum monthly service charge, agricultural
irrigation water service
225.71
Minimum monthly service charge, temporary
construction water service
300.95
Minimum monthly service charge, temporary large
volume industrial untreated water customers
obtaining water, which is under contract to the city,
from a reservoir under the exclusive control of a river
authority
1,736.75
1 Minimum monthly charge for public agency for resale untreated water customer without a raw water supply
contract executed after January 1, 1997: If the charge based on the volume of water taken in a monthly billing
period is less than $263.23, the customer shall be billed $263.23, unless a valid water supply contract between the
customer and city that was executed prior to January 1, 1997, provides for a minimum annual payment. If a valid
water supply contract between the customer and city executed prior to August 1, 2000, provides for a minimum
annual payment, the customer shall pay the minimum annual payment under the contract.
c. Blended water customers.
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Effective
January 1, 2020
Any size
$37,513.52
(2) Monthly volume charges per 1,000 gallons.
a. Residential rate.
1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Next 4,000 Gallons
$6.46 5.08
Next 9,000 Gallons
7.12 5.83
Over 15,000 Gallons
Over 15,000 Gallons
8:03 6.36
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
b. Commercial rate.
1. Inside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20292
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Next 4,000 Gallons
$2-413 3.11
Next 9,000 Gallons
3.10 3.88
Over 15,000 Gallons
3.92 4.90
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
b. Commercial rate.
1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20292
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$7.17 5.56
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
c. Golf course and athletic field irrigation water inside city limits.
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Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$3,36 4.22
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
c. Golf course and athletic field irrigation water inside city limits.
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*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1) for ICL customer.
d. Residential irrigation water on separate meter.
1. Inside city limits:
Meter Size
(Inches)
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$3.453.57
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1) for ICL customer.
d. Residential irrigation water on separate meter.
1. Inside city limits:
Meter Size
(Inches)
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$84/9 6.36
2. Outside city limits
Meter Size
(Inches)
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$3.92 4.90
e. Resale treated water rates.
1. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is taken and metered at the site
of treatment are hereby set as follows:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is delivered to the resale entity
through city facilities are hereby set as follows:
Effective
January 1, 20242
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$1A59 1.21
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is delivered to the resale entity
through city facilities are hereby set as follows:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
f. Large volume treated water customers. A commercial treated water customer who agrees to pay
for a minimum of ten million (10,000,000) gallons of treated water per month is considered a
large volume treated water customer. Once a customer has elected to become a large volume
treated water customer, the customer will be billed as a large volume treated water customer
until the customer notifies the city and requests reclassification as a commercial customer in
writing. However, a commercial customer may not elect to become a large volume treated water
customer more than once in any twelve-month period.
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Effective
January 1, 20242
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$2.081 1.77
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
f. Large volume treated water customers. A commercial treated water customer who agrees to pay
for a minimum of ten million (10,000,000) gallons of treated water per month is considered a
large volume treated water customer. Once a customer has elected to become a large volume
treated water customer, the customer will be billed as a large volume treated water customer
until the customer notifies the city and requests reclassification as a commercial customer in
writing. However, a commercial customer may not elect to become a large volume treated water
customer more than once in any twelve-month period.
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1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$5,90 3.94
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
g.
Large volume blended water customers. A commercial blended water customer who agrees to
purchase a minimum of ten million (10,000,000) gallons of blended water per month is
considered a large volume blended water customer.
1. Inside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$2.20 1.95
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
g.
Large volume blended water customers. A commercial blended water customer who agrees to
purchase a minimum of ten million (10,000,000) gallons of blended water per month is
considered a large volume blended water customer.
1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 2020
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$3.751
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
3. Peaking factor. [To be determined.]
h. Temporary water service.
1. Treated water.
A. Inside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 2020
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$0.1314
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
3. Peaking factor. [To be determined.]
h. Temporary water service.
1. Treated water.
A. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
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Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$7.175.56
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
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B. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Untreated water.
A. Inside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20282
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$3.15 3.57
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Untreated water.
A. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B. Outside city limits:
Effective
January 1, 20282
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
i. Agricultural irrigation water outside city limits.
Effective
January 1, 20202
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
i. Agricultural irrigation water outside city limits.
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
j•
Public agency for resale untreated water rates. The rates for the purchase of untreated water
purchased by a public agency, which does not have a raw water supply contract with the city
executed after January 1, 1997, is the average of the monthly raw water cost adjustments,
established under subsection (b) of this section, for the period used to determine the composite
cost of untreated water under the city's current contract with the public agency.
k. Temporary large volume industrial untreated water customers obtaining water, which is under
contract to the city, from a reservoir under the exclusive control of a river authority.
Effective
January 1, 20282
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
j•
Public agency for resale untreated water rates. The rates for the purchase of untreated water
purchased by a public agency, which does not have a raw water supply contract with the city
executed after January 1, 1997, is the average of the monthly raw water cost adjustments,
established under subsection (b) of this section, for the period used to determine the composite
cost of untreated water under the city's current contract with the public agency.
k. Temporary large volume industrial untreated water customers obtaining water, which is under
contract to the city, from a reservoir under the exclusive control of a river authority.
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
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Effective
January 1, 2020
First acre foot or fraction thereof
Minimum*
Over acre foot
$1,248.02 per acre foot or fraction thereof
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
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(b) Raw water cost adjustment (RWCA). In addition to the charges for the base rates for water service,
established in subsection (a), a separate charge for the costs of raw water, the RWCA, will be added to each
consumer's bill, except public agency for resale untreated water customers without a raw water supply
contract executed after January 1, 1997. (A public agency for resale untreated water customer without a raw
water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997, will pay the lower of the composite cost, as defined in
its contract with the city or the rate for public agency for resale untreated water customers without a raw
water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997, specified in subsection (a)(2)g. of this section.) The
RWCA will be based on projected system -wide raw water sales, adjusted for water losses. The RWCA will be
calculated every odd -numbered year no later than October 1 to be effective the following January of even -
numbered years using the adopted utility rate model. Two (2) subsequent years' RWCA will be calculated
according to the following procedures, and then an average rate determined which will yield raw water
required revenues over a two-year period:
(1) Use projected system -wide water sales based on historical consumption and projected growth, with
adjustments for water losses.
(2) Include the annual budgeted cost of debt service. Bond payments, amortization of deferred losses on
refundings, and other debt service costs shall be applied to the RWCA in the same proportion as the
raw water activities proportion of the original bond proceeds.
(3) Include budgeted expenditures for purchases of water.
(4) Include purchases of water rights, amortized over the duration of the water right agreement.
(5) Budgeted expenditures for capital items shall be included as follows:
a. The expense of acquiring a capital item that costs not more than five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000.00) shall be charged in the year in which it is acquired.
b. The expense of acquiring a capital item that costs more than five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000.00) shall be amortized over the number of years used to calculate depreciation
expenses, with the half-year convention used in the year of acquisition.
(6) All operating and maintenance expenditures shall be charged based on annual budgeted amounts.
These expenditures include operation and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, pipelines, wells, pumping
stations, and related interfund charges.
(7) All expenses for consultants, engineering, legal services, and administration shall be charged based on
annual budgeted amounts in the proportion to which they apply to raw water issues.
(8) Expenses related to the acquisition and transportation of emergency water supplies shall be included
in the RWCA for the following fiscal year, unless foreseen and budgeted in advance, in which case they
are included in the year budgeted.
(9) Miscellaneous revenues related to raw water activity, such as oil and gas lease revenues and rentals, is
applied as an offset based on annual budgeted amounts.
(10) Apply the credit for levelized Choke Canyon debt payments to city rate payers' RWCA. (The escalating
payment schedule on the Choke Canyon debt was levelized through the creation of a reserve fund. In
the initial years, payments greater than the debt service were made, with the excess going into the
reserve fund. This excess was paid through a rate surcharge on ICL and OCL metered treated water
customers. Now that bond payments exceed the levelized payment amount, the reserve fund is drawn
on to make up the difference. Since only ICL and OCL metered treated water customers participated in
building the reserve fund, the drawing on the reserve fund is only credited to the RWCA assessed
against ICL and OCL metered treated water customers.)
