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<br />form rate structure, assessing the same rate per thousand gallons, despite how much <br />water is used. <br /> <br />In 1989, City Council approved eight years of annual water rate increases to fund <br />the raw water program and meet rising operational costs. Between 1989 and 1997, <br />the compounded increase in water rates will be more than 43 percent for all custom- <br />ers, <br /> <br />Table 2. 1996 Water rates, inside city limits' <br /> <br /> <br />3/4" tap $5,22 <br /> <br />I" tap 7.01 <br /> <br />· Customers outside the city limits pay 1.5 times the inside city rate. <br /> <br />Water System Impact Fee and Water Capital Recovery Surcharge <br /> <br />New customers connecting to the water system pay either the Water System Im- <br />pact Fee or the Water Capital Recovery Surcharge to pay for their impact on the <br />City's water treatment and distribution system. Customers with a water tap smaller <br />than two inches pay the Water System Impact Fee, a one-time charge, Commercial <br />and industrial customers with taps two inches or larger pay the Water Capital Recov- <br />ery Surcharge, an ongoing surcharge based on water use. Revenue from both goes <br />into the Water Facilities Expansion Account. Customers outside the city limits pay <br />1.5 times the inside city rate. <br /> <br />Raw Water Development Fee and Raw Water Capital Recovery Surcharge <br /> <br />New customers connecting to the water system pay either the Raw Water Devel- <br />opment Fee or the Raw Water Capital Recovery Surcharge to pay for their impact on <br />the City's raw water supply. Customers with a water tap smaller than two inches pay <br />the Raw Water Development Fee, a one-time charge. Commercial and industrial cus- <br />tomers with taps two inches or larger pay the Raw Water Capital Recovery Sur- <br />charge, an ongoing surcharge based on water use. Revenue from both goes into the <br />Raw Water Fund, Customers outside the city limits pay 1.5 times the inside city rate. <br /> <br />Excess Water Use Surcharge <br /> <br />Commercial and industrial customers must pay an Excess Water Use Surcharge <br />when they exceed their annual allotment of water. Customers are allotted 270,000 gal- <br />lons per year for each acre-foot of water furnished to the City for each tap. When <br />more than that amount of water is used in a calendar year, the surcharge is charged be- <br /> <br />Water Conservation Plan <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />May 1996 <br />