SURCHARGE FORMULA TO BE APPLIED IN CASES WHERE SURFACE DRAINAGE IS CONNECTED TO THE UTILITY SANITARY SYSTEM
APPLICABILITY
Wherever the Utility has discovered that a customer's roof drain, downspout, storm sewer, or other similar facilities conducting surface water have ben connected to the Utility's sewer system, and such customer has failed to take appropriate action within (30) days of receipt of a demand by the Utility, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission, to eliminate such connection, a surcharge will be imposed upon the customer calculated on the basis of the following formula.
S=AXRX .0006233 X C
S- THE SURCHARGE IN DOLLARS
A- THE AREA UNDER ROOF AND OR THE AREA OF ANY OTHER WATER COLLECTION SURDACE CONNECTED TO THE SANITARY SEWER, IN SQUARE FEET.
R- THE MEASURED MONTHLY RAINFALL, IN INCHES
.0006233- A CONVERSION FACTOR TO CHANGE INCHES OF RAIN X SQUARE FEET OF SURFACE TO THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER.
C- THE UTILITY'S APPROVED RATE PER THOUSAND GALLONS OF METERED WATER USAGE.
The Utility shall not impose the surcharge unless, and until, the customer has been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, that it has been established by smoke testing, dye testing or on-site inspection that rain or other surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system at the customers location, and that the customer has not acted within (30) days from receipt of such notice to divert the water from the sanitary sewer system.
Said surcharge shall be caluculated and imposed for each month that said condidtion continues to exist. Failure to pay the surcharge and/or correct the situation shall give rise to the possible termination of water service in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.