Water Rate Information

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The monthly charge for water service shall be calculated by adding the base rate charge for the meter size to the consumption charge for the amount of water consumed by that customer. The minimum charge shall be calculated as follows:

Minimum charge per month for multiple living units: $7.49 per living unit regardless of the meter size.

Minimum charge per month for all other customers:

The consumption charge for non-multiple unit customers shall be calculated as a function of the actual water consumed to the following schedule:

The consumption charge for multiple unit customers shall be calculated by summing the product of the average actual water consumed per unit multiplied by above schedule for all units. Customers residing in a zone of special benefit will pay the fee specified in the then current Resolution for their zone in addition to the charges specified above.

EXAMPLE:

A. A single living unit with a 5/8" X 3/4" meter with water consumption of 10,000 gallons.

1. Convert 10,000 gallons to hundreds of cubic feet by dividing 10,000 gallons/748 gallons per hundred cubic feet (ccf) = 13 ccf. Usage of 1-5 ccf is charged at $1.11 per ccf, usage of over 5 ccf is charged at $1.66 per ccf.

2. Therefore, the water bill would be a base charge of $7.49 per unit.

Plus the consumption charge of 5 ccf times $1.11= $5.55

Plus the consumption charge of 8 ccf times $1.66 = $13.28

Total Bill = $26.32

B. A parcel with multiple living units being billed through one meter (regardless of the size of the meter) is billed by the same process. Each living unit is charged at the base billing rate of $7.49 per living unit plus the consumption charge.

Example: 10 living units on a 2" meter with consumption of 50,000 gallons per month.

1. The base charge is 10 times $7.49per/unit per/month = $74.90/month.

2. The consumption charge is: 50,000 gallons/748 gallons per ccf = 66 ccf. Since there are 10 units they are allowed 50 ccf at the $1.11rate (10 units x 5 ccf per unit x $1.11 per ccf) = $55.50. The remaining 16 ccf are billed at the higher rate of $1.66 per ccf = $26.56

Total Bill = $156.96

This same formula is applied to all multiple units billed through one meter regardless of the size of the meter or the amount of water consumed each month.