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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 35-56(b), 35 56(c) and 35-
56(d) OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED BY REVISING AND ADDING
CERTAIN RATES AND CHARGES MAKING THIS ORDINANCE
CUMULATIVE 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
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
SECTION 1
That Section 35-56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as
amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follow
`(b) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof,
shall be the charges to all residential and nonresidential customers for
furnishing water to such customers located wrthm the city The residential
monthly volume charge for water service shall be the charges to the
residential class, as defined m this chapter for furnishing water to
residential water customers located wrthm the city The nonresidential
monthly volume charge for water service shall be the charges to the
nonresidential customer class, as defined m this chapter for furnishing
water to nonresidential water customers located wrthm the city
RATE FOR WATER SERVICE
Monthly Service Charge for Water
Meter size Monthly charge
(inches)
5/8 X 3/4 (standard meter) $ 5 50
1 8 00
1 1/2 14 50
2 22.00
3 47 00
4 82 00
6 180 00
8 310 00
10 485 00
The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows
Residential Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
First 1 000 or less cubic feet of water used $1 77
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For the next 2,000 cubic feet of water used $2.21
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 3 000 cubic feet of $2 90
water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
Commercial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
First 250 000 cubic feet of water used per $1 93
month, per 100 cubic feet
Over 250 000 cubic feet of water used per $1 46
month, per 100 cubic feet
Industrial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
First 250 000 cubic feet of water used per $1 78
month, per 100 cubic feet
Over 250 000 cubic feet of water used per $1 46
month, per 100 cubic feet
Irngation Meters
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month, per 100 $2.24
cubic feet
RAW WATER SERVICE
All use per month $0 58839 per 1 000 gallons inside Tarrant Regional
Water Distract
All use per month $0 63339 per 1 000 gallons outside Tarrant
Regional Water Distract
The service charges set out m the foregoing schedules are based upon the
amount of water used as measured by meters.
SECTION 2.
That Section 35 56(c) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986),
as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follow
`(c) The following schedule of rates per month or fraction thereof shall
be the basis for determining charges to all customers for renderang sanitary
sewerage service, where the sewage produced by such customer is a
normal strength wastewater [two hundred ten (210) mg/1 B O.D and two
hundred forty (240) mg/1 suspended solids] and where such customer is
located within the crty•
RATES FOR SEWERAGE SERVICE ONLY
(1) A monthly service charge shall be charged to all customers m the
amount of four dollars and fifty cents ($4 50)
(2) A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential
customers m the amount of two dollars and fifty-one cents ($2 51) per one
hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, and to nonresidential/non-
momtored customers in the amount of two dollars and fifty-one cents
($2 51) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, or wastewater
produced, as more specifically set forth hereinafter
The monthly volume charges for residential class customers will be based
on the individual customer's average monthly water use durang the
preceding winter quarter months of December January and February but
in no event shall the volume used to compute this monthly charge for a
single family residential umt or a duplex unit exceed one thousand five
hundred (1,500) cubic feet. The volumes used to compute these charges
are based on the amount of water used by the residential class customer as
measured by a meter Where no preceding winter quarter average is
available from records, the director shall estimate a volume to be used for
this monthly volume charge
The monthly charges to the nonresidential/non-monitored customers will
be 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 sewers, the customer will be charged for only that volume
entering the sewers, as determined by a method approved by the director
SECTION 3.
That Section 35-56(d) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986),
as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follows
`(d) The director shall establish a monitored group class, consisting of
those customers whose wastewater strength is, m his ~udg~nent,
abnormally high or whose wastewater contains limited substances or
materials, and charges to customers m this class shall be computed m
accord with the following five-part rate schedule•
MONITORED GROUP
Customer monthly service charge
Volume charge, per 100 cubic feet
BOD strength charge, per pound of BOD
Suspended solids strength charge
per pound of suspended solids
Monitoring and pretreatment charge
$4 50
$1 97
$0.248
$0 129
Total actual cost
The monitoring charge shall consist of all cost for personnel, material and
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 administer
pretreatment permit systems and to enforce ordinance requirements.
