Description
This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of system development fees, or tap fees. The tap size method for assessing fees is presented, along with a comparison of two commercial customerseach with 2″ meters, and drawbacks of tap size based fee. Assessing feescomponent costs, water resource service commitment, benchmarks/projected use, benefits of a separatewater resource fee, infrastructure costspeaking factors, benefits of using fixture units, irrigation fees, right sizing taps, and challenges and options of building in conservation are all presented. Summary:as more customer information becomesavailable, taps can be better sized andvalued;right sized taps and fees are an incentive forconservation;developers do not pay for water consumedat a facility after the project is complete;tap fees are one of the few tools that provideincentives for conservation to developers;conservation installed at the time ofconstruction is always the most costeffective; and,conservation is often value engineered out ofprojects as unnecessary if there is no benefit todevelopers. Includes tables, figures.
Product Details
- Edition:
- Vol. – No.
- Published:
- 02/01/2008
- Number of Pages:
- 41
- File Size:
- 1 file , 550 KB
- Note:
- This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
