ARCADIA WASTEWATER UTILITY
RATE SHEET
January 1, 2024
BASIS FOR SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
The Sewer Charge shall be based on two parts, the Residential Equivalency Charge plus the Sewer Use Charge. If any person discharging sewage into the public sewer system procures any part or all of his water from sources other than the City Water Utility, the person shall furnish, install and maintain, at his expense, water meters of a type approved by the Water Utility for the purpose of determining the volume of sewage discharged to the sewer system.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENCY CHARGE
A Residential Equivalency Charge (REC) is hereby imposed upon each lot, parcel of land, building or premise served by the sewerage system or otherwise discharging sewage, including non-domestic and industrial wastes, into the system. Such residential equivalency charge shall be payable as herein provided and shall be on the basis of one unit for each residential equivalent unit. Each single family dwelling is defined as a mobile home, a seasonal dwelling, a duplex unit, an apartment unit, a single family detached dwelling, or a multi-family unit.
The REC shall be $16.00 per month.
SEWER USE CHARGE
$2.81 per 1,000 gallons
A Sewer Use Charge is hereby imposed upon all users of the sewerage system based upon the metered water used thereon or therein as calculated by the Water Utility. On or before October 15 of each year, the Utility shall re-compute the Sewer Use Charge per 1,000 gallons of water used. This charge shall be computed by dividing the proposed net yearly operations, maintenance and replacement budget as proved in Section V of the Ordinance by the previous year’s average billable water usage. The residential sewer bills for July, August and September shall be based on the average water usage for October, November and December of the previous year.