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WHAT IS A PEAK USE CHARGE?

Peak Use Charges promote conservation and are set to recover the costs of constructing facilities required to meet peak capacity demands. A peak use charge allocates costs to those customers who place the highest demand on a utility’s system during periods of high demand. A peak use charge is an equitable rate structure and is used throughout Northern Virginia. This structure is also being adopted by an increasing number of utilities as it encourages conservation and helps hold the down the basic volume charge.

Only those customers whose water usage patterns reach peak capacity demands on the water system are subject to the Peak Use Charge. Peak Use Charges are in effect from May 1st through October 31st. Peak Use Charges are billed at a rate per 1,000 gallons and is added to the metered water usage charge.

PEAK RATE CHANGES

Effective May 1, 2008, a Peak II Charge will apply for all single family residential households,single family water only,and sub-metered accounts. The consumption threshold is the greater of three times a household’s winter average consumption or 21,000 gallons.
Proration will occur when service periods contain peak and nonpeak days.
The General Manager is authorized to extendthe period during which peak use charges and the seasonal seer adjustment are applied.

RESIDENTIAL PEAK USE CHARGES

Peak Use I Charges apply to monthly water consumption exceeding the greater of 1) 7,000 gallons; 2) 2,000 gallons above the preceding Winter Average Consumption; or 3) 1.3 times the preceding Winter Average Consumption.

The Peak Use II Charges apply to all monthly water consumption in excess of the greater of 1) 3.0 times the preceding Winter Average Consumption or 2) 21,000 gallons.

SEASONAL SEWER ADJUSTMENT

Residential single family accounts are subject to the seasonal sewer cap. Increased water demands during the summer months may be a result of irrigation. As this water does not typically enter the sanitary sewer system and as sewer consumption is based on water consumption, the Service Authority caps residential sewer consumption from May 1st through October 31st. During the seasonal sewer cap, monthly sewer consumption charges are assessed on the lower of actual metered consumption or winter average consumption plus 2,000 gallons. The seasonal sewer cap does not apply to sub-meter or water only accounts.

HOW CAN I CONSERVE WATER AND REDUCE MY WATER BILL?