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Residential Water Service & Sewer Rates
Effective January 2009

The Service Availability Charge (minimum bill) for all residential water service furnished through meters of the following sizes together with the Monthly Volume Charge measured per 100 gallons of water usage in every instance of service for each month or fraction thereof.
MONTHLY SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHARGE
    INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
METER SIZE NET SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE NET SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE
5/8”   $6.77
  $8.78
3/4”   8.59   11.16
1”   12.49   16.23
1 1/2””   22.25   28.92
2”   33.95   44.14
3”   61.27   79.65
4”   100.30   130.39
6”   197.89   257.24
8”   314.96   409.45
10”   451.57   587.03
12”   841.86   1,094.42

MONTHLY VOLUME CHARGE 
  INSIDE CITY LIMITS
RATE PER 100 GALLONS
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
RATE PER 100 GALLONS
Step in gallons   Standard Seasonal   Standard Seasonal
First 7,481   $0.0906 $0.0906   $0.1176 $0.1176
Next 5,236   0.1309 0.1423   0.1702 0.1850
Next 4,488   0.2058 0.2217   0.2674 0.2882
Over 17,205   0.3288 0.4246   0.4274 0.5519
The Volume Charge "Seasonal" Rate Per 100 Gallons shall be applied to all billings beginning July 1 and ending on or about October 31 of each year. At all other times the Volume Charge "Standard" Rate Per 100 Gallons shall be utilized.

Residential Sewer Rates

Sewer service charges for all metered residential connections are computed on the basis of average water usage for 90 days during three consecutive billing periods beginning after November 15 and ending on or about March 15 of each year and are billed according to the rate schedules below.

MONTHLY SEWER RATE 
INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
First 1,496 gallons
Minimum Charge $7.76
  First 1,496 gallons
Minimum Charge $9.32
Over 1,496 gallons
$0.2057 per 100 gallons
  Over 1,496 gallons
$0.2468 per 100 gallons
Customers who do not have a winter record of water usage or an interim average will be billed an Unaveraged or Unmetered Residential Charge of $21.61 for Inside City Limits.   Customers who do not have a winter record of water usage or an interim average will be billed an Unaveraged or Unmetered Residential Charge of $25.93 for Outside City Limits.

 

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