DOW - RULES&REGS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

PART 4 - Section 8 -10

1. Restoration of Water Service. If a consumer’s water service is turned off for failure to pay a bill, for violation of any of the provisions of these rules and regulations, or for other reasons, all outstanding accounts against said consumer plus the charge for reopening, reinstallation or reconnection must be paid before water service be restored. Said charges shall be as established by the Department.

2. Fire Hydrant and Other Temporary Meters. In addition to regular meter service charge and water consumption charge, there shall be installation, removal, testing and user charges for all Fire Hydrant and other temporary meters as established by the Department.

1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish standards for temporary grants of water to support the initial development of county or state public beautification projects or the initial or further development of county or state public parks and public ways.

2. Temporary Grants of Water. The Board of Water Supply may, in its discretion, authorize temporary grants of water to support the initial development of county or state public beautification projects or the initial or further development of county or state public parks and public ways.

Any county or state department, office, or agency wishing to receive such temporary grants of water shall apply to the Board of Water Supply for such temporary grants. The application shall explain or describe in detail the contemplated project, why a temporary grant of water from the Department is necessary, what other efforts the applicant has made to obtain water from other sources, for what specific purposes the water will be used, and how the water provided will yield public benefits. The applicant shall also certify that there were no other available sources which can be used to support the project in question.

For each application, the Board shall determine and establish a maximum time limit that water may be provided to an applicant and a quantity limit on the amount of water that may be drawn.

The Board and the Manager and Chief Engineer may prescribe conditions under which water may be drawn so that the provision of water to the applicant does not adversely affect the Department’s ability to provide water to its other users.

All water consumption (for general use, agriculture use and ships) shall be subject to the imposition of a Cost of Power Adjustment as part of all water consumption charges.

As part of the Department’s annual budget review process, the Department will review the actual unit costs of power for each twelve month period ending March 31^st. At this time, the power cost adjustment for the upcoming fiscal year will be calculated as the sum of the following two components: (1) the difference (plus or minus) between budgeted unit power costs for the upcoming fiscal year and the anticipated unit power costs shown in Schedule A below, and (2) the difference (plus or minus) between the actual unit power costs incurred during the twelve-month period ending March 31^st as previously described and the anticipated unit power costs effective during the same twelve month periods as shown in Schedule A below. The sum of these two components, calculated on a dollars per thousand gallons basis, will be applied to all water consumption charges.

Implementation Date	Anticipated Unit Power Cost (per 1,000 gallons)¹
July 1, 2001	$ 0.40
July 1, 2002	$ 0.41
July 1, 2003	$ 0.43
July 1, 2004	$ 0.44
July 1, 2005	$ 0.45
¹Projections based on November 2000 power cost assumptions.