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Title 13
Chapter 13.035
Section 13.035.500
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.035 Water-Wastewater Rates

Section 13.035.500 Water-Wastewater Capital Rates
  1. In addition to user charges (basic charges and consumption charges) for providing utility services to customers, all accounts are assessed a water-wastewater capital management fund charge which shall be placed in a separate fund, reserved for purposes of contribution to water-wastewater capital infrastructure.
  1. The following rates shall apply to the water-wastewater capital management fund charge and shall be separately itemized on the utility bill:

Water-wastewater Capital Rates – per month

 

2024

Domestic user (Per single-family residence or equivalent residential unit):

Domestic user – In City

$33.11

Domestic user – Outside City

$37.94

Commercial User:

Commercial user – In City:

Minimum commercial user charge (includes first forty eight units)

$33.11

Commercial user – In City:

Water-wastewater consumption charge (over forty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.6945

Commercial user – Outside City:

Minimum commercial user charge (includes first twenty eight units)

$37.94

Commercial user – Outside City:

Water-wastewater consumption charge (over twenty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$1.3886

Other services:

PDA - Domestic User

$33.11

PDA - Commercial user

Minimum commercial user charge (includes first forty eight units)

$33.11

PDA - Commercial user

Water-wastewater consumption charge (over forty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.6945

PDA Water only Domestic User -Capital Charge

$13.25

PDA Water only Commercial User

Minimum commercial user charge (includes first forty eight units)

$13.25

PDA Water Only Commercial User

Capital consumption charge (over forty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.2777

PDA Wastewater only Domestic User– Capital Charge

$19.86

PDA Wastewater only Commercial User – minimum commercial user charge (includes first forty-eight units)

$19.86

PDA Wastewater only Commercial User Capital consumption charge (over forty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.4167

Service outside City utility service area (per hundred cubic feet). This rate shall apply unless modified by separate agreement

$1.3886

Non-domestic process water-wastewater capital rate (per thousand gallons)

$47.60

Septage charge (per thousand gallons)

$47.60

Water Service Only Domestic User- Capital Charge – In City

$13.25

Water Service Only Domestic User- Capital Charge – Outside City

$15.18

Water Service Only Commercial User – Minimum Capital Charge – In City (includes first forty eight units)

$13.25

Water Service Only Commercial User – In City -capital consumption charge (over forty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.2777

Water Service Only Commercial User – Minimum Capital Charge – Outside City (includes first twenty eight units)

$15.18

Water Service Only Commercial User – Outside City – capital consumption charge (over twenty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.5555

Water Service Only - Other Purveyors - Continuous Supplemental Water User – Outside City – capital consumption charge (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.391

Wastewater Service Only Domestic User – Capital Charge – In City

$19.86

Wastewater Service Only Domestic User – Capital Charge – Outside City

$22.76

Wastewater Service Only – Commercial User – Minimum Capital Charge – In City (includes first forty eight units)  

$19.86

Wastewater Service Only Commercial User – In City – capital consumption charge (over forty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.4167

Wastewater Service Only Commercial User – Minimum Capital Charge – Outside City (includes first twenty eight units)

$22.76

Wastewater Service Only Commercial User – Outside City – capital consumption charge (over twenty eight units) (per hundred cubic feet)

$0.833

Date Passed: Monday, February 12, 2024

Effective Date: Monday, January 1, 2024

ORD C36492 Section 1 (See also ORD C36425 Section 1)