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ORDINANCE NO. 21448-09-2014
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35-56(a), (b), (c) and (d)
OF CHAPTER 35, "WATER AND SEWERS", OF THE ODE OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY
ADDING THE DEFINTION OF SUPER USER CUSTOMER CLASS
AND REVISING AND ADDING CERTAIN VOLUME RATES AND
CHARGES; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULA' IVE .OF !
PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND
PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVI ING AN }
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
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SECTION 1.
That Section 35-56(a) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as
amended, is hereby amended to add the following definition in alphabetical order:
The super user customer class shall consist of those customers which have a minimum
annual usage of water of thirty (30) million cubic feet served by a sin�le water meter. A
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super user shall not use more or less than fifty percent (5,0%) of it average monthly
usage in any month.
SECTION 2.
That Section 35-56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as
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amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the
charges to all residential and nonresidential customers for fixiiishing water to
such customers located within the city. The residential monthly volume charge for I
water service shall be the charges to the residential class, is defined in this
chapter, for furnishing water to residential water customers ocated within the
city. The nonresidential monthly volume charge for water se vice shall be the
charges to the nonresidential customer class, as defined in this chapter, for
furnishing water to nonresidential water customers located within the city.
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RETAIL WATER RATES I
Monthly Service Charge for Water
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Meter Size (inches) MonthI3 charge
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5/8 X 3/4 $100 0
3/4X. 3/4 $1025
1 $18 15
1-1/2 $3280
2 $5040
3 $13100
4 $223135
6 $472150
8 $82430
10 $1,23470
The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows: ;
Residential Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
First 800 or less cubic feet of water used $2.0 7
per month; per 100 cubic feet
For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used $2.96
per month, per 100 cubic feet
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For the next 1,000 cubic feet of water used $3. 9
per month, per 100 cubic feet i
For all in excess of 3,000 cubic feet of $4.44
water used per month, per 100 cubic feet j
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Commercial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rat
All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2. 3 I
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Industrial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rat
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All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2. 5
Super User Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rat
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All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2.02
Irrieation Meters I
Cubic Feet Rate
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First 5,000 or less cubic feet of water used $2.96
per month,per 100 cubic feet
Next 5,000 cubic feet of water used $3. 9 i
per month,per 100 cubic feet i
For all in excess of 10,000 cubic feet of $4 44
water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
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Gas Well Drillers
Cubic Feet Rat
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All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $5.1 I
per month
The service charges set out in the foregoing schedules are base 'upon the
amount of water used as measured by meters.
SECTION 3.
That the monthly wastewater volume rates as described in Secti in 35-56(c)(2) of
Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, i3 hereby amended
to read as follows:
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(2) A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential customers in
the, amount of three dollars and thirteen cents ($3.13) per one hundred (100)
cubic feet of water used, and to nonresidential/non-monit red customers in
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the amount of three dollars and ninety-seven cents ($3.9 ) per one hundred
(100) cubic feet of water used, or wastewater produced, a$ more specifically
set forth hereinafter.
The monthly volume charges for residential class customers will be based on
the individual customer's average monthly water used ing the preceding
winter quarter months of December,, January and February. The volumes
used to compute these charges are based on the amount o water used by the
residential class customer as measured by a meter. ere no preceding
winter quarter average is available from records, the director shall estimate a
volume to be used for this monthly volume charge. I
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The monthly charges to the nonresidential/non-monitored customers will be l
based on total water use as measured by appropriate meters, with the
provision that if a customer can prove, to the satisfaction of the director, that
a significant portion of the metered water usage does not enter the sanitary j
sewers, the customer will be charged for only that vo ume entering the
sewers, as determined by a method approved by the directo .
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SECTION 4:
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That the monthly volume rates for the monitored class as described in Section 35-56(d) I
of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Volume charge, per 100 cubic feet $2.(71
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BOD strength charge,per pound of BOD $0.2668
Suspended solids strength charge
per pound of suspended solids $0.1215 i
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Dissolved solids strength charge, per pound of
dissolved solids (applicable to gas well drillers) $0.0420
Monitoring and pretreatment charge= Total actual cost
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The monitoring charge shall consist of all cost for personnel, material and I
equipment used to collect and analyze samples from� the customer's
wastewater to determine the strength of the wastewater produced and, when
appropriate, to inspect pretreatment facilities, to admix ster pretreatment
permit systems and to enforce ordinance requirements. Pretreatment
requirements primarily affect industries that are subject to 40 CFR,,Part 403,
General Pretreatment Regulations.
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This schedule shall replace all other charges previously made for industrial
waste strength.
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SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended,, except where the provisions of this
ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in !
which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 6.
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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 unco stitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such constitutionality i
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases; clauses, sentences, parag aphs and sections
of this ordinance, since the same. would have been enacted by the Cit� Council without
the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase) clause, sentence,
paragraph or section.
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SECTION 7.
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This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2015.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: i
Christa . Lopez-Rey lds V U M J. e , Ci y Secretary
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: September 9, 2014
EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2015
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayorand Council Communication
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h '. � ' COUNCIL ACTI®N :Approved''o,n 9/9/20.1.4 Ordnance No 21448 09-2014 =
DATE: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 RI FERENCE NO.: G=18304
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LOG NAME: 60RETAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES ORD F 1
SUBJECT: C
Adopt Ordinance Revising Retail Water and Wastewater Rates and Charges f Volume Usage and
Amending Sections 35-56(a) Through (d), of Article III Charges, of Chapter 35 Water and Sewers of the
City Code, Effective.January 1, 2015 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended-that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance revising Retail Water and
Wastewater Rates and Charges for Volume Usage and Amending Sections 35-56(a) through (d), Article III
Charges, of Chapter 35 Water and Sewers of the City Code, effective January 1, 2015.
