1 Respondent Info2 Residential Basic Info3 Residential Base/Min Charges4 Residential Rate Structure5 Commercial Base/Min Charges6 Commercial Rate Structure7 Community Questions8 Stormwater9 Notes And Feedback Name :*Title :Street :Community :*State :*Select StateAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingZip Code :Telephone :*FaxEmail :* Does your community offer public water service to residents and/or businesses?Yes public water services are offeredNo public water services are not offered (well water only)Does your community offer public sewer service to residents and/or businesses?Yes public sewer services are offeredNo public sewer services are not offered (septic systems only)Does your community receive MWRA water service ?*Yes (Full)Yes (Partial)NoDoes your community receive MWRA sewer service ?*Yes (Full)Yes (Partial)No Residential RateWATERSEWER1. Fund typeWater Fund TypeEnterpriseGeneralSpecial RevenueSewer Fund TypeEnterpriseGeneralSpecial Revenue(water if none of the above)(sewer if none of the above)2. Date last adjusted:Water Date last adjusted MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberSewer Date last adjusted MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberWater Date last adjusted Year200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017Sewer Date last adjusted Year2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620173. Date next adjusted:Water Date next adjusted MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberSewer Date next adjusted MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberWater Date next adjusted Year20172018UnknownSewer Date next adjusted Year20172018Unknown4. Billing Frequency(Water Billing Frequency)MonthlyBi-MonthlyTriannullyQuarterlySemi-AnnualyAnnually(Sewer Billing Frequency)MonthlyBi-MonthlyTriannullyQuarterlySemi-AnnualyAnnually WATERSEWERPlease Select Fees (water)Base/Admin Fee (⅝" or ¾" meter)Minimum Charge (⅝" or ¾" meter)NonePlease Select Fees (sewer)Base/Admin Fee (⅝" or ¾" meter)Minimum Charge (⅝" or ¾" meter)NoneAmount (water) $Amount (Sewer) $ WATER TierTier StartTier EndUnitRate Example110HCF$2.50 The highest tier in your community can be left blank if it does not have an actual number assigned to it. For example, if your community’s highest tier is one rate for every HCF used after 50 HCF used, the start tier would be “51” and the tier end would be left blank. WATER TierTier StartTier EndUnitRate Example110HCF$2.50 The highest tier in your community can be left blank if it does not have an actual number assigned to it. For example, if your community’s highest tier is one rate for every HCF used after 50 HCF used, the start tier would be “51” and the tier end would be left blank. SEWER TierTier StartTier EndUnitRate Example110HCF$2.50 The highest tier in your community can be left blank if it does not have an actual number assigned to it. For example, if your community’s highest tier is one rate for every HCF used after 50 HCF used, the start tier would be “51” and the tier end would be left blank. SEWER TierTier StartTier EndUnitRate Example110HCF$2.50 The highest tier in your community can be left blank if it does not have an actual number assigned to it. For example, if your community’s highest tier is one rate for every HCF used after 50 HCF used, the start tier would be “51” and the tier end would be left blank. wtableTier StartTier EndUnitRate HCFKGAL stableTier StartTier EndUnitRate HCFKGAL Does your community allow residents to use second (irrigation) meters to remove outdoor water use from the sewer bill calculation?Yes, only if grandfatheredYes, alwaysNo, neverSelect OneSewerage is based on between 0 - 100 % of water usagePlease enter a number from 0 to 100.Discounts (water) :Senior CitizenLow IncomeBothNeitherSelect OneDiscounts (sewer) :Senior CitizenLow IncomeBothNeitherSelect OneDiscount (water) Description :Discount (sewer) Description : WATERSEWERPlease Select (Water Base Charges)Base/Admin Fee (⅝" or ¾" meter)Minimum Charge (⅝" or ¾" meter)NonePlease Select (Sewer Base Charges)Base/Admin Fee (⅝" or ¾" meter)Minimum Charge (⅝" or ¾" meter)NoneBase Charge Amount (water ) $Base Charge Amount (sewer) $ Check here if commercial water/sewer rates are the same as residential water/sewer fees/rates in your community Check here if commercial water/sewer fees/rates are the same as residential water/sewer fees/rates in your community WATER TierTier StartTier EndUnitRate Example110HCF$2.50 The highest tier in your community can be left blank if it does not have an actual number assigned to it. For example, if your community’s highest tier is one rate for every HCF used after 50 HCF used, the start tier would be “51” and the tier end would be left blank.SEWER TierTier StartTier EndUnitRate Example110HCF$2.50 The highest tier in your community can be left blank if it does not have an actual number assigned to it. For example, if your community’s highest tier is one rate for every HCF used after 50 HCF used, the start tier would be “51” and the tier end would be left blank.wtable2Tier StartTier EndUnitRate HCFKGAL stable2Tier StartTier EndUnitRate