ORD 2024-21 Wastewater Service Charge AdoptedORDINANCE NO. 2024-21
ESTABLISHING WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGES
BY REVISING SECTION 14-68, TITLED
"SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE,"
OF THE CITY CODE OF THE
CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH
AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED AND BY THE AUTHORITY
THEREOF, THAT:
I. Section 14-68, titled "Schedule of Monthly Wastewater Service Charge," is hereby amended and
when amended shall read as follows:
Sec. 14-68. Schedule of monthly wastewater service charge.
The schedule to be utilized for the computation of monthly charges for wastewater service is as
follows:
(1) Each residential or commercial customer of the city's system, whether inside or outside the
city, must pay such customer's proportionate share of the costs for operation and
maintenance of the system. In addition, each customer of the city's sanitary wastewater
system must pay an amount to share the costs of debt service and to provide for special
reserve funds. The operation and maintenance, debt service, and special reserve funds shall
be paid on a monthly basis as follows:
a. Rates for the first 15,000,000 gallons/month:
Inside City Outside City
Base + Per
1,000
Gallons
Base + Per
1,000
Gallons
Operation and maintenance $8.69 $3.60 $ 9.69 $3.64
Debt Service 2.53 0.90 5.06 1.52
Monthly Charges $11.22 $4.50 $14.75 $5.16
b. Rates for additional usage:
Inside City Outside City
Per
1,000
Gallons
Per
1,000
Gallons
Operation and maintenance $2.85 $2.85
Debt Service 0.73 0.73
Monthly Charges $3.58 $3.58