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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />.~ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />6-2 <br /> <br />percent' can be realized by metering. Lastly, metering allows the District to quantify water and <br />dollar savings to the consumer resulting from water conservation measures. <br /> <br />Rate Structure <br /> <br />In 1991, water conservation pricing went into effect for all of Centennial's customers. <br />A stepped rate structure was instituted in which the more a customer used, the more the <br />customer pays per unit volume. The. District established this structure to more equitably <br />distribute the costs for providing peak demand services to high water use customers. This <br />structure allows the District to discourage water waste by segregating excessive users and <br />charging them according to the burden they place on the system. In 1993, the District also <br />established use-based wastewater rates which are detennined by the amount of water consumed . <br />during a winter billing cycle. <br /> <br />Centennial Water and Sanitation District bills the Highlands Ranch Metropolitan Districts <br />(Metro Districts) for water and wastewater service to their customers. The Metro Districts, in <br />turn, bill their customers directly for these services. Table 6-1 depicts. 1995 water and <br />wastewater rates. <br /> <br />Table 6-1 Highlands Ranch Water and Wastewater Rates, 1995 <br /> <br />Metered water consumption <br /> Residential and nonresidential <br /> First 15,000 gallonslmonth $1. 75/1,000 gal <br /> Above 15,000 gallonslmonth $2.15/1,000 gal <br />Wastewater treatment service <br /> Residential (applied to average monthly winter <br /> consumption for 2 months) $1.65/1,000 gal <br /> Residential (minimum per month) $12.50/month <br />- - -Nonrestdelltiltl: {times ~ percenf onval'et conslllftoo) - . ~ - . - $I .o5Tl ;uo<r gal <br />Service charges <br /> Residential $9.90/bimonthly <br /> Nonresidential (per 3/4-inch equivalent) $4. 951month <br />Construction Water <br /> Residential $20.00/home <br /> <br />As shown in the above table, the existing stepped water rate penalizes high water use <br />customers by charging $2.15 per 1,000 gallons for the additional water customers use over <br />15,000 gallons per month. The stepped rate allocates the cost of providing peak, summer <br />demands to those who use more water for lawn sprinkling and other summer time outdoor uses. <br />10 addition, the District is charging for wastewater services under a use-based system. As <br />shown in Table 6-1, customers will pay $1.65 per 1,000 gallons based on winter water usage, <br /> <br />21.6657 <br />