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Utility Rates
Utilities billed by the City include:
- Water / Sewer (see tables below)
- Garbage $13.40 (Senior discount rate $12.17)
- Drainage $1.20 per 1,000 square feet of impervious surface per household (see additional information below)
Water & Sewer Rates
Rates associated with water and sewer are divided into two components
- Wholesale - A pass-through rate equivalent to charges paid by the City to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) for purchase of water and treatment of wastewater.
- City - Rates necessary to fund City Utility operations and maintain system infrastructure.
$5.00 DISCOUNT on each billing with participation in the electronic payment program
WATER RATES
Meters are read monthly to determine usage for each resident. Usage is billed according to the following rate tables:
Residential
| Example: Usage of 12,000 gal Wholesale $ 27.10 [Base Chg ($17.50) + (12,000 x .80/ 1,000)] |
Commercial (Excluding irrigation-only meters)
Wholesale | Rate (per 1,000 gal) | Amt |
| Base Chg | $ 17.50 | |
| Per 1,000 gal | 0.80 | |
| + | ||
City | Rate (per 1,000 gal) | Amt |
| 0-4,000 gal | $11.85 | |
| Over 4,000 gal | 2.55 |
Commercial Irrigation
| Wholesale | Rate (per 1,000 gal) | Amt |
| Base Chg | $ 17.50 | |
| Per 1,000 gal | 0.80 | |
| + | ||
| City | Rate (per 1,000 gal) | Amt |
| Min (0-4,000) gal | $ 11.85 | |
| 4,0001-10,000 gal | 0.85 | 16.95 |
| 10,001-20,000 gal | 2.85 | 45.45 |
| 20,001-30,000 gal | 4.00 | 85.45 |
| 30,001-40,000 gal | 5.10 | 136.45 |
| Over 40,000 gal | 6.55 |
SEWAGE RATES
Sewage is not metered specifically, but has a direct relationship to the water usage. Water use, thus, is used as the basis for determining sewage charges. A winter average approach is used (with primary intent to exclude usage from outside watering) by the City to determine the monthly sewage charge.
Residential
| Example: Usage of 8,000 gal Wholesale $ 34.95 [Base Chg ($20.55) + (8,000 x 1.80 / 1,000)] |
Commercial
| Wholesale | Rate (per 1,000 gal) | Amt |
| Base Chg | $ 17.50 | |
| Per 1,000 gal | 1.80 | |
| + | ||
| City | Rate (per 1,000 gal) | Amt |
| Min (0-2,000) gal | $ 1.25 | |
| 2,001-6,000 gal | 8.05 | 33.45 |
| Over 6,000 gal | 2.85 |
Drainage Fee
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now requires that cities located in urbanized areas address water quality issues such as construction impacts on storm water discharges, detecting and eliminating illicit discharges, etc. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will be administering the Phase II Storm Water Regulations for the EPA in Texas. All urbanized cities are included in the Phase II regulations, including Highland Village, and are required to develop and maintain a Storm Water Management Plan in order to address improved water quality. The elements required by this unfunded federal mandate include:
- Public education and Outreach on Storm Water Impacts
- Public Involvement/Participation
- Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
- Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations
- Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control
- Post-Construction Storm Water Management in New Development and Redevelopment
As this is an unfunded federal mandate, Council considered the billing structure for the associated charges. To fund the storm water quality program, the City developed storm water fees to be paid by the users in the community, i.e. the residential and commercial users based on the impervious cover of each household.
The monthly fee is calculated at $1.20 per 1000 square feet of impervious surface per household. The average household will be charged $4.91 per month