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For all large meters, 4,346,000 additional gallons were billed in first quarter 2013 compared to <br />first quarter 2011. Some of that may be due to other mitigating factors but the number is high <br />enough to assume that the new meters played a large role in the increased usage. <br />Discrepancy Meters <br />Before the project began, staff assumed there would be a number of meters that had remotes that <br />slowed down over time and were under - registering usage. Therefore, a policy for these meters <br />was developed and approved by the City Council. All meters with up to a 50,000 gallon <br />discrepancy were billed for the under- registered water usage and not billed anything additional <br />for sewer. There were 49 meters that fell into this category. All meters with over 50,000 gallons <br />of under registered usage were billed for 50,000 gallons of water and then monitored for one <br />year to see if additional water and sewer charges were necessary. There were 25 meters that fell <br />into this category. After the year of monitoring five of the 25 meters have the potential to trigger <br />the additional charges in the under - registering meter policy. They can be split into three groups: <br />sewer only, water only, and water and sewer. <br />Sewer Only: Two of the accounts had larger first quarter usage in 2012/13 than they had in 2011. <br />Account A used 14,000 gallons in 2011 and 21,000 in 2013. The meter was replaced in the <br />middle of first quarter in 2012 so first quarter 2013 was used. Because it was higher the account <br />is subject to $42.96 of additional sewer charges. Account B used 13,000 gallons in 2011 and <br />20,000 in 2013. This increase results in the potential for $71.60 of additional sewer charges. <br />Water Only: Two accounts had a difference of more than 50,000 gallons of water usage for the <br />year they were monitored than their 2011 usage. Account C used 121,000 gallons in 2011 and <br />197,000 gallons is 2012. Based on the policy the account is subject to $76.18 of additional <br />charges. Account D used 82,000 gallons in 2011 and 205,000 gallons in 2012 and is subject to <br />$213.89 of additional water charges. However, in both cases the increase in water usage can <br />almost entirely be explained by a large increase during the third quarter last year, which, you'll <br />remember, was extremely dry. There was a lot of lawn watering during that quarter and these <br />two accounts both used much more water during this quarter. <br />Wafer and Sewer: One account triggered both the water and sewer parts of the policy. Account <br />13 used 21,000 gallons of water during first quarter 2011 and 32,000 gallons during first quarter <br />2013. That results in an additional $157,52 in sewer charges. The account used a total of <br />112,000 gallons in 2011 and 190,000 gallons in 2012, resulting in $82.04 in additional water <br />charges. Account 1? also used 22,000 more gallons during third quarter 2012 than 2011 and that <br />covers most of the additional water charges it is subject to. <br />Based on the information staff has collected regarding all of these accounts, including the dry <br />third quarter 2012, and the fact that there were only five that triggered the potential additional <br />charges under the policy, staff is recommending not charging these accounts any further for <br />water or sewer. They have all already paid 146.50 for 50,000 gallons of additional water usage <br />and staff feels that this is sufficient. <br />4 <br />