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The City of Richland Center: City Utilities-Wastewater Utility is
responsible for the operations, maintenance, and replacement of the lift
stations, sanitary sewer system, and wastewater treatment facilities.
Sanitary Sewer System has (5) lift stations in residential areas to
lift the wastewater to a high point on the sewer system, at which point it
flows by gravity to the treatment facilities. Richland Center
has a separate sanitary sewer system, comprised of 70 miles of piping ranging
from 6-inch to 36-inch diameter. The City of Richland Center is responsible
for the sewer mains only. The laterals, which are the piping from the main
wye connector to the home, are the responsibility of the homeowner to
maintain.
Wastewater Treatment Facility, during 1984, we upgraded to an Advanced
Secondary Treatment Facility for a cost of $12.1 Million dollars. During
1991, we added a 1,500,000-gallon equalization facility at a cost of
$2,000,000. During 1999, we added Phosphorus Removal for a cost of $600,000.
Our facility has the capacity to treat 3,700,000 gallons of flow, 15,000
pounds of BOD (bio-chemical oxygen demand), and 7,600 pounds of TSS (Total
Suspended Solids). We discharge into Pine
River, which is a very small stream
and part of the Pine
River Basin. Therefore,
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has set some very stringent
standards that our effluent must meet. Those standards are summer limits of
10 mg/l BOD, 10 mg/l TSS, < 9ug/l Chlorine, 1 mg/l Phosphorus, 400 Fecal Coliform.
Richland Center has a number of industries like, milk, cheese, whey drying,
which are all wet type industries, a large percentage of our influent loading
is generated by those industries.
Sewer Service Accounts:
a. Residential Customers: 3,641
b. Industrial Customers: 25
c. Commercial Accounts: 553
d. Public Authority: 37
Sewer Service Rates for all customers are as follows:
a. Flow Charge, $22.81 / 1,000 cubic feet (7,480 gallons)
b. BOD Surcharge in excess of 200 mg/l @ $0.36/pound
c. TSS Surcharge in excess of 250 mg/l @ $0.31/pound
d. Phosphorus Surcharge in excess of 8 mg/l @ $1.79 / pound
e. Fixed Quarterly Charge @ $13.34/ meter connection
The Wastewater Utility Staff consist of __ full time and two part time
employees. Our facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our personnel
are on call to respond 24 hours per day.
Deduct Meters, our community has a policy on deduct meters, whereas
any customer that feels a significant amount of their water is not discharged
into the sanitary sewer system, they can apply for a deduct meter. We allow a
portable meter to be used for a one-time watering of a new yard. The
application and meter rental is $35.00 per season. If you have in ground yard
watering system, swimming pool, or water-cooled air conditioning, you must
apply for a fixed meter permit. That application is $45.00 per year and
requires the meter to be permanently plumbed.
Sewer Backups, Our facility has personnel on-call 24-hours per day,
7-days per week. If you experience a sewer backup in your basement, notify
our department immediately at 608 647-____. Our personnel will come out and
clean the sewer mains and notify you of the condition. If we do not find a
problem in our sewer mains, we will notify you to call a plumber of your
choice. Following this procedure may save you unnecessary cost of a plumber's
call.
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