(11) Include funds necessary to collect coverage required on current annual debt service in order to comply
with bond covenants, and improve the financial position and bond ratings of the city's water fund.
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(12) Include funds necessary to establish and maintain an operating reserve fund with a target amount of
twenty-five (25) per cent (or three (3) months) of annual operating expenses for the fiscal year.
(13) Include funds necessary to establish and operate a water capital reserve fund with a target amount of
two (2) per cent of the respective annual water capital improvements program for the fiscal year or
two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) (whichever is greater).
(14) Include funds necessary to establish and maintain a future water resources reserve fund (water supply
development reserve) with an ultimate target balance of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00), and an
annual contribution of approximately two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) per fiscal year. Revenue from
this water supply development reserve will be deposited into a fund set aside for this purpose.
(15) The minimum operating or capital reserves amounts are intended to provide for unplanned,
unbudgeted expenses and revenue shortfalls, and will not be used for routine expenses.
(16) Determine the amount of over or under collections that have resulted from difference between
budgeted and actual expenses and offsetting revenues and the difference between projected and
actual volume of water sold for the prior two (2) years. Any funds realized in excess of annual expenses
are available for either supplementing minimum operating or capital reserves, for addition to the
capital funds for discretionary cash capital funding of the water utility, or to create and maintain a
reserve to level out large fluctuations in raw water charges is authorized. Apply any remaining amount
as an adjustment to the RWCA.
(c) Definitions.
Costs of raw water is the total of all costs of acquiring, producing, storing, conserving, and transporting
untreated water from its source to the city's treatment facility and all other points of diversion. These costs
include, but are not limited to, the costs of:
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of dams and reservoirs.
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of raw water supply transmission pipelines.
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of wells.
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of facilities capable of converting
wastewater effluent, salt water, and brackish ground water into water suitable for municipal, industrial, or
agricultural uses.
Acquisition of new water supplies and water rights, including the establishment and funding of a reserve
dedicated to offset the costs of acquisition of additional water rights and the implementation of long-range
water resource development and related capital improvements.
Construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to reduce water losses from water resources due to
evaporation or the release of water from a reservoir due to the operation of law.
Acquisition and transportation of emergency water supplies, including the costs of transporting water by
vessel or pipelines from other regions.
Water supply development and protection, including consultants' studies and reports, investigations, legal
fees, court costs, and any other costs related to the development or protection of the water supply.
Administrative costs, including overhead and the portion of the city's general administrative costs applicable
to the activities enumerated in this definition.
(d) The raw water cost adjustment shall be calculated on an annual basis for those large volume wholesale
customers with contracts containing such provisions.
(Ord. No. 9472, 8-27-1969; Ord. No. 11613, 8-8-1973; Ord. No. 12208, §§ 1, 2, 8-7-1974; Ord. No. 14140, §§ 1-3,
1-25-1978; Ord. No. 16446, §§ 1, 2, 8-12-1981; Ord. No. 16593 § 1, 10-14-1981; Ord. No. 17166, §§ 1-3, 7-28-
1982; Ord. No. 17762, §§ 1, 2, 8-3-1983; Ord. No. 18351, §§ 1, 2, 7-24-1984; Ord. No. 18587, §§ 1, 2, 12-4-1984;
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Ord. No. 20411, §§ 1, 2, 7-26-1988; Ord. No. 21001, § 1, 10-9-1990; Ord. No. 21438, §§ 1-4, 7-21-1992; Ord. No.
21814, § 1(a) -(c), 12-14-1993; Ord. No. 22741, § 1, 11-12-1996; Ord. No. 22832, § 1, 1-28-1997; Ord. No. 22879, §
1, 3-25-1997; Ord. No. 23706, § 1, 7-20-1999; Ord. No. 23910, § 1, 1-11-2000; Ord. No. 24132, § 1, 7-25-2000; Ord.
