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TO: Mayor & Council FROM: Finance Director -Treasurer Brager DATE: June 30, 1983 RE: COMMERCIAL -INDUSTRIAL SEWER USE CHARGES At a previous Council Agenda Session I war requested to look at alternative methods of calculating the sewer use charges of commercial - industrial users that would take into consideration lawn sprinkling and other water uses which may result in that water not being dis- charged into the sanitary sewer system. Present commercial -industrial sewer use charges arc based upon Cho number of Residential Equivalent Connections (REC'S) of an individual user multiplied by the present rate per REC. The number of REC'S is determined by dividing a customers previous year's water usage by 73,000 gallons. That gallonage is considered the average single family residence annual water consumption. The rate calculated is paid quarterly for one year and is then re- calculated for the next year. For example: 1982 water consumption: 146,000 gallons 1 REC = 73,000 gallons 1983 sewer use rate=$29.75 per REC 1983 Sewer Use Fee Calculation 146,000 c 73,000 = 2 RECS 2 REVS X $29.75 = $59.50 Quarterly Sewer Use Fee Alternative calculations of the quarterly sewer use fees could factor out water consumed which is not considered to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. This could be accomplished three ways. First, another water meter could be installed at a point which is after a meter which measures all water going into a commercial -industrial establishment and at a point immediately before that water goes into a system which does not discharge that water into the sanitary sewer system. The sewer use fee could then be calculated upon only that water which was considered to have gone into the sanitary sewer system, i.e. the reading from the main meter less the reading from the second meter. The Public Works Department and Building Inspector should approve the location of the second meter should this method be adopted. A second method would be to calculate the sewer use fee on the annual- ized winter quarter usage, i.e. winter quarter water consumption multiplied by four. This method assumes all water consumed during the fourth quarter is entering the sanitary sewer system. Seasonal uses such as lawn sprinkling, would then not enter into the sewer use fee calculation.