Food Service - Businesses who prepare and serve cafeteria style foods, fast foods or foods for consumption on the premises such as diners and family style restaurants. Cleaning of the food preparation equipment, pots, pans, utensils or serving dishes are included in this category.

Deli/Bakery - Businesses who prepare and serve food for consumption that has minimal cleanup of preparation equipment and utensils. Food served to the public may be prepackaged and prepared at another location. Food is typically taken off premises in covered disposable serving dishes, waxed paper or paper bags. Examples are donut shops, sandwich shops, bakeries, 7-elevens and ice cream shops.

Equipment Service & Manufacturing - Businesses that perform washing, cleaning or servicing of automobiles, trucks, buses, machinery or equipment. Coin operated facilities such as laundries and washateria's. Manufacturing where water is used for cleaning such as laundry and dry cleaning facilities or production of products.

Food and Kindred Product Processing - Businesses that prepare, package, process or distribute food, food products, grains or produce. This category is separate from Food Service.

Dry Goods Facility - Businesses whose waste water usage is strictly limited to bathroom facilities only.

Residential - Businesses whose waste water is used for "domestic-like" purposes such as apartment complexes, duplexes, four-plexes and rcharge or to notify us of a change in your surcharge category call the Water Department at 817 222-7717/18.