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Water

Volumetric Charges

Base Facility Charges

Bill Due Date

Reconnection Charge

After Hours Charge

Service Charges

Tap On Fees

Rates Schedule

The following water rate schedule is effective January 1, 2008 with the first billing in February 2008. Rates are broken into classes of residential, commercial, motel, condominium, restaurant, and yard meters.

Your utility bill will identify the number of gallons used for the period of service. A monthly base charge is applied to all active accounts. Additional charges are applied for each additional 1,000 gallons of water consumed thereafter.

Water

Base Facility Charges  
Residential and Yard    $ 6.02 per unit
Commercial, Restaurant, Hydrant, Pool $10.51 per unit
Motel  $ 4.22 per unit
Condominium $ 5.40 per unit

Volumetric Charges

Residential Class

  Block  (Gallons)     Rate per 1,000 gallons
   0  -   10,000    $1.85 
  10-001- 15,000 $2.36
  15,001- 50,000 $2.81
  Above  50,000 $3.76
     

Condo Class

  Block  (Gallons per unit) Rate per 1,000 gallons
  0  -   9,000 $1.85
  9,001- 13.500 $2.36
  13,501- 45,000 $2.81
  Above  45,000 $3.76
     

Commercial, Restaurant, Motel, and Pool Class

  All flow (per 1,000 gallons) $2.36
     

Yard and Hydrant Meters

  All flow (per 1.000 gallons) $4.27

Wastewater

Unlike water, wastewater is an unmetered service. Therefore, the sewer bill is based upon a base charge and water usage.

Base Facility Charges  
Residential $21.41 per unit
Commercial $37.45 per unit
Restaurant $37.45 per unit
Motel $14.99 per unit
Condominium $19.29 per unit

Volumetric Charges*

Residential and Condo Class

Rate per 1,000 gallons of water usage

All flow $1.41 per 1,000 gallons

  • Residential Customer Class Wastewater Volumetric Charge
  • Capped at 20,000 gallons per month.

Commercial, Motel, and Restaurant Class

All flow $1.70 per 1,000 gallons.

Residential:
Single family detached, single family attached (townhouses, duplexes, tri-plexes), Mobile homes, individually metered apartments.

Condominium:
Condominium, master metered apartment

Hotel/ Motel:
Hotels, motels, campgrounds

Commercial:
All commercial operations except restaurants and including public restrooms and shower areas.

Restaurant:
Restaurants

Yard Meters:
Water service used exclusively for irrigation or car/boat washing and metered separately from other uses. Yard meters will no longer be issued.

Reclaimed Water for Irrigation (where available) is billed at rate of $.30 per 1,000 gallons.

Membership Fee: Each meter connection is required to have on file a $30.00 membership fee which is refundable at the time service is disconnected.

Deposit: Each residential meter connection is required to have a $50.00 deposit on file. All other connections will depend on meter size.

Bill Due Date

Bills are due the 10th of each month. Bills not paid by the 10th are charged a ten percent penalty.

Reconnection Charge

A service disconnected for non payment will be charged a $35.00 fee.

Service Charges

A $10.00 administrative charge will be charged for the following:

  1. Initial turn on for service by 12:30 p.m. 
  2. Normal disconnection of service.
  3. Temporary inactive request: Customer will pay base charges during this period
  4. Reread fee:  first reading is free, and if reading is incorrect no charge.

A $20.00 administrative charge will be charged for the following:

  • Account transfer fee: service transferred from one location to another within our service area.

A $25.00 administrative charge will be charged for the following:

  • Initial turn on for same day service requested after 12:00 p.m.

A $40.00 administrative charge will be charged for any after hours services.

Return check charge: $30.00

  • After 3 return checks within a one year period account will be placed on a cash only basis.

Tap on Fees

3/4 Inch Meter

Water:

Residential $1,880.00
Condo (per unit) $1,692.00
Motel (per ERU) $1,128.00
Commercial (per ERU) $1,880.00

Sewer:

Residential $2,900.00
Condo (per unit) $2,610.00
Motel (per ERU) $1,740.00
Commercial (per ERU) $2,900.00

 

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