No. 24531, § la, 7-24-2001; Ord. No. 24969, § 1, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 25386, § 1, 7-22-2003; Ord. No. 025866, § 1,
7-27-2004; Ord. No. 026368, § 1, 7-26-2005; Ord. No. 026900, § 1, 7-25-2006; Ord. No. 027355, § 1, 7-24-2007;
Ord. No. 027781, § 1, 7-22-2008; Ord. No. 028256, § 1, 7-28-2009; Ord. No. 028686, § 1, 7-20-2010; Ord. No.
029158, § 1, 7-26-2010; Ord. No. 029386, § 1, 2-28-2012; Ord. No. 029584, § 1, 7-31-2012; Ord. No. 029917, § 1, 7-
30-2013; Ord. No. 030242, § 2(Exh. A), 7-29-2014; Ord. No. 030295, § 1, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 030605, § 1, 9-8-
2015; Ord. No. 030718, § 1, 12-15-2015; Ord. No. 031028, § 1, 12-20-2016; Ord. No. 031244, § 1, 9-12-2017; Ord.
No. 031632, § 1, 12-11-2018; Ord. No. 031873, § 1, 9-17-2019; Ord. No. 032307, § 1, 12-8-2020)
Section 2. That the City Code Section 55-100 is amended to revise wastewater
rates as shown in redline text as follows:
Sec. 55-100. Schedule.
(a) The monthly charge to be paid by users of wastewater service furnished by the city's municipal sewer
system, except as otherwise provided in articles VII and XI of chapter 55, shall be based on the amount of
water used by the user according to the following rates:
Classification -Residential
Usage Effective
20220
Inside city limits
One -family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
$ 32.60 33.58
One -family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
&rag 7.02
Inside city limits
One -family maximum monthly charge (up to 25,000 gallons)
186.'17 195.04
Outside city limits
One -family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
'10.75 41.99
One -family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
11.85 15.60
Outside city limits
One -family maximum monthly charge (up to 25,000 gallons)
382.30 400.79
Classification -Commercial
Effective
January 1, 20220
Inside city limits
Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
$ '111.75 46.10
Inside city limits
Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
'1.79 5.26
Outside city limits
Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
55.95 57.63
Outside city limits
Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
g,-59 10.50
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(b) By May 1, 2020, the amount of water used to compute the monthly bills for wastewater service to one -
family residential customers shall be computed on the basis of the "winter quarter average usage" that is
calculated pursuant to this subsection and every year thereafter.
(1) Definitions.
a. Winter quarter averaging wastewater charge period: The period of water and wastewater service
during the three (3) preceding winter quarter months of December, January and February. The
initial winter quarter averaging wastewater charge period occurs during the months December
2019 through March 2020.
b. Winter quarter average usage: The monthly wastewater usage established by the city during the
"winter quarter averaging wastewater charge period" based upon the customer's thirty -day
average water consumption during that period.
c. Interim average usage: The monthly wastewater usage established by the city for individual
customers who have not established a "winter quarter average usage". The "interim average" is
three thousand (3,000) gallons per month, and is the basis for monthly wastewater chargesuntil a
"winter quarter average usage" as defined in subsection (b)(1)b. of this section is established for
the individual customer.
d. Service area: The geographic region served by the city's wastewater system.
(2) Winter quarter average criteria.
a. The customer must receive wastewater service at one (1) location during the entire winter
quarter averaging wastewater charge period in order to establish a "winter average usage".
b. "Winter quarter average usage" charges shall apply to one -family residential customers only.
c. The following method will be used to calculate the customer's "winter quarter average usage":
1. Add the customer's water consumption during the winter quarter averaging wastewater
charge period to determine total winter quarter consumption.
2. Divide total winter quarter consumption amount by three (3) the number of days between
the reading in December and the latest reading in March to determine the average daily
usage. In the event a reading in December does not exist, the most recent prior reading will
be utilized.
