Council to confirm removal of minimum rates for water, sewer
Posted February 8, 2010
New Tecumseth councillors are scheduled tonight to adopt the draft 2010
water and wastewater budgets which will eliminate the minimum charges for
residential and low volume users and replace it with a static rate for
actual usage.
The changes take effect April 1, and include the following:
All residential volumes at a rate of $1.54 per cubic meter (P/CM).
Industrial Block users (i.e. Honda) that use over 30,000 cubic meters per
year shall pay a water charge of $1.13 P/CM.
Baxter Corporation shall pay a water charge of 85 cents P/CM.
All consumers with average consumption under 200 P/CM per month will be
billed quarterly.
All consumers with average consumption over 200 P/CM per month will be
billed monthly.
A minimum of 14 calendar days shall be given to the consumer prior to the
due date for the bill to be paid and the day that the bill is mailed to
the consumer shall constitute the commencement of this period.
The Town estimates at least 1,200 customers in New Tecumseth have been
paying only the minimum rates because they consume less than the allowable
30 cubic meters of water per month, quarterly, before an additional charge
kicks in. One cubic meter equals 264 US gallons.
