Laserfiche WebLink
Draft 6 -16 -06 <br />Municipal Membership <br />South Platte Water Related Activities Program ( SPWRAP) <br />Background <br />Membership in SPWRAP is required for coverage by the Platte River Recovery <br />Implementation Program (PRRIP). Members in SPWRAP will be issued a Certificate of <br />Membership that will evidence coverage by PRRIP. <br />The Articles of Incorporation of SPWRAP provide for five classifications of <br />membership. These include Class A (Agricultural), Class I (Industrial), Class M <br />(Municipal), Class W (Water Conservancy and Water Conservation Districts) and Class <br />X (Miscellaneous). Membership Units are the mechanism for defining the relationship <br />between the amount and type of a member's water use, the amount of that member's <br />assessments, and the number of votes that member is entitled to cast. It is the Board of <br />Directors intent to allocate costs of participation in SPWRAP among its members broadly <br />and equitably. <br />Class M (Municipal Members) <br />Class M (Municipal) members will be issued six "Units" per single family equivalent tap <br />(SFE). Recognizing that there is a wide variation of water use, methods of calculating <br />SFE's and other factors among municipal members, the Board has established a formula <br />and related guidelines (as outlined below) for use in the determination of each member's <br />number of SFE's. To determine membership units, the number of SFE's is multiplied by <br />six. The assessment for each member is then calculated by multiplying the number of <br />membership units by the assessment rate per membership unit. <br />The SPWRAP Board has determined (approved ?) a formula and relevant guidelines to <br />help each member determine its SFE's and, subsequently, its membership units. The <br />general concept is that the SFE's for each member should be based on the amount of <br />treated water delivered for use (by its customers or other entities' customers) from <br />sources of water rights or supplies owned by that member. This amount of water use is <br />then divided by .5 acre -foot (or multiplied by 2) to determine the number of SFE's. <br />Steps to Determine SFE's and Membership Units for Individual Municipal Member <br />1. Determine the annual quantities of water treated at member's water treatment <br />facility (if any) for the last five years (2001- 2005). This should be measured as <br />the treated water leaving the facility or at the nearest point for which data is <br />available. <br />