New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXX - Niagara Falls Water Board › Part 1950 - Water Regulations › Section 1950.20 - Schedule of rates, fees and charges

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) This schedule sets forth the rates, fees
				and other charges applicable to the provision of water supply, wastewater and
				related services by the Niagara Falls Water Board to all property owners, users
				and other persons as of January 1,
2021
. All property owners,
				users and other persons who receive services from the water board shall pay to
				the water board the rates, fees and charges set forth in this
				schedule.
(b) the following rates
				shall be charged and collected for the use of water within the city, supplied
				by the water board as hereby fixed and established:
First 20,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$3.52
per
				  100 cu. ft.
Next succeeding 60,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$3.05
per 100 cu. ft.
Next succeeding 120,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$2.59
per 100 cu. ft.
Over 200,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$2.14
per
				  100 cu. ft.
The minimum charge for water consumed in any premises within
				  the city for any quarter or portion thereof shall not be less than
$45.73
.
(c)
				The following rates shall be charged and collected for the use of water outside
				the city for residential and commercial purposes supplied by the water board as
				hereby fixed and established:
First 20,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$9.40
per
				  100 cu. ft.
Next 60,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$8.21
per
				  100 cu. ft.
Next succeeding 120,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$6.84
per 100 cu. ft.
Over 200,000 cu. ft. per quarter,
$5.76
per
				  100 cu. ft.
The minimum charge for water consumed in any premises located
				  outside the city for domestic purposes for any quarter or portion thereof shall
				  not be less than
$122.23
.
(d) Water used for testing fire hoses,
				filling tanks, swimming pools, testing sprinkler systems, and like use shall be
				billed at the highest residential unit rate enumerated in subdivision (b) of
				this section. The amount used may be either estimated in accordance with the
				size of the pipe through which taken at the pressure furnished, or determined
				by the use of a temporary meter rented to the user by the water board. The use
				of the latter method shall be at the discretion of the director and may require
				a refundable deposit.
(e) Use of
				hydrant for any purpose whatsoever shall be subject to a rental charge of $1.50
				per day or partial day.
(f) The
				cost of hydrant use will include a fee of $35.00 for backflow device
				certification, payable at the time of hydrant use application. In addition,
				daily hydrant and meter rental rates and security deposit amounts shall be
				established by the director based upon the real cost to the water
				board.
(g) In addition to the above
				schedule rates for water consumed there shall be assessed a demand charge for
				each user's meter as set forth below.
Size and Type
Charge Per quarter
Under 1" Disc
$3.70
1" Disc
$25.00
11/2" Disc
$30.00
2" Disc
$40.00
2" Compound
$40.00
3" Compound
$50.00
4" Compound
$100.00
6" Compound
$220.00
8" Compound
$250.00
10" Compound
$275.00
12" Compound
$400.00
(h)
				The rates set forth in this section, however, shall not apply to any user of
				water with whom there is now outstanding a valid and binding contract with the
				city and/or water board to supply water at a rate different than the rates
				stated in this schedule, or to users obtaining water service from the Village
				of LaSalle prior to May 4, 1927.
(i) In the event the water board or the
				director terminates water supply service to any property owner or user, such
				property owner, user or users located at such property shall pay a reactivation
				fee in the amount of $75.00 to the water board prior to the supply of
				water.
(j) There shall be small
				meter testing charge of $100.00 for the bench testing of any meter less than
				two inches in size.
(k) An account
				reactivation charge of $100.00 shall be applied whenever a meter is
				re-installed and an account reactivated.
(l) The water board shall charge a $25.00
				final read fee for all owner requested meter reads.
(m) A hydrant flow test charge shall be
				applied whenever an owner, user or his agent requests a hydrant flow
				test.