Pretreatment requirements primarily affect industries that are subject to 40
CFR, Part 403 General Pretreatment Regulations.
This schedule shall replace all other charges previously made for industrial
waste strength.
SECTION 4
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 m direct conflict with the provisions of such ordmanc,es and such
Code, m which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
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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, ~unsdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation m this ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect on January 1 2005
APR VED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Assistant Crty Attorney
ADOPTED
EFFECTIVE~~~~~~~~'
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION Approved on 10/5!2004 Ordinance No 1.6154
DATE Tuesday October 05 2004
LOG NAME 60RETAIL REFERENCE NO G-14533
SUBJECT
Adoption of Ordinance Amending Retail Water and Wastewater Rates
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance which amends retail water and
wastewater rates and provides an effective date of billing on or after January 1 2005
DISCUSSION
Water Department staff conducted cost of service studies to establish proposed fiscal year 2005 water and
wastewater rates for the Fort Worth Water Department. To assist with decisions about the allocation of
costs on a 'fair" and equitable basis to each customer .class an Informal Retail Customer Advisory
Committee was formed consisting of 10 members. Membership included representatives from
neighborhood associations, commercial customers and large volume industrial customers.
A total of six meetings were conducted with the Committee whose responsibilities include making
recommendations to Fort Worth Water Department staff concerning the equity of the rate structure Based
on the Committee s guidance staff is recommending rates designed to recover the costs of providing water
and wastewater service to retail customers with an interclass adjustment in the cost of service benefiting
residential customers. The retail portion of the revenue requirements increased 9 39% for wastewater and
8.32% for water s
The Water Department proposes the following water and wastewater rates
RETAIL WATER RATES
Residential
Volume Charge (per 100 cf first 1 000 cf)
Volume Charge (per 100 cf next 2,000 cf)
Volume Charge (per 100 cf over 3,000 cf)
Commercial
Volume Charge (per 100 cf first 250 000 cf)
Volume Charge (per 100 cf over 250 000 cf)
Industrial
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Current Proposed
$1 66 $1 77
$1 98 $2.21
$2.40 $2.90
Current Proposed
$1 82
$1 42 $1 93
$1 46
Current Proposed
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Volume Charge (per 100 cf first 250 000 cf) $1 66 $1 78
Volume Charge (per 100 cf over 250 000 cf) $1 37
I $1 46
Irri a ion Current Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 cf all cf) $2.12 $2 24
SERVICE CHARGE Current Rate Proposed Rate
Meter Size
5/8 $5 00 $5 50
1 $7 50 $8.00
1 1/2 $14 00 $14 50
2 $21 00 $22.00
3 $38 00 $47 00
4 $63 00 $82.00
6 $125 00 $1.80 00
8 $200 00 $310 00
10 $285 00 ~
r $485 00
RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES
Residential Current Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 cf) $2.23 $2.51
Service Charge per Month $4 50 $4 50
Non Residential/Non-Monitored Current Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 cf) $2.26 $2.51
Service Charge per Month $4 50 $4 50
Monitored Grouo Current Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 cf) $1 86 $1 97
BOD charge (per pound) $0.248 $0.248
TSS charge (per pound) $0 124 $0 129
Service Charge per Month $4 50 $4 50
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FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that the adoption of this rate schedule will require no expenditures of City
funds The Customer Service Division of the Water Department is responsible for billing and collection of
water and wastewater service revenues
TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/AccountlCenters
PE45 493012 0601000 0.00
PE45 493022 0701000 0.00
Submitted for City Manager's Office b~ Marc Ott (8476)
Originating Department Head S Frank Crumb (Acting) (8207)
Additional Information Contact: S Frank Crumb (Acting) (8207)',
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