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Overcoming Challenges in Water and Wastewater Rates Management

Explore the rising costs, aging infrastructure, and regulatory requirements in water and wastewater management. Learn about full cost pricing, expenses, and funding sources during economic challenges. Discover capital improvement projects and comparisons between tap and bottled water costs.

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Overcoming Challenges in Water and Wastewater Rates Management

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  1. Water and Wastewater Rates

  2. Challenges • Rising costs, aging infrastructure, increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. • Funding sources during economically difficult times.

  3. Full Cost Pricing • Full cost pricing is usually interpreted to mean factoring all costs - past and future, operations, maintenance and capital costs - into prices.

  4. Expenses • Maintenance, utilities, salaries/benefits, equipment cost, chemical, monitoring & testing, rent, insurance, professional services, training, billing, fees, security, and waste disposal.

  5. Capital Improvement Projects • Infrastructure Maintenance • Lift station and well rehabilitation • Metering/SCADA (remote monitoring) • System inspection and repair • Storage – painting, inspection and repair. • Emergency Standby Power • Upgrade Water Treatment plant • Source supply reliability

  6. Cost of 16 oz. – Tap vs Bottle $0.0002 $1.50 $1.41/1000 $12,000/1000

  7. Sewer Rate Comparison

  8. Water Rate Comparison

  9. Questions?

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