(n) The annual availability
				charge for private fire protection service shall be:
Diameter of Service Connection
Annual Fee
2" or less
$66.00
3"
$95.00
4"
$168.00
6"
$380.00
8"
$670.00
10"
$1,050.00
12"
$1,510.00
(o) A
				backflow submittal fee of $25.00 shall be charged for all backflow plans
				submitted to the water board for approval and forwarding to the State Health
				Department.
(p) There shall be a
				$120.00 inspection fee for each request for a cross connection
				inspection.
(q) In addition to the
				above rates, fees and charges, the following rates shall apply to all users
				with respect to sewer or wastewater services prescribed in the water board's
				wastewater regulations in Part 1960 of this Title. There shall be two user
				classes as provided in Part 1960 of this title, to wit: commercial/small
				industrial/residential users (CSIRU) and significant industrial users (SIU).
(1) CSIRU. Sewer rates for the CSIRU class
				are determined by total metered water consumption in each quarter. The schedule
				of quarterly charges for the CSIRU class shall be as follows:
SCHEDULE I
Minimum charge per quarter:
$60.55
with a
				  usage allowance of up to 1,300 cubic feet
Additional usage in excess of 1,300:
$4.66
per 100 cubic feet
The following rates shall be charged and collected for the
				  use of sewer outside the city for residential and commercial purposes as
				  determined by total metered water consumption per quarter. The schedule of
				  quarterly charges for the users outside the city shall be as follows:
Minimum charge per quarter:
$162.22
with a
				  usage allowance of up to 1,300 cubic feet
Additional usage in excess of 1,300:
$12.47
per 100 cubic feet
(2) SIU.
(i) Conventional pollutant parameter charges.
				Sewer rates for the SIU class each quarter are based on measured quantities of
				the actual discharge parameters: flow, suspended solids and soluble organic
				carbon. Such determination shall be made by the water board and shall be based
				upon five representative 24-hour composite samples taken quarterly, at such
				locations as are adequate to provide proper representation. The schedule of
				charges for conventional pollutant parameters shall be as follows:
SCHEDULE II
Pollutant Parameters Rate
Flow
$3,274.99
per million
								gallons
Suspended Solids
$1.05
per pound
Soluble Organic Carbon
$1.81
per pound
(ii)
				Substances of concern parameter charges. SIU's, who have wastewater discharge
				permits which limit any substance of concern listed in Schedule III contained
				in this subparagraph, will be billed for discharge of these substances based on
				the unit rates shown in Schedule III. Discharge loading for billing purposes
				shall be determined by arithmetic average of the last six acceptable
				self-monitoring results. At the option of the SIU, increased self-monitoring
				can be performed. For billing purposes, when six or more acceptable results are
				obtained over the three month billing period, all such results shall be used in
				the computation of the arithmetic average, with a requirement that there be at
				least two sample results for each month. Average discharge loadings will then
				be multiplied by the corresponding unit rates from Schedule III to obtain total
				charges per quarter for each substance of concern listed in the SIU's
				wastewater discharge permit. All substances of concern charges will be added to
				the charges for conventional parameters, as specified in subparagraph (i) of
				this paragraph, to compute the total quarterly sewer rate.
SCHEDULE III
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN UNIT CHARGES
Parameters
Unit Rate
Benzene
$361.41
per pound
Chloroform
$64.36
per pound
Dichloroethylenes
$393.2
4 per pound
Toluene
$17.43
per pound
Trichloroethanes
$81.72
per pound
Trichloroethylene
$104.30
per pound
Vinyl Chloride
$52.21
per pound
Monochlorotoluenes
$3.53
per pound
Tetrachloroethylene
$48.69
per pound
Total Phenols
$7.95
per pound
(iii)
				Billing. SIU charges shall be billed on a monthly basis by the water board. The
				first and second monthly billings in each quarter shall be estimated and shall
				be one-third of the total billing in the immediately preceding quarter. The
				third monthly bill in each quarter shall be based upon actual discharge
				quantities for that quarter and shall reflect adjustments for the estimated
				billings in that quarter.