HCFKGAL Sewerage is based on between 0 - 100 % of water usagesPlease enter a number from 0 to 100. Check here if commercial water/sewer fees/rates are the same as residential water/sewer fees/rates in your community (water) Check here if commercial water/sewer fees/rates are the same as residential water/sewer fees/rates in your community (sewer) WATER SEWER1. Percentage of water unaccounted for?1. Percentage of water unaccounted for?0-5%5-10%10-15%over 15%2. Has your community adopted the water and/or sewer debt service exclusion as provided for under MGL59 Section 21 C(n)?2. Has your community adopted the water and/or sewer debt service exclusion as provided for under MGL59 Section 21 C(n)?YesNo3. Percentage of service bills liened:3. Percentage of service bills liened:0-5%5-10%10-15%over 15%0-5%5-10%10-15%over 15%4. In managing your water and sewer fund, have you experienced revenue shortfalls due to lower than projected water use in the last three years?4. In managing your water and sewer fund, have you experienced revenue shortfalls due to lower than projected water use in the last three years?YesNo4. In managing your water and sewer fund, have you experienced revenue shortfalls due to lower than projected water use in the last three years? (sewer)YesNo5. MWRA charges as a percent of total expenses?5. MWRA charges as a percent of total expenses? (water)0-25%25-50%50-75%over 75%5. MWRA charges as a percent of total expenses? (sewer)0-25%25-50%50-75%over 75%6. Number of miles of pipeline rehabilitated or replaced in FY17:6. Number of miles of pipeline rehabilitated or replaced in FY17: (water)Less than 1 mile1-3 miles3-6 milesOver 6 miles6. Number of miles of pipeline rehabilitated or replaced in FY17: (sewer)Less than 1 mile1-3 miles3-6 milesOver 6 miles7. Please select the range that best describes your community's water and sewer infrastructure capital needs over the next five years in dollars.7. Please select the range that best describes your community's water and sewer infrastructure capital <b>needs</b> over the next five years in dollars. HTML Content (water)$$0 - $10 million$10 - $20 million$20 - $50 millionOver $50 million7. Please select the range that best describes your community's water and sewer infrastructure capital <b>needs</b> over the next five years in dollars. HTML Content (sewer)$$0 - $10 million$10 - $20 million$20 - $50 millionOver $50 million8. How much do you anticipate spending on water and sewer capital needs over the next five years in dollars.8. How much do you anticipate <b>spending</b> on water and sewer capital needs over the next five years in dollars.(water)$$100 thousand- $1 million$1 million - $5 million$5 million - $10 millionOver $10 million8. How much do you anticipate <b>spending</b> on water and sewer capital needs over the next five years in dollars.(sewer)$$100 thousand- $1 million$1 million - $5 million$5 million - $10 millionOver $10 million9. Has your community considered rate affordability or taken any steps towards addressing the issue? Please describe how affordability has affected your community, if at all, and any ways your community has tried to respond to it.9. Has your community considered rate affordability or taken any steps towards addressing the issue? Please describe how affordability has affected your community, if at all, and any ways your community has tried to respond to it. HTML Content As we move closer to the the general permits for stormwater discharges being in place, the MWRA Advisory Board is continuing to build up its information base of how member communities are currently handling, or are planning to handle, the operating and capital costs associated with stormwater management. See Appendix G of the 2016 Retail Rate Survey for findings from previous year. 1. How does your community recover stormwater costs?1. How does your community recover stormwater costs?Tax RateWater / Sewer RatesOprerating Budget / Tax LevySpecial Assessment / FeeFlat Stormwater FeeStormwater Rate2. Please provide any additional detail about your current stormwater recovery method:2. Please provide any additional detail about your <b>current</b> stormwater recovery method3. Do you anticipate changing the way you recover stormwater costs in the next year?3. Do you anticipate changing the way you recover stormwater costs in the next year?YesNoUnknown4. If yes, please describe your anticipated method of cost recovery: 4. If yes, please describe your anticipated method of cost recovery:5. Please estimate the your community's total capital stormwater costs. For internal use only. Will not be published in the document.5. Please estimate the your community's total capital stormwater costs. For internal use only. Will not be published in the document. $$0 - $500,000$500,001 - $1 million$1 million - $5 millionOver $5 million Please provide comments or suggestions you may have on the MWRA Advisory Board Annual Water and Sewer Retail Rate Survey; including additional information you would like to see collected in future years.CommentsPlease include any attachments you would like to include using this field.Attachment
