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Water Rates and Charges
         Historical Water Rates
Effective
1/1/2009
Effective
9/1/2009
Effective
1/1/2010
   
Tier 1 Supply Rate
(dollars per acre-foot)
$109 $101 $101
Delta Supply Surcharge
(dollars per acre-foot)
$0 $69 $69
Tier 2 Supply Rate
(dollars per acre-foot)
$250 $250 $280
Water Supply Surcharge
(dollars per acre-foot)
$25 $0 $0
System Access Rate
(dollars per acre-foot)
$143 $154 $154
Water Stewardship Rate
(dollars per acre-foot)
$25 $41 $41
System Power Rate
(dollars per acre-foot)
$110 $119 $119
Full Service Untreated Volumetric Cost ($/AF)
Tier 1 $412 $484 $484
Tier 2 $528 $564 $594
Replenishment Water Rate: untreated (dollars per acre-foot) $294 $366 $366
Interim Agricultural Water Program: untreated
(dollars per acre-foot)
$322 $394 $416
Treatment Surcharge
(dollars per acre-foot)
$167 $217 $217
Full Service Treated Volumetric Cost ($/AF)
Tier 1 $579 $701 $701
Tier 2 $695 $781 $811
Treated Replenishment Water Rate
(treated dollars per acre-foot)
$436 $558 $558
Treated Interim Agricultural Water Program
(dollars per acre-foot
$465 $587 $615
Readiness-to-Serve Charge
(millions of dollars)
$92 $92 $114
Capacity Charge
(dollars per cubic foot second)
$6,800 $6,800 $7,200
Definitions

Tier 1 Supply Rate - recovers the of cost of maintaining a reliable amount of supply.

Delta Supply Surcharge - recovers the additional supply costs that Metropolitan faces along with other costs due to the pumping restrictions on the State Water Project. The Delta Supply Surcharge will replace the Water Supply Surcharge effective with the 2009/10 rates.

Tier 2 Supply Rate - set at Metropolitan's cost of developing additional supply to encourage efficient use of local resources.

Water Supply Surcharge - recovers the cost of additional water transfers necessary as a result of pumping restrictions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

System Access Rate – recovers a portion of the costs associated with the delivery of supplies.

System Power Rate – recovers Metropolitan’s power costs for pumping supplies to Southern California.

Water Stewardship Rate – recovers the cost of Metropolitan’s financial commitment to conservation, water recycling, groundwater clean-up and other local resource management programs.

Replenishment Water Rate – a discounted rate for surplus system supplies available for the purpose of replenishing local storage.

Treated Replenishment Water Rate – a discounted rate for surplus system supplies available for the purpose of replenishing local storage.

Interim Agricultural Water Rate – discounted rate for surplus system supplies available for the purpose of growing agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural products.

Treated Interim Agricultural Water Program Rate – discounted rate for surplus system supplies available for the purpose of growing agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural products.

Treatment Surcharge – recovers the costs of treating imported water.

Readiness-to-Serve Charge - a fixed charge that recovers the cost of the portion of system capacity that is on standby to provide emergency service and operational flexibility.

Capacity Charge – the capacity charge recovers the cost of providing peak capacity within the distribution system.

Page updated: June 11, 2009