3. Multiply the average daily usage by thirty (30) to determine winter quarter average usage.
Such winter quarter average usage shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-five thousand
(25,000) gallons.
d. The following method will be used to calculate the customer's monthly wastewater charge: apply
the applicable wastewater rates established in subsection (a) to calculate the customer's monthly
wastewater charge. The adjusted rate that applies to service on and after May 1 will reflect
wastewater usage based on the previous "winter quarter averaging wastewater charge period."
A new winter quarter average usage shall be calculated by May 1 annually based upon the
amount of water used during the winter quarter averaging wastewater charge period.
e. New and relocating customers; adjustments:
1. Customers new to the service area, who have not established a "winter quarter average",
shall be billed at the "interim average" rate. The "interim average rate" is three thousand
(3,000) gallons per month.
2. Customers who are relocating within the service area, who established a "winter quarter
average " at their previous address, shall be billed at the "interim average rate" or their
"winter quarter average" rate at the previous address, whichever is less.
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3. Customers who are relocating within the service area, who have not established a "winter
quarter average" at their previous address, shall be billed at the "interim average" rate.
4. When a customer experiences a substantial increase in water or wastewater usage from
hidden water leaks in the plumbing system during the winter quarter average charge
period, and if the customer can produce proof of repairs, the director of water utilities or
the director's designee may adjust the wastewater bill.
f. The city will begin in March 2020 to implement winter quarter averaging as soon as the city
billing system has been programmed to calculate the wastewater bills utilizing winter quarter
average usage.
(c) The rates established in subsection (a) of this section are based upon water consumption for wastewater
service customers with wastewater characteristics of five hundred sixty-two (562) parts per million or less by
weight of chemical oxygen demand index, two hundred fifty (250) parts per million or less by weight of
biochemical oxygen demand index, and two hundred fifty (250) parts per million or less by weight of
suspended solids index. If the wastewater characteristics exceed any of these parameters, the customer shall
pay additional abnormal wastewater surcharges as provided in section 55-148.
(d) Due to the extreme cold weather event in February 2021, the wastewater winter quarter average usage
(WQA) will not be recalculated in 2021. Instead, the amount previously calculated as the WQA in 2020 will be
used as the WQA for wastewater service in May 2021 through April 2022. A customer may request a review
and adjustment of their WQA calculation on a case-by-case basis if they have objection to use of their 2020
WQA.
(Code 1958, § 38-49; Ord. No. 9863, § 1, 7-29-1970; Ord. No. 11612, § 1, 8-8-1973; Ord. No. 12209, § 1, 8-7-1974;
Ord. No. 12656, § 1, 6-25-1975; Ord. No. 13860, § 1, 8-3-1977; Ord. No. 15700, § 1, 8-13-1980; Ord. No. 16448, § 1,
8-12-1981; Ord. No. 17156, § 1, 7-28-1982; Ord. No. 17763, § 1, 8-3-1983; Ord. No. 18352, § 1, 7-24-1984; Ord. No.
18940, § 1, 7-23-1985; Ord. No. 19403, § 1, 7-29-1986; Ord. No. 20412, § 1, 7-26-1988; Ord. No. 20748, § 1, 8-8-
1989; Ord. No. 21001, § 1, 10-9-1990; Ord. No. 21440, § 1, 7-21-1992; Ord. No. 21662, § 1, 5-25-1993; Ord. No.
21671, § 1, 6-8-1993; Ord. No. 21814, §§ 1(e), (f), 12-14-1993; Ord. No. 21965, § 1, 6-14-1994; Ord. No. 22743, § 1,
11-12-1996; Ord. No. 23706, § 1, 7-20-1999; Ord. No. 24132, § 1, 7-25-2000; Ord. No. 24531, § le, 7-24-2001; Ord.
