WATER

General Rate Schedule
Effective July 1, 2012

Availibility

This rate shall apply to water service to all customers.  Charges shall consist of the Customer Charge and the User Charge.  Outside the corporate limit, the rate shall be fifty percent (50%) higher.

Character Of Service

Water shall be delivered at the volume and pressure available at the customer’s meter.  Any additional pressure required by customer shall be provided by and at the customer’s expense.  Size and location of connections shall be at the discretion of the distributor.

*All customers shall pay one Customer Charge per month per water meter, except where a single meter serves more than one residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional customer unit, in which case, the customer shall pay one Customer Charge per month for each customer unit.

Bills under this rate schedule shall be rendered monthly and shall be paid at the office of the Erwin Utilities.  Failure to receive a bill will not release customer from payment obligation.  Payments made after the due date will be subject to a late payment charge.  The late payment charge will be computed as a charge of five percent (5%) on the first $250.00 of the unpaid portion of the water bill, plus one percent (1%) of the unpaid portion exceeding $250.00, excluding other charges and sales tax.

Except as hereinafter provided, all customers shall be served through 5/8″ x 3/4″ meters with a minimum bill equal to the Customer Charge.  Customers requiring service through larger than 5/8″ x 3/4″ meters shall make application in writing therefor.

Service hereunder shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Public Utilities of the Town of Erwin, Tennessee.

WASTEWATER

General Rate Schedule
Effective July 1, 2012

Availability

This rate shall apply to all wastewater customers.  The Base Charges shall consist of the Customer Charge and the User Charge.  Outside the corporate limit, the rate shall be fifty percent (50%) higher.

Corporate Limit

Base Charges                                        Inside                         Outside

Customer Charge (No Usage):*          $6.41  per month            $9.62 per month

User Charge:                                        $4.30 per                        $6.45 per
1,000 gallons                  1,000 gallons

Low Pressure Wastewater
Service Charge:                               $16.41 per month           $19.62 per month

Customer Charge

*All customers shall pay one Customer Charge per month per water meter, except where a single meter serves more than one residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional customer unit, in which case, the customer shall pay one Customer Charge per month for each customer unit.

User Charge

The User Charge shall apply to the total amount of water used each month as shown by water meter readings excepting, however, industrial customers who do not discharge all industrial wastewater into the public sewer system, and as to such industrial customers, the User Charge shall be applied only to such amount of wastewater discharged into the public sewer system provided that said industrial customer installs and maintains, at his own expense, the necessary metering equipment to properly account for all wastewater discharged into the public sewer.

Payment

Bills under this rate schedule shall be rendered monthly and shall be paid at the office of the Erwin Utilities.  Failure to receive a bill will not release customer from payment obligation.  Payments made after the due date will be subject to a late payment charge.  The late payment charge will be computed as a charge of five percent (5%) on the first $250.00 of the unpaid portion of the sewer bill, plus one percent (1%) of the unpaid portion exceeding $250.00, excluding other charges and sales tax.

Service hereunder shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Public Utilities of the Town of Erwin, Tennessee.