Description

Fee Amount

Unit/Time

(A)

Water Availability Charge
Size of Meter: All

$9.66

Month

(B)

Quantity Charge

(C)

Water Cost Adjustment Charge (WCAC)

$1.356

100 cubic feet

(D)

Minimum Charge:

The minimum charge per customer shall be the sum of the Water Availability Charge.

The total charge shall be the sum of the Water Availability Charge, Quantity Charge, and a Water Cost Adjustment Charge (WCAC) as established in this section.

Description

Fee Amount

Unit/Time

(A)

Water Availability Charge

Size of Meter: All

$9.66

Month

(B)

Quantity Charge

(C)

Water Cost Adjustment Charge (WCAC)

$1.356

100 cubic ft.

(D)

Minimum Charge

The minimum charge per customer shall be the sum of the Water Availability Charge.

1. First year of non-compliance

2. Subsequent years of non-compliance

Description

Fee Amount

Unit/Time

(A)

Water Availability Charge

Size of Meter: All

$4.83

Month

(B)

Quantity Charge

(C)

Water Cost Adjustment Charge (WCAC)

$0.678

100 cubic ft.

(D)

Minimum Charge

The minimum charge per customer shall be the Water Availability Charge.

Description

Size of Meter

Amount

(A)

Connection Fees for New Installations

5/8 inch

$427.00

¾ inch

$608.00

1 inch

$960.00

1½ inch

$1,813.00

2 inch

$2,730.00

3 inch

$4,800.00

4 inch

$7,466.00

6 inch

$13,865.00

8 inch

$20,478.00

10 inch

$26,984.00

12 inch

$45,862.00

(B)

Hook Up Fees

All

Actual cost

Description

Amount

Unit/Time

(A)

Processing Fee

(1) Open Account

$30.00

Each occurrence

(B)

Service Charge

(1) Metered Service

Month

(2) Unmetered Service

$30.00

Month

(C)

Quantity Charge and WCAC

The Quantity Charge for unmetered water shall be made as follows:

(1) For concrete curbs - three units per one hundred lineal feet.

(2) For settling trenches not exceeding two feet in width and five feet in depth - six units per one hundred lineal feet.

(3) For larger trenches a proportional charge shall be made as estimated by the Manager of the Water Division.

(4) For concrete walks - one and one half units per one hundred square feet.

(5) For settling graded streets - three quarters of one unit per one hundred square feet.

(6) For mixing and curing concrete - three quarters of one unit per cubic yard.

(7) For mixing and curing concrete by a patented process - one third of one unit per cubic yard.

(8) For settling filled ground a charge will be made for a quantity of water equal to one-third the cubic contents of the fill rates provided in this chapter.

(9) For miscellaneous uses not herein specified, the quantity shall be estimated by the Water Division.

One unit of water equals one hundred cubic feet. A quantity charge and WCAC shall be based on the water use estimated above and shall be two (2) times the rate specified in the Multi-Family Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Service.

(D)

Fire Hydrant Meter Rental

(1) Deposit

$900.00

Each occurrence

(2) Rate

$5.00

Day

(E)

Estimated Monthly Billing

A one hundred dollar ($100.00) penalty charge shall be made to cover the expense of estimating the billing each month for each meter as provided in the Water Rules and Regulations Act 4.36(d).

Description

Amount

Unit/Time

(A)

Service Charge

Size of Service Lateral

(B)

Quantity Charge

(A)

Purpose

The Quantity Charge is subject to a purchased water cost adjustment charge (WCAC) as specified in this section in order to compensate the City for its varying costs of purchasing or producing water. The WCAC shall be adjusted when the Balancing Account is less than one month or greater than three-months purchased water and shall be calculated to the nearest five mills ($0.005). The monthly WCAC shall not increase or decrease by more than ten (10) percent from the prior month’s WCAC.

(B)

Formula

For all water rates, except the school rate, the adjustment shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

For the school rate, the adjustment shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

(C)

Definitions

(1) “Estimated Water Costs” shall mean the total cost to the City of purchased water delivered to the City from the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) or other independent suppliers, basin replenishment water, related MWD charges such as Delta Water Supply Surcharge, Readiness to Service Charge and Capacity Reservation Charge, chemical costs for treating the water, including granular activated carbon, compliance water testing, ULARA watermaster expense related to the maintenance, protection, and/or development of basin water resources and the total cost to the City for electric power to pump water. All such costs shall be estimated monthly by the General Manager for the next 12-month period. The WCAC Balancing Account will be adjusted by any under or over-collections of water costs exceeding the Balancing Account limits experienced by the City. The City Council will be advised of any change in the WCAC rate.

(2) "Estimated Units of Water Sales" shall mean: the hundreds of cubic feet of potable water sales for the next 12-month period as estimated by the General Manager.

Description

Amount

Unit/Time

(A)

Penalties

(1) Restoration of Services after non-payment

Reconnection

(2) Disconnection after illegal connection

Violation

(3) Service Call - non payment

Call

(4) Return itemcharge

Each

(5) Late Fee (on past due payments)

Month

(6) Repairs and replacements due to illegal water connections

Each occurrence

(7) Collection Activity

Call

(8) Emergency Turn on/off customer request after hours

Call

(9) Penalty for unauthorized connection to department facilities

Violation

(10) Penalty for unauthorized use of water through a department facility

Violation

(B)

Water Distribution Main Charge (When applicant or his/her predecessor in interest has not previously paid such charge.)

(1) Water Main Charge

Front foot of parcel adjacent to the water main

(C)

Water Main Replacement Fee (Water Rules and Regulations Section 4.34)

(1) 8-inch main

Front Foot of parcel adjacent to the water main

(2) 12-inch main

Front Foot of parcel adjacent to the water main

(D)

Miscellaneous Charges

(1) Special Facilities Charge

Cost

(2) Copies of Rules and Regulations

Copy

(3) Public Fire Hydrant Installations

Each occurrence

(4) Fire Hydrant Flow Test

Each occurrence

Fire Hyrant Flow Information

Each occurance

(5) Inspection Services/Flushing for customer installed domestic/fire service

Each occurance

(E)

Deposits

(1) Each applicant for water service may be required to guarantee payment of charges for water by depositing or otherwise furnishing double the estimated average billing for such service, provided no deposit shall be less than twenty dollars ($20.00)

(2) Each applicant for a new service connection shall be required to make a deposit equal to the estimated cost of installation prior to installation.

(3) Each applicant for temporary service shall be required to deposit with the General Manager an amount equal to the estimated bill for water service to be rendered, including installation and removal of service facilities, and the cost of any equipment furnished by the City.

(4) A deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be required for consumer requests to test the consumer's meter if such test has been performed on that service in the 12 months immediately preceding. If the meter is inaccurate, the deposit will be refunded and a billing adjustment made. If the meter is accurate, the deposit shall be forfeited.

(3) Backflow Prevention Assembly Test

The department shall charge $90.00 for each backflow prevention assembly tested. If repairs are required, the department shall additionally charge for the actual time and materials cost incurred, plus a $50.00 processing fee. The department reserves the right to decline the testing of any assembly. A single family residence (R-1) shall be exempt from this charge.

Water Testing Fees

(A)

Recycled Water Service

The total charge shall be the sum of the Water Availability Charge and the Quantity Charge as established in this section.

(1) Water Availability Charge

All

Month

(2) Quantity Charge

100 cubic feet

(B)

Temporary Recycled Water Services Monthly Truck Rate: RT-1

The total monthly charge shall be the sum of a Processing Fee and a Flat Rate Quantity Charge as established in this section. A refundable deposit for the fire hydrant meter is also required.

(1) Processing and Deposit Fee

(a) Open Account

(b) Hydrant Meter Deposit

Each occurrence

Each occurrence

(2) Flat Rate Quantity Charge

Truck/Month

(D)

New Recycled Water Service

(1) The Connection Fee for Reclaimed Water Service shall be the same as that for domestic water as established in Section 4.A.

(2) Hook-Up Fee

All

The water rights in the Upper Los Angeles River Area were established by the JUDGMENT AFTER TRIAL BY COURT in Superior court Case No. 650079, entitled The City of Los Angeles, A Municipal Corporation, Plaintiffs vs. City of San Fernando, et al., Defendants. Under the Judgment, certain parties have rights to Physical Solution Water upon payment of specified charges. Valhalla and Lockheed have the right to 300 acre-feet and 25 acre-feet of water respectively.

From time to time, other property owners, not covered by the Judgment, have a need to produce ground water for temporary and/or long term dewatering activities relating to construction, building foundations, basements or underground facilities, and for property soil and groundwater contamination clean up activities. The water is typically discharged to a storm drain or sewer. The City of Burbank should be compensated for the removal of this water from the groundwater basin. The charge for this water will be the Physical Solution Water Charge plus an Administrative Fee.

(A)

Physical Solution Water Charge

The charge for Physical Solution water in Burbank is determined by Section 9.4 of the Judgment.

(1) For Fiscal Year 2009/2010 the charge to Valhalla and Lockheed for the first 300 acre-feet and 25 acre-feet respectfully will be $429.00 per acre-foot.

(2) Valhalla and Lockheed production exceeding that specified in 1 above, and all other production for dewatering or soil/groundwater clean up activities, will be charged $1053.00 per acre-foot.

(B)

Administrative Fee

An Administrative Fee of $50.00 will be added to each monthly billing.

It is the responsibility of the producer to report the monthly water extraction to the Burbank Water & Power Department, Water Division and the Upper Los Angeles River Area Watermaster. The reported extraction shall be made prior to the 15^th of the following month.