No. 24969, § 6, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 25396, § 6, 7-22-2003; Ord. No. 025866, § 5, 7-27-2004; Ord. No. 026368, § 5,
7-26-2005; Ord. No. 026900, § 5, 7-25-2006; Ord. No. 027355, § 5, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 027781, § 7, 7-22-2008;
Ord. No. 028256, § 5, 7-28-2009; Ord. No. 028690, § 1, 7-20-2010; Ord. No. 029160, § 3, 7-26-2011; Ord. No.
029917, § 7, 7-30-2013; Ord. No. 030242, § 4(Exh. A), 7-29-2014; Ord. No. 030295, § 5, 9-23-2014; Ord. No.
030605, § 4, 9-8-2015; Ord. No. 031244, § 2, 9-12-2017; Ord. No. 031874, § 1, 9-17-2019; Ord. No. 032093, § 1, 4-
21-2020; Ord. No. 032421, § 1, 4-27-2021).
Section 3. A wastewater surcharge for high strength waste dischargers is revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 55-148. Fees.
(a) Abnormal wastewater surcharge.
(1) Any user generating wastewater which exhibits none of the characteristics of
prohibited wastes as described in subsection 55-141(a), but which has an above
average concentration of biochemical oxygen demand, has an above average
concentration of chemical oxygen demand, or contains total suspended solids in
excess of normal wastewater (as defined in subsection 55-140(c)), may be
required to pretreat to meet the requirements of normal wastewater or such other
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more stringent parameters as the city may determine as necessary and
appropriate to the particular treatment plant receiving such abnormal
wastewater. Pretreated abnormal wastewater may be accepted by a POTW if all
the following requirements are met:
a. The wastes will not cause damage to the collection system.
b. The wastes will not impair the treatment processes.
c. The user pays the applicable surcharge over and above published sewer
rates, as provided herein; and
d. The waste is amenable to treatment such that when it leaves the treatment
plant to be discharged, the waste does not exceed, or cause the total
discharge to exceed, the standards set by federal and state agencies having
jurisdiction.
(2) Prior to imposition of a surcharge, the user shall be notified in writing that his
waste discharge is in excess of normal wastewater as established in this article.
Surcharges will be adjusted on billings for the month following submission of
new data but not more frequently than quarterly, unless authorized by the
director.
(4) The volume of flow used in computing abnormal wastewater surcharges shall be
based upon metered water consumption as shown in the records of meter
readings maintained by the city of utilities department. In the event that a person
discharging waste into the POTW produces evidence to the city demonstrating
that a portion of the total amount of water used for all purposes does not reach
the POTW, a separate meter or meters or other approved flow measuring device
may be installed at the user's expense, upon his request, to measure only that
portion of the total flow being discharged into the POTW. Upon request by the
user, credit may be allowed by the city for evaporation, product water exported
from the user or other operational consumption through which such water is not
discharged to the POTW. If it is impossible to show volume by metering, then
recognized industry standards designated by the city shall apply. If a surcharge
is assessed by the city, it shall be shown separately on the monthly billing.
Any person discharging industrial waste into the POTW who procures any part
or all of his water supply from sources other than the city utilities department, all
or part of which is discharged into the POTW, shall install and maintain at his
expense water meters of the type approved by the city for the purpose of
determining the proper volume of flow to be used in computing sewer service
charges. Such meters shall be read monthly and tested for accuracy when
deemed necessary by the city. Where it can be shown that a portion of the water
as measured by the aforesaid meter, or meters, does not enter the POTW of the
city, then the user if he so elects, may install additional approved meters at the
user's expense in such a manner as to measure the quantity of water actually
entering the said POTW system from the premises of such user, and the quantity
of water used to determine the wastewater service charge and abnormal
(3)
(5)
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wastewater surcharge shall be the quantity of water actually entering the POTW
as so determined.
(6) Computations of each surcharge, as applicable, shall be based on the following:
S = V x 8.34 x X x (COD -562)
S = V x 8.34 x Y x (BOD -250)
S = V x 8.34 x Z x (TSS -250)
S = V x 8.34 x T x (TKN-30)
S = Surcharge in dollars for the billing period.
