Rates
WATER:
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
One (1) EDU or Equivalent Dwelling Unit shall be defined as:
One Hundred Fifty-Five (155) gallons per day
Average Quarterly Usage is defined as:
Fifteen Thousand (15,000) gallons per quarter
WATER RATES, RENTS AND CHARGES
Metered Rate Schedule
Water rates, rents and charges for use of the Water System by any Improved Property shall be based upon and shall be computed in accordance with the following:
1. Ready-to-Serve Charge. Each shall pay the following ready-to-serve charge:
Per Consumer Unit Per Quarter - Borough of Birdsboro Ready-to-Serve $15.68
Outside the Borough Ready-to-Serve $23.00
2. EDU Charges-Water - Each of the following classifications of user shall pay the following EDU charge per 1,000 gallons of usage:
3. Consumption Charges. In addition the ready-to-serve meter charge and the minimum EDU charge, the following consumption charges are applicable to the excess consumption per meter over that allowable under the minimum charge:
SEWER:
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
One (1) EDU or Equivalent Dwelling Unit shall be defined as:
One Hundred Fifty-Five (155) gallons per day for Residential
Average Quarterly Usage is defined as:
Fifteen Thousand (15,000) gallons per quarter
COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION
Tapping Fee
The Tapping Fee for each Residential User shall be:
One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,950)
The estimated daily use Tapping Fee for each Non domestic/Industrial User shall be:
Eight Dollars ($8.00) per gallon of estimated daily flow.
Connection Fee
The Connection Fee for installation of a Lateral from the Authority Sewer to the Improved Property curb line, or if there is no curb line, to the property line or easement line shall be: the actual cost paid by the Authority for construction of said Lateral, including all services, materials, equipment, labor, transportation, construction equipment and machinery, tools, appliances, fuel, power, and all other incidentals necessary for the performance and completion of the work, plus 10% of this amount for overhead.
Permit Fee
The Permit Fee to cover the Authority’s administrative cost of issuing a permit for connection to the Sewer System shall be as follows:
Inspection Fee
The Inspection Fee to cover the Authority’s cost of inspecting, witnessing the testing of, and approving the Building Sewer upon completion of construction shall be:
Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00)
If a re-inspection of the Building Sewer is required due to failure to pass the initial test, the re-inspection fee shall be paid directly to the Authority Inspector at the approved hourly rate for the actual time required.
SEWER RATES, RENTS AND CHARGES
Metered Rate Schedule
Sewer rates, rents and charges for use of the Sewer System by any Improved Property shall be based upon and shall be computed in accordance with the following:
1. Ready-to-Serve Charge - Each shall pay the following ready-to-serve charge:
2. EDU Charges-Sewer. Each of the following classifications of user shall pay the following EDU charge per 1,000 gallons of water usage:
3. Consumption Charges-Sewer. The Consumption Charges relating to sewer service are hereby amended, as follows:
Non-Metered Rate Schedule-Sewer
For all customers of the Authority’s sewer services which are not customers of the Authority’s water services or otherwise do not have any metered water service, the following flat rate shall apply to each of the following classification of user:
Strong Waste Surcharge
There shall be additional charges for Non domestic Wastes discharged to the Sewer System from any industry, business, or commercial enterprise, and having Total Suspended Solids or Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) values in excess of the average Total Suspended Solids and BOD5 of normal Domestic Waste. The average values of normal domestic waste are defined in the Borough’s Sewer Use Ordinance. These additional charges are determined at the beginning of each year based upon budgeted operating costs, and adopted by Resolution of the Authority. The following Strong Waste Surcharge factors will be applied:
MISCELLANEOUS:
Fire Protection
All customers of all classification types receiving fire protection services from the Authority shall pay a flat rate of $170 per quarter per customer unit.
Failure to Timely Pay Water and/or Sewer Charges
Any customer who fails to pay when due, any or all of its outstanding water and/or sewer charges for such services provided by the Authority shall immediately accrue a 10% late fee of all such amounts not paid. Thereafter, for each billing cycle, any new charges that remain unpaid when due will accrue a 10% late fee. Partial payments received by the Authority shall be applied first to the earliest charges outstanding prior to the reduction of any other more recent outstanding amounts payable.
The above-described penalty is not exclusive and shall be in addition to all other remedies available to the Authority with respect to delinquent accounts and collection thereof, including but not limited to, termination of water service and referral to collection agencies as well as filing municipal liens and other legal action for collection, all in conformity to policies previously adopted by the Authority.
Rules of Interpretation
- The classification attributed to a customer for billing purposes shall be
determined by the customers usage of the consumer unit receiving water and/or sewer services of the Authority. - If a consumer unit or consumer units of a customer consist of mixed use by
such customer, the use which is subject to the highest rate classification shall apply to the entire bill.