Service
Charges
The Service
Charge has been included as part of the water
bill since 1978. The amount is based on meter
size, and does not include any water
consumption. The service charge policy is
designed to recover fixed costs which do not
vary with the volume of water used by a
customer.
The Service
Charge pays for:
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Meter reading and billing.
Includes meter readers'
salaries, transportation and
equipment, forms, office
processing staff, reports,
postage and supplies.
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Maintenance and replacement
of the meter and other
components of the customer
service installation.
Includes the meter, meter
setter and pit, and
basically the service line
from the main to the
customer's property line.
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Base demand distribution
main costs.
This is the ready-to-serve
component of distribution
main costs.
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Fire protection.
Includes maintenance of
WaterOne's thousands of fire
hydrants, as well as
larger-sized pumps,
reservoirs and water mains
to ensure that capacity for
fire protection is available
in addition to the capacity
needed for regular water use
demands.
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The method
WaterOne uses to allocate cost of service, and
to calculate the Service Charge and
Consumption Charge is commonly used
throughout the water industry.
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2009 Service
Charges |
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Meter Size |
Single
Family Residential
(two months) |
Multi-Family,
Small
Commercial,
Large
Commercial
(one month) |
Temporary Commercial
(one month) |
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5/8"
|
$18.60 |
$12.10 |
$72.50 |
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3/4" |
$24.30 |
$14.90 |
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1" |
$35.20 |
$20.40 |
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1 1/2" |
$64.80 |
$35.20 |
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2" |
$97.80 |
$51.70 |
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3" |
$212.00 |
$108.80 |
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4" |
$325.20 |
$165.40 |
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6" |
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$309.50 |
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2010 Service Charges |
|
Meter Size |
Single
Family Residential
(two months) |
Multi-Family,
Small
Commercial,
Large
Commercial
(one month) |
Temporary Commercial
(one
month) |
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5/8"
|
$19.30 |
$12.40 |
$76.00 |
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3/4" |
$25.10 |
$15.30 |
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1" |
$36.30 |
$20.90 |
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1 1/2" |
$67.10 |
$36.30 |
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2" |
$101.20 |
$53.30 |
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3" |
$222.50 |
$114.00 |
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4" |
$341.00 |
$173.30 |
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6" |
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$322.70 |
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