SEWER RATES

7/01                 6.26 PER 1,000 GALLONS $58 MINIMUM $200 FLAT, MIN. 10,000 GALLONS

7/02                 6.65 PER 1,000 GALLONS $53.20 MINIMUM $200 FLAT, MIN. 8,000 GALLONS

QUARTERLY BILLING STARTED IN JULY 1993 – LATE FEE IS PENALTY OF 4%

1/04                 6.75 PER 1,000 GALLONS $60 MINIMUM PER UNIT, MIN. 8,000 GALLONS

6/04                 6.75 PER 1,000 GALLONS $54 MINIMUM PER UNIT, MIN. 8,000 GALLONS

1/05-6/05         7.00 PER 1,000 GALLONS $49 MINIMUM FOR FIRST 7,000 GALLONS

1/06/6/06         7.50 PER 1,000 GALLONS $45 MINIMUM FOR FIRST 6,000 GALLONS –

                        ADDITIONAL $30 BASE CHARGE PER UNIT

2/07-6/07         7.50 PER 1,000 GALLONS $45 MINIMUM FOR FIRST 6,000 GALLONS –

                        ADDITIONAL $30 BASE CHARGE PER UNIT

07/08               7.50 PER 1,000 GALLONS $45.00 MINIMUM FOR FIRST 6,000 GALLONS-

                        ADDITIONAL $40 BASE CHARGE PER UNIT

08/09               7.50 PER 1,000 GALLONS $45.00 MINIMUM FOR FIRST 6,000 GALLONS-

                        ADDITIONAL $50 BASE CHARGE PER UNIT

09/10               7.50 PER 1,000 GALLONS $45.00 MINIMUM FOR FIRST 6,000 GALLONS-

                        ADDITIONAL $50 BASE CHARGE PER UNIT

WATER RATES

09/10  4.65 PER 1,000 GALLONS $47.50 MINIMUM BASE FEE 60 PER UNIT-$185 FLAT

Capacity charges per bedroom – $334.80 Town, Water Dept. $450 or $375 if water saving devices are installed

Late Fee is penalty of 10%

The major change and goal of the rate structure change was to equitably spread the cost amongst all the users of the water system.  The Prudential Committee thought this was the best option.  The base fee is calculated by Equivalent Residential Units (ERU’s).  An ERU is equivalent to about 250 gallons per day(Equivalent to a single family home). 

In calculating ERU’s we said an apartment would be treated as 1 ERU. Example : Park Village Apts  - 12 apts = 12 ERU’s = 12 Base charges. 

For commercial properties, we used historical consumption data to calculate ERU’s.  Example :  New England Woodcraft had a historical usage of about 1100 gallons per day.  1100 /250 = 4.4.  They were assigned 5 base charges.

We will be reviewing the commercial properties and will make adjustments if the usage indicates the calculations are incorrect.

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