Hist and Proj Operating Receipts FY 2011 2 17 2010 - DC Water

RECENT & PROPOSED RATE & FEE CHANGES, cont.
The FY 2011 budget and ten-year plan include the following proposed changes:
. Proposed combined water and sewer rate increase of $0.77 per Ccf from $6.12 to $6.89
Water from $2.51 per Ccf to $3.10 per Ccf
Sewer from $3.61 per Ccf to $3.79 per Ccf
. Proposed impervious surface area charge (lAC) will increase from a monthly fee of 92.20 to $3.45 per ERU
. Customer Metering Fee increase of $1.85 from $2.01 to $3.86 per month
. District of Columbia PILOT fee increase of $0.06 from $0.43 per Ccf to $0.49 per Ccf
. District of Columbia Right-of-Way fee remains same at $0.14 per Ccf
The ten year projected water and sewer rate increases under this year's plan total 70.0 percent: driven primarily by capital
spending for DC WASA's $3.8 billion capital improvement program.
Primary spending in the ten-year capital plan includes: initial phases of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control
Plan (CSO LTCP), the Blue Plains Total Nitrogen Program (BTN), digesters, various water and sewer investments
recommended by the facility assessments and continued compliance with Board policies on debt service coverage and
reserve levels.
The public comment process for the FY 2011 rate proposal will occur over the five month period of April through
September. lf approved, these changes will increase the typical residential customer's monthly bill by $8.00 or 16.8
percent.
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