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Town of Williamston Water Rates

This page provides an overview of the major new costs incurred by the Town of Williamston due to the MCRWASA plant coming online, including extra staff time, MCRWASA water fees, SCADA system expenses, loan payments, wheeling costs, and generator costs.

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Town of Williamston Water Rates

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  1. Town of Williamston Water Rates

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  3. Major New Costs Incurred Due to MCRWASA Plant Coming On Line • Extra staff time: $10,000 (estimated) • MCRWASA water fee: $1,312,409 (Per Take-or-Pay Agreement) • SCADA system: Annual payment $62,553 • 20 year loan totaling $1,251,060 • Wheeling costs: $70,900 • Generator: $36,000 • Total additional costs to budget: $1,491,862

  4. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Page 4

  5. Users on the Town’s Water System • In Town (non-water districts): 2,427 • Water Districts: • WD1: 216 • WD2: 469 • Total in Water Districts: 685 • Total customers served: 3,112

  6. Cost per User to Cover New Costs • $479.39 per year • $39.95 per month

  7. Purchase of Infrastructure and Customers in Water Districts • WD1: $46,036 • WD2: $156,724 • These costs must be covered by WD customers • Cost to each WD customer: • WD1: $213.13 per year • $17.76 per month • WD2: $334.17 per year • $27.85 per month

  8. Total Gallons Required to Purchase Under Take-or-Pay Agreement • Agreement required by USDA to get loan • 265,133,131 gallons for Fiscal 2015-2016 • MCRWSA water fee: $4.95 per 1,000 gallons • Cost per gallon to purchase MCRWSA water: .49 cents • Cost per gallon to cover new costs from water plant: .54 cents • This is in addition to our normal costs

  9. Overview of Existing Town Infrastructure • Wells: 6 • Water tanks: 5 • Miles of water lines: 105.586

  10. Town Wells Church St. – 57 yrs. Carolina Ave. – 52 yrs. Willow Drive. – 28 yrs. Factory St. – 23 yrs. Henderson St. – 20 yrs. Northside – 16 yrs. Page 10

  11. Streets & Lines Exposing water line for tap Exposing water line for tap Tapping the line Page 11

  12. Streets & Lines Street Repair Cleaning out for asphalt Ready for asphalt New surface Page 12

  13. Heavy Equipment Maintenance and Repair Page 13

  14. State Required Operators & Certifications • State requires operators to be certified. • Five employees in Public Works Water Dept. • Four have required well certifications to operate our system. • Three have certifications in water distribution system operations. • On-call during weekends and holidays

  15. Public Works Director Water System Operator WWT Chief Operator Street & Lines Supervisor Shop Foreman Operations Foreman Construction Inspector Water Quality Tech. Operator II Operator II Operator I (8) Utility Maintenance Mechanics Admin. Support Specialist Fleet Mechanic Equip. Oper. II (2) Equip. Oper. I (4) Sanit. Laborer I Cem. Caretaker II Cem. Caretaker I Admin. Custodian Public Works Organization

  16. State Required Activities • Did not go away with MCRWASA going on line • Lab testing of wells • Chlorination – certified operators required • Monthly reporting • Sampling – varies from daily to annual • All are still required regardless of MCRWASA

  17. Other Necessary Activities • Check all water supply wells and sewage pumping stations • Check wastewater treatment facility operations • Inspect and monitor well operations • Hydrant flushing for water quality purposes • Meter replacements • Customer cut on/cut off requests • General customer service • Meter reading

  18. Water Quality Testing Public Water Systems are required by the State of NC to test regularly to ensure satisfactory water quality The cost for water quality testing vary but run around $8000 per year Page 18

  19. Percent of MCRWASA Budget being Paid by Town • Total MCRWASA revenues: $1,783,576 • MCRWASA revenues from Williamston: $1,312,409 • MCRWASA revenues from Martin County: $471,167 • Percent of MCRWASA budget being paid by town customers: 73.6% • Percent of MCRWASA budget being paid by county customers: 26.4%

  20. Wheeling Costs • 15.71% of Town lines being used by MCRWASA to distribute water • 17.64% of Town’s water line capacity being used to supply Water Districts • Cost to Town for wheeling: • Gross value of water lines: $7,692,700 • Depreciation: $810,492 • Annual expense: $30,375 • Annual cost to town: $70,900 • MCRWASA nor County paying these costs

  21. It is prudent and preferable to have users of the water system pay for the system instead of taking money out of general funds.

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