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601 - SEWER AND WATER FUND <br />L-This Fund records revenue and expenses for both the Sewer Department and <br />the Water Department. Budgeting for these departments presents many un- <br />ique problems and some charges to each department are somewhat arbitrary <br />and complex since the same manpower is assigned to both departments. <br />Presently there are 74 customes using the municipal water system and 287 <br />residential customers and three commercial customers using the municipal <br />sewer system. <br />Water rates have increased substantially in the past few years. These <br />rates are intended to cover the costs of the operation of the water sys- <br />tem. Since there are so few users of the water system to share the costs <br />the rates are likely to remain high. <br />The sewer rates have been increasing in an attempt to make the Sewer Dep- <br />artment solvent. Treatment of sewage by the Metropolitan Waste Control <br />Commission coste the Fund 46% of its entire operating budget for 1984. <br />The Metropolitan Waste Control Commission charges therefore have a great <br />impact upon what the City must charge the useres of the municipal sewer <br />system. Below is a schedule showing the Metropolitan Waste Control <br />Commission charges from 1979 through 1984: <br />1979 <br />1980 <br />1981 <br />1982 <br />1983 <br />1984 <br />$ 3,906 <br />6,961 <br />12,149 <br />15,768 <br />17,884 <br />25,195 <br />This represents a 545% increase in Metropolitan Waste Control charges <br />in six (6) years. <br />