V = Water consumption in millions of gallons during the billing period
8.34 = Weight of water in pounds per gallon.
X = Unit charge in dollars per pound for COD as established in subdivision (8)
of this subsection.
(7)
Y = Unit charge in dollars per pound for BOD as established in subdivision (8)
of this subsection.
Z = Unit charge in dollars per pound for TSS as established in subdivision (8) of
this subsection.
T = Unit charge in dollars per pound for TKN as established in subdivision (8) of
this subsection
COD = Chemical oxygen demand strength index in parts per million by weight,
or mg/I.
BOD = Five-day biochemical oxygen demand strength index in parts per million
by weight, or mg/I.
TSS = Total suspended solids strength index in parts per million by weight, or
mg/I.
TKN = Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen in parts Ler million by weight, or mq/I.
250 = Normal BOD and TSS strength in parts per million by weight, or mg/I.
562 = Normal COD strength in parts per million by weight, or mg/I.
30 = Normal TKN strength in parts per million by weight, or mg/I.
High Strength Waste Dischargers: Wastewater users with COD, BOD, TSS,
or TKN which exceeds these normal limits: COD exceeds 562 mg/L, BOD5
exceeds 250 mg/L, TSS exceeds 250 mg/L, and/ or TKN exceeds 30 mg/L.
The city reserves the right to review and approve any waters or industrial waste
entering the POTW or proposed to be discharged into the system having an
average daily flow greater than ten (10) per cent of the design flow capacity of
the plant which will treat the waste. In the event the city's measurement discloses
such flow to be in excess of ten (10) per cent of said capacity, the city shall be
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under no obligation to receive such flow in excess of ten (10) per cent of design
capacity and the city's published rates shall not apply to such excess. An owner
affected hereby shall be promptly notified of such determination by the city. A
special contract, at the city's option, may be made with the user to accommodate
such excess flow.
(8) The values for X, Y, Z, and T used in subsection (a)(6) of this section to
determine the abnormal wastewater surcharge are:
Value
Effective
Tiered Unit Charge
October 1, 2021
Iclunit charge in dollars per pound of COD)
$0.0000
Y (unit charge in dollars per pound of BOD)
$0.4940 for Tier 1; and
$0.4940
$0.7410 for Tier 2
Z (unit charge in dollars per pound of TSS)
$0.3797 for Tier 1; and
$0.5696 for Tier 2
T (unit charge in dollars per pound of TKN)
$1.3400 for Tier 1; and
$2.0100 for Tier 2
Value
Effective
OctoberT, 2014
X (unit charge in dollars per pound of COD}
$0.0000
Y (unit charge in dollars per pound of BOD)
0.4014
Z (unit charge in dollars per pound of TSS)
0.2882
(9) It is necessary to establish surcharge fees for High Strength Waste Dischargers to
fully recover all of City's costs in treatment of the wastewater. The wastewater surcharges
for operations that are high strength waste dischargers are based on the following staged
tiers.
a. Staged BOD Tiers (unit charge in dollars per pound of BOD):
Tier
BOD Level (mg/L)
Tiered Unit Charge
Tier 0 (Baseline)
0-250
0
Tier 1
250 - 750
$0.4940
Tier 2
More than 750
$0.7410
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Example: if the level for BOD is 800, then the total BOD surcharge is calculated as follows:
Tier 1 BOD Surcharge = V x 8.34 x $0.4940 x (750-250) plus
Tier 2 BOD Surcharge = V x 8.34 x $.7410 x (800-750).
b. Staged TSS Tiers (unit charge in dollars per pound of TSS):
Tier
TSS Level (mg/L)
Tiered Unit Charge
Tier 0 (Baseline)
0-250
0
Tier 1
250 - 450
$0.3797
Tier 2
More than 450
$0.5696
Example: if the level for TSS is 500, then the total TSS surcharge is calculated as follows:
Tier 1 TSS Surcharge = V x 8.34 x $0.3797 x (450-250) plus
Tier 2 TSS Surcharge = V x 8.34 x $.5696 x (500- 450).
