Late fee applied to accountĪfter shutoff illegal water use found at meter (about 10 weeks after bill was originally sent) Pre-shutoff/urgent notice and follow-up late fee notice issued Reminder sent to customer and late fee notice issued These fire protection services are billed a daily charge based on meter size. Meter sizes and the corresponding daily charges for fire protection are listed below. Some buildings have a separate water service for fire protection. Daily charges for fire protection services Single-family residential customers have meters that are read every three months. If you’re one of these customers, and have chosen to receive monthly statements, your base charge is divided into each monthly statement.Įven if no water is used at a property, the Water Bureau still maintains the water service and will continue billing the base charge. Your base charge would be $59.58 instead of $58.92. Sometimes, that means you receive a bill for a 91-day period. The base charge for monthly billed accounts (accounts billed every 30 days on average) is prorated at $1.9640 per day.įor example, say you're billed every quarter (every three months).The base charge for bimonthly billed accounts (accounts billed every 60 days on average) is prorated at $0.9820 per day.The base charge for quarterly billed accounts (accounts billed every 90 days on average) is prorated at $0.6547 per day.The base charge covers the cost of reading and inspecting meters, servicing customer accounts, and billing. The bureau sets base charges yearly, in the annual rates ordinance.
For FY 2022–23, the base charge for each bill is about $58.92, depending on how long the billing period is. The monthly charges for the water portion of the combined utility bill is $52.11. With the volume rate of $6.493 per ccf, 1.1 gallons cost a penny.įiscal year 2022–2023 (Jto June 30, 2023): All water volume usage is billed at the rate of $6.493 per "unit" or ccf (100 cubic feet of water).įiscal year 2021–2022 (Jto June 30, 2022): All water volume usage was billed at the rate of $6.029 per "unit" or ccf (100 cubic feet of water).Įvery bill includes a base charge, prorated for the actual number of days billed.
One ccf is 748 gallons. The typical single-family residential customer uses 5 ccf per month. The average single-family residential monthly bill for water service increased 7.7% on July 1, 2022. The City adjusts water rates annually on July 1. Water use is measured in ccf, or centum (100) cubic feet.
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