New Water Rates: Fixed and Variable
Your bill will include two water charges: a fixed customer charge and a variable water usage charge.
The fixed charge is the price that all customers pay, regardless of how much water they
use. The fixed charge is $17.99 for a typical single family residential customer.
The variable water usage charge is added to the fixed customer charge and is tiered
depending upon the volume of water used.
Residential Customer Tiers
Residential water usage is measured in hundreds of cubic feet (CCF). One CCF equals 748 gallons.
- Tier 1: The first six CCF of water is billed at $2.33 per CCF. Water use greater than six CCF is billed at the next tier.
- Tier 2: Over six to 15 CCF of water is billed at $3.40 per CCF.
- Tier 3: Over 15 CCF of water is billed at $3.89 per CCF.
Customers with larger sized meters pay a higher fixed customer charge based on an increasing scale.
Larger meters also have higher water rate thresholds according to size. Tiered water rates are
used for residential, multi-family and commercial customers. Industrial and irrigation customers
are billed at a uniform water rate.
Customers located in higher elevations are billed monthly for a booster pump charge to pay for
additional costs of energy and pump capacity necessary for providing water to these locations.
A typical single-family residential customer located in a higher elevation will be billed an
additional $4.32 per month. Booster pump charges are proportional to meter size.
