New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 19 - WATER SUPPLY ALLOCATION PERMITS › Subchapter 9 - ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER SURCHARGE SCHEDULE › Section 7:19-9.3 - Establishment of the water emergency surcharge schedule

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Once a water
				emergency has been declared, as provided at
				58:1A-4, and at the initiation of
				Phase II, the Drought Coordinator shall cause to be implemented the following
				water surcharge schedules established for the retail cost of water:
1. During Phase II of a water emergency the
				normal water rate shall be charged residential users for the first 50 gallons
				per capita used daily. Any water used above the prescribed amount in each
				billing period shall be charged the normal rate plus a $ 5.00 surcharge for
				each additional 100 cubic feet or portion thereof (one cubic foot equals about
				7.5 gallons). This rate may be increased, up to a maximum surcharge of $ 10.00
				for each additional 100 cubic feet or portion thereof, at the discretion of the
				Drought Coordinator should Phase II continue or should desired conservation
				levels not be met.
2. During Phase
				II of a water emergency, non-residential users of water shall be charged the
				normal water rate plus 0.33 times the normal rate as a surcharge for all water
				purchased. This rate may be increased, up to a maximum of the normal rate plus
				0.50 times the normal rate, at the discretion of the Drought Coordinator should
				Phase II continue or should desired conservation levels not be met.
3. Water surcharge schedules set forth herein
				may be reviewed and adjusted, after notice and public hearing, in order to
				fulfill the objectives of the Act and Executive Order No. 5 (1982).
4. Each purveyor shall give appropriate
				notice of the imposition of the surcharge schedule, as directed by the
				Department.
5. The Drought
				Coordinator may authorize the owner of any building or complex with multiple
				dwelling units, where the individual dwelling units lack individual water
				meters, to pass through the surcharge to the occupants of the individual
				dwelling units. The pass-through shall be pro rated in proportion to the number
				of bedrooms served by the water meter. No political subdivision of the State
				shall enact or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or order which shall
				prevent such a pass-through. Prior to the imposition of a pass-through, the
				owner of any building or complex with multiple dwelling units shall comply with
				the following requirements, including, but not limited to:
i. An inspection for leaks and the repair of
				water fixtures;
ii. The
				installation of water conservation fixtures and devices;
iii. The dissemination of information to the
				building's occupants on the need for water conservation; and
iv. The submission of a report to the Drought
				Coordinator detailing the owner's compliance with the above requirements and
				setting forth the procedures to be used to insure proper collection and payment
				of the surcharges.
(1) The Drought Coordinator
				may require owners to submit updated reports and may revoke an authorization to
				pass-through surcharges where the owner has failed to comply with the
				requirements of this paragraph.