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See FORMULA, p. 18
WSA questions
sewer allocation
By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
The Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority adopted a $46,107 budget for the coming year, which calls for no increase in the $14.10 monthly rate per EDU (equivalent of a dwelling unit).
Of the total, $41,465 is for the operating budget, which covers such costs as payroll, utilities, and administration. About half of the budget is for system maintenance, particularly for the individual pumps and tanks at each household.
The remaining $4,642 is for the depreciation fund. This fund has been built up and invested since the plant opened to pay for repairs in future years when the plant is older.
The budget is based on the current allocation of 272.5 EDU’s. The plant was built for 2% EDU’s, but even with 272.5 EDU’s assigned the plant has never operated at even half of its 55,000 gallons per day capacity.
Still, Authority member Carson Johnson is concerned that property owners realize that the authority cannot assign unlimited EDU’s. Last month the WSA agreed to reduce the billing for Alex Sharp to one EDU after it received his request stating that his Skyline Cold Storage apple packing business located there has been closed and the property is for sale.
“He’s trying to sell it as a commercial establishment,” Mr. Johnson said. “If six or eight months from now he sells it and says it is a business and there is no problem with water and sewer, he should make it plain to the buyer that it only has one EDU. The contract should have a contingency to see if we still have EDU’s available at that time. Right now we have EDU’s.”
See WSA, p.18
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