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Old Water‐New Water: Setting Equitable Water Rates for Suburban Customers
Author(s) -
Miller James W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1984.tb05404.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , revenue , non revenue water , business , water use , water resource management , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , water conservation , economics , water resources , environmental science , finance , geography , ecology , archaeology , biology
The rate concepts applied in the Seattle, Wash., metropolitan area address the questions of how water system costs should be split between city and suburban customers, who should pay for suburban growth, and what methods should be used to compute revenues required from wholesale purveyors. Seattle Water Department contracts with suburban wholesale purveyors include allocation of the costs of both old and new facilities, demand metering, and separate rates for supplying “old water” and the additional “new water” needed to meet the demand created by suburban growth.