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General Class Water Service and Sewer Rates

Including Apartment, Commercial, Industrial and Municipal
Effective for consumption on or about January 1, 2012

For business customers, a multi-step, base-excess use structure has been developed called the General Class. The base amount for General Class customers is 100% of customer's average annual usage. Increased unit rates apply as usage exceeds each customer's base amount.

Monthly Service Availability and Volume Charge
The Monthly Service Availability Charge (minimum bill) for all general water service furnished through meters of the following sizes together with the Monthly Volume Charge measured per 100 gallons for water usage in every instance of service for each month or fraction thereof shall be as follows:

2012
MONTHLY SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE
  INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
METER SIZE NET SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE NET SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE
5/8”   $9.92   $12.89
3/4”   14.18   18.43
1”   22.68   29.48
1 1/2””   43.95   57.14
2”   69.48   90.33
3”   129.04   167.76
4”   214.13   278.37
6”   426.86   554.91
8”   682.12   886.76
10”   979.93   1,273.92
12”   1,830.83   2,380.08


2012
MONTHLY VOLUME CHARGE
USAGE BLOCKS INSIDE CITY LIMITS
RATE PER 100 GALLONS
  OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
RATE PER 100 GALLONS
Base   $0.1148   $0.1492
>100-125% of Base   0.1372   0.1783
>125-175% of Base   0.1924   0.2501
>175% of Base   0.2818   0.3662
The Base Use is defined as 100% of the Annual Average Consumption

General Class Sewer Rates
2012
MONTHLY SEWER RATE
INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
First 1,496 gallons - Minimum Charge $9.86   First 1,496 gallons - Minimum Charge $11.85
Over 1,496 gallons - $0.2615 per 100 gallons   Over 1,496 gallons - $0.3138 per 100 gallons
Sewer service charges are computed from the water usage schedules for all metered connections.

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