c. Staged TKN Tiers (unit charge in dollars per pound of TKN):
Tier
TKN Level (mq/L)
Tiered Unit Charge
Tier 0 (Baseline]
0-30
0
Tier 1
30-130
$1.340
Tier 2
More than 130
$2.0100
Example: if the level for TKN is 200, then the total TKN surcharge is calculated as follows:
Tier 1 TKN Surcharge = V x 8.34 x $1.340 x (130-30) plus
Tier 2 TKN Surcharge = V x 8.34 x $2.0100 x (200-130).
(b) Pretreatment charges and fees. The city may adopt reasonable charges and fees for
reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the city's pretreatment program
which may include:
(1) Fees for wastewater discharge permit applications including the cost of
processing such applications as set forth in the wastewater fee schedule.
(2) Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures including the cost
of collecting and analyzing an industrial user's discharge, and reviewing
monitoring reports submitted by the industrial user.
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(3)
Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and
construction.
(4) Fees for filing appeals.
(5) Other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements
contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this article
and are separate from all other fees, fines and penalties chargeable by the city.
(Ord. No. 21666, § 1, 6-1-1993; Ord. No. 21814, § 1(g), 12-14-1993; Ord. No. 23706, §
1, 7-20-1999; Ord. No. 24132, § 1, 7-25-2000; Ord. No. 24531, § 1g, 7-24-2001; Ord. No.
24969, § 8, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 25377, § 13, 7-22-2003; Ord. No. 25396, § 8, 7-22-2003;
Ord. No. 025866, § 7, 7-27-2004; Ord. No. 026368, § 7, 7-26-2005; Ord. No. 026900, §
7, 7-25-2006; Ord. No. 027355, § 7, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 027781, § 9, 7-22-2008; Ord.
No. 028256, § 7, 7-28-2009; Ord. No. 028690, § 3, 7-20-2010; Ord. No. 029917, § 8, 7-
30-2013; Ord. No. 030295, § 6, 9-23-2014)
Section 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi
as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. This ordinance takes effect
upon publication, with the revised utility rates taking effect upon the dates as stated
herein. The utility rates in effect at the time this Ordinance is adopted remain in full force
and effect until the effective date of the utility rates as stated in this Ordinance.
That the forego' . ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the
.il 5rday of , 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Billy Lerma
John Martinez
Ben Molina
Mike Pusley
Greg Smith
That thew foregoing,/ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the 1 lihday of
�N\ 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Billy Lerma
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John Martinez
Ben Molina
Mike Pusley
Greg Smith
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 1)day of
ATTEST:
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
EFFECTIVE DATE
9—I 3 a,l
, 2021.
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1)32rs. 9
Paulette M. Guajardo
Mayor
Caller Times
PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK
Certificate of
Publication
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS TI -SECRETARY NO. 032552, Ordinance
amending Corpus Christi
PO BOX 9277 Code regarding water and
wastewater rates effective
January 1, 2022; and also
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401 amending Corpus Christi
Code effective October 1,
2021 to establish revised
wastewater surcharge fees
for high strength waste dis-
STATE OF WISCONSIN) chargers such as opera-
)) tions primarily engaged in
slaughtering or meat pack-
COUNTY OF BROWN) ing operations. This ordi-
nance was passed and ap-
proved on second reading
I, being first duly sworn, upon oath depose and say that I by the Corpus Christi City
am a legal clerk and employee of the publisher, namely,the Council on September 7,
2021.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published /s/Rebecca Huerta
at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated City Secretary
in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg,Jim Wells,
Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio,
Counties, and that the publication of which the annexed is a
true copy,was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
in the following issue(s)dated:
09/13/2021
On this September 13,2021, I certify that the attached
document is a true and exact copy made by the publisher:
c / Mq
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Nota blic, State o isconsin, County of Brown
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Notary Expires
Publication Cost: $116.55 SARAH BER r�LSEC�
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