DISCUSSION: t
Each year the Water Department staff conducts cost of service studies to establish annual operating
revenue requirements for retail water and wastewater services. The resulting revenue requirements are
shared with the informal Water and Wastewater Retail Rate Structure Stakeholder Group which provides
input concerning the City's fair and equitable cost allocation among the retail r to classes. The !
Stakeholder Group is made up of representatives of the residential, commerci I, industrial, super user and j
irrigation classes. Staff conducted four meetings with the Stakeholder Group to receive input and feedback I
on topics including fixed versus variable revenue recovery for the water and wastewater systems and
elimination of the Winter Quarter Average (WQA) cap on residential wastewater billings.
The Fiscal Year 2015 cost of service studies identified a need for an increase in retail revenue
requirements of 7.37 percent for the water system and 4.87 percent for the wastewater system. The
recommended water rates include the second year of a multi-year revenue sta ility plan to increase cost
recovery from the fixed water revenues through a small increase in the monthly fixed service charge, and
the first year of a similar multi-year plan to improve revenue stability'in wastewater cost recovery. Staff !
also recommends eliminating the WQA cap of 30CCF on residential wastewater billing to align practices
with industry norms. This change impacts only 0.7 percent of Fort Worth's retai residential customers and !
will ensure that all customers are billed for the wastewater flows that they gene ate. {
To meet the water revenue requirements, Staff recommends increases in the v lume rate and monthly
service charges for Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Super User, Irrigation nd Gas Well Driller
classes. The primary drivers of the water system rate increase are a 12.02 percent increase in raw water
rates paid to the Tarrant Regional Water District, funding for lead-free meters required by new federal
regulations, implementation of a new Water Condition Assessment Program to identify and minimize leaks !
within the distribution system, and increases in transfers to other funds within t e City.
For wastewater, Staff recommends raising the volume rate and monthly service charges for Residential,
Non-Monitored and Monitored classes to generate additional funds to meet op rating revenue
requirements. The primary drivers of this rate recommendation are increased tr nsfers to other funds
within the City, increases in contractual obligations for wastewater treatment pr rating
by the Trinity River
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Authority and biosolids treatment and disposal through a third party contractor. i
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Finally, Staff is recommending new guidelines for the Super User class to rec gnize customers'
conservation efforts. Currently, the guidelines require that Super Users use 40 million cubic feet of water
per year from a single meter to qualify for Super User classification. With conservation and increased
efficiency in operations, Super User customers are using less water. Staff rec mmends the addition of a
new definition in the City Code with a new requirement of 30 million cubic feet 3f usage from a single i
meter per year. The other guideline requires that a Super User not use more r less than 50 percent of its
average monthly usage in any month. Staff recommends that this requirement remain the same.
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RETAIL WATER RATES
Meter Size inches Current Rate 1proposed Rate
5/8 Inch x 3/4 Inch $9.00 $10.00
3/4 Inch x 3/4 Inch $9.25 $10.25
1 Inch- _$14.75 1 $18.15. ...._
1 1/2 Inch _ . _ -- _ $32.80 i
$26.0.00 0 i
.2 Inches F$39.50 $50.40
3Inches $93.50 $131.00 !
4lnches $161.25 $223.35 i
16 Inches $345.00 $472.50
Blnches $596.75 $824.30
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10 Inches _ $911.25_ 1$1,234.70 .
Residential Current Proposed_
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - First 800 Cubic Feet) 1$1.97 1$2.07
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 1,200 Cubic Feet) $2.80 $2.96
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet Next 1,000 Cubic Feet) $3.55
Volu me Charge- Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 3,000 Cubic Feet
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Commercial Current P oposed,'
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - All) $2.30 $ 43
Industrial Current Proposed;
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet -All) $2.25 $2 35
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Super User _ - Current Proposed
Volume Charge Per 100 Cubic Feet 1$2.0, 2 1
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Irrigation op
Current Prosed
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Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet– First 5,000 Cubic Feet {$2.96 --
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet– Next 5,000 Cubic Feet �-$--3-5-5-- $3.69 I
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Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 10,000 Cubic Feet ' 4.40 $4.44
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Gas Well Driller Current Proposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet -All) $4.79 $-'5-14---
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RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES
Meter Size (inches) Current JPr�o osed
5/8 Inch x 3/4 Inch $5.,10 $5.50 i
3/4 Inch x 3/4 Inch $5.80
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11 Inch $6,00 $6.60 I
Ill 1/2Inch $7.50 $10.30
2lnches $9.30 $14.75
3 I_nc_hes
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'4 Inches .,,.,$27,.00 $58.35
6--inches .$52.50 $121.20
8 Inches $88.50 $210 00
'10 Inches $130.50 "$313.45
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63.50 '$392.76 l
12inches
Residential Current Proposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet) $3 00 $3.13
Non Residential/Non-Monitored Current Proposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet)
Monitored Group Cu rrent Proposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet) $2 67 $2.71
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BOD Charge (Per Pound) $0.2600_
$O.2668
Charge (Per Pound) $0.1184 0.1215
TDS Charge Per Pound for Gas Well Drillers $0 0420 0.0420 i
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The Financial Management Services Director certifies that the Water Depart ent is responsible for the
collection and deposit of funds due to the City.
FUND CENTERS:
TO.Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/ACCOunt/Centers '
PE45 493012 0601000 $0.00
PE45 493022 0701000 $0.00
CERTIFICATIONS:
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Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Fernando Costa (6122)
Originating Department Head: S. Frank Crumb (8207)
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Additional Information Contact: Skipper Shook (8402)
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