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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />A variety of rate schedules are used by Water Agencies in the <br /> <br /> <br />Primary area, varying from a flat rate for unmetered service to <br /> <br /> <br />elaborate schedules of graduated rates based on quantity of water <br /> <br /> <br />consumed for metered service. Within these broad categories differ- <br /> <br /> <br />ent rate schedules are established depending upon the class of use <br /> <br /> <br />such as residential, industrial or commercial, whether a service is <br /> <br /> <br />inside or outside of the normal service area, size of connection, <br /> <br /> <br />area of property, number of rooms and other parameters. <br /> <br />Figure 8 was developed to provide a comparison of the water costs <br /> <br /> <br />within the Primary area. These data refer to 1vater costs as of May <br /> <br /> <br />1965. In June 1965, the Board of Water Commissioners of the City and <br /> <br /> <br />County of Denver increased its schedule of water rates. This, along <br /> <br /> <br />with corollary increases in rates by agencies supplied with water from <br /> <br /> <br />the Denver system and by others, has resulted ln an increase in water <br /> <br /> <br />rates over the May 1965 level on the order of 10 to 20 percent by <br /> <br /> <br />approximately one half of the water agencies serving the Metropolitan <br /> <br /> <br />Area. <br /> <br />The costs portrayed in Figure 8 may be compared to similar costs <br />ln other parts of the country by examination of figures for annual <br />water cost (based on an annual residential use of 200,000 gallons) <br />sho\Yn in the tabulation on the following page. <br /> <br />43 <br />