CITY DEPARTMENTS > Utilities: Sewer Rates

CITY DEPARTMENTS: Utilities

Sewer Rates

The City provides water and sewer services to the citizens of Burnet. The Water/Wastewater Department is responsible for all water and sewer issues. Report any breaks immediately by calling (512) 756-6093. City water is regulated by state regulatory agencies and mandatory guidelines are followed to assure high standards. The City uses surface water from Inks Lake.

Definitions:

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Sanitary sewage shall include, but not be limited to, the waste from water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, bathtubs, showers, household laundries, cellar floor drains, garage floor drains, storerooms, soda fountains, cuspidors, refrigerator drips, drinking fountains and stable drains.

Volumetric rate means the rate charged on each 1,000 gallons of sewer in any given billing period.

Sewer charges:

(a) Levy and collection of charges for use of the sewer system. It is hereby determined and declared to be necessary for the city to levy and collect charges from all persons, firms and corporations that are using the sanitary sewer system and the lines of the city. These charges shall be in accordance with the user charge system developed under EPA Grant Project C-48-1638-03. The charges shall be based upon actual sewer use as measured by the average monthly water usage during the winter months of December, January and February. Sewer charges shall be calculated once each year and remain fixed throughout a 12-month period.

(b) Amendment of sewer user charge system; minimum billing. The sewer user charge system shall be amended to provide for a minimum billing based upon a basic level of service required by all sewer customers including, but not limited to, costs for meter reading, monthly billing, overhead administration services, and wastewater collection and treatment.

(c) Schedules. The rates shall apply unless changed or altered by ordinance. The schedules of sewer user charges shall be as follows:

Monthly Sewer Charges

Sewer Tap Fee

Each building or residence will be classified as a separate connection.

SEWER TAP FEE ................................$ 500.00

Sewer Only With No Water Service

RESIDENTIAL:  $ 54.19 per billing period or fraction thereof

COMMERCIAL:A commercial customer shall be charged based on the City's estimation of customer's return flow to the City's wastewater system.  The City may, at its discretion, require the installation, at customer's expense, of a water or wastewater meter to verify return flow.

Service Outside the City Limits

The fees for service outside the city limits of the City of Burnet shall be charged a a multiplier of 1.15 times for sewer customers whose connection is located outside the City limits, excluding tap fees.

City of Burnet
P.O. Box 1369 | 1001 Buchanan Drive, Suite 4
Burnet, TX 78611
(512) 756-6093 | Fax (512) 756-8560

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