Pipeline damage cost recovery fees.
San Antonio City Code § 34-125.1
in effectSec. 34-125.1. - Pipeline damage cost recovery fees.
The following fees are established for the purpose of recovering certain costs incurred by SAWS in connection with each instance of damage to a SAWS pipeline from the party which caused the damage:
(a) Dispatch fee for response to damaged mains: Four hundred and twenty-five dollars ($425.00) per instance reported to the SAWS emergency operations center.
(b) The amount for the dispatch fee is effective January 1, 2025. The fee amount shall be adjusted on January 1 of each year thereafter by the percentage difference (greater than zero (0)) between the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as it is calculated by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics at the end of the month of July prior to the next year and as it was calculated at the end of the month of July one (1) year earlier, and subsequently rounded to the nearest dollar. SAWS will periodically perform a cost of service analysis to ensure that the fee charged do not exceed the cost of providing the services.
(c) Lost water charge: The cost of water lost as a result of each instance of damage to a pipeline shall be recovered through the assessment on the estimated water loss volume of the current highest tier water supply fee rate assessed by SAWS, the current highest tier outside-the-city-limits (OCL) water delivery rate, and the current Water Uplift Assistance Program fee rate assessed by SAWS, and the current Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) permit fee rate.
(Ord. No. 2017-12-07-0928, § 3(Att. II), 12-7-17; Res. No. 18-262, 11-13-18; Res. No. 19-280, 7(Att. V), 11-5-19; Ord. No. 2022-11-10-0867, § 2(Att. II), 11-10-22; Res. No. 2023-198, 10-3-23; Res. No. 2024-227, § 7(Att. IV), 11-5-24)
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