HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0108) WHOLESALERATES2019v2.PDFORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH (2015), AS AMENDED, CHAPTER 35
"WATER AND SEWERS", ARTICLE III "CHARGES",
SECTION 35-56, "WATER AND SEWER RATES WITHIN
THE CITY" BY AMENDING SUBSECTIONS (g), (h) and (i)
REVISING WHOLESALE AND RAW WATER RATES FOR
WATER AND WASTEWATER; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH:
SECTION 1.
That Section 35-56(g), Article III "Charges" of Chapter 35 "Water and Sewers" of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth (2015), as amended, is hereby further amended to be as
follows:
(g) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the
charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing water to such customers:
RATES FOR WHOLESALE WATER SERVICE
Volume ($/1,000 gallons)* $0.8642
Maximum Day ($/MGD excess) $121,788.00
Maximum Hour ($/MGD excess) $51,242.00
Customer ($/Meter/Month) $25.00
*plus raw water cost
RAW WATER SERVICE
All uses inside and outside Tarrant Regional Water District shall be $1.3684 per
1,000 gallons per month.
SECTION 2.
That Section 35-56(h), Article III "Charges" of Chapter 35 "Water and Sewers" of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth (2015) as amended, is hereby further amended to be as
follows:
(h) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the
charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing wastewater services to such
customers:
RATES FOR WHOLESALE WASTEWATER SERVICE
Volume ($/1,000 gallons) $1.3303
BOD ($/pound) $0.3985
TSS ($/pound) $0.2633
Customer ($/month) $75.00
SECTION 3.
That Section 35-56(i), Article III "Charges" of Chapter 35 "Water and Sewers" of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth (2015), as amended, is hereby further amended to be as
follows:
(i) The standby charge per month, per 1,000 gallons is $0.9324.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinance and such Code, in
which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 5.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
shall not affect any remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect on October 1, 2019.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Christa R. Lopez -Reynolds
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: