Dry Gulch News

Board Adopts New WRF and CIF Schedule of Fees

On March 24, 2009 at their regular meeting, The PAWSD Board adopted new Capital Investment Fees (CIF) for both water and wastewater, and a new Water Resource Fee (WRF). In doing so, the Board also changed the formerly CIF component aspect of the WRF, designating the WRF as its own discrete fee.

The new fees are as follows:

Water System CIF: $3,579 per E.U.

Wastewater System CIF: $4,252 per E.U.

WRF: $5,617 per E.U.

Click Here for the complete Revised Schedule of Fees

(will be posted when available)

These fees were adopted through a resolution after several months of work by PAWSD consultants and staff and a widely-advertised public presentation on February 23, 2009.

Click here for an Executive Summary of the presentation, supporting documents and months of recalibration work.

Click on the links below to read the individual supporting documents.

February 23, 2009 Presentation

Concerning the Application for Water Rights of the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District and the San Juan Water Conservancy District: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decree – Judge Lyman’s decision for 25,300 acre feet of storage and basis for PAWSD capital improvement planning horizon.

Growth Report - This report describes the methodology of calculating growth projections, future demand, and reservoir sizing.

Fee Report, BBC Research and Consulting - This memo details the calculation of the Capital Investment and Water Resource Fees.

2055 Capital Improvement Plan for Water - This is the basis for the Capital Investment Fee calculation.

2055 Capital Improvement Plan for Wastewater - This is the basis for the Capital Investment Fee calculation.

MWH Americas Raw Water Facilities Report (14 Mb) - This is the basis for the Water Resource Fee calculation.

Briliam Engineering Conceptual Level Estimates of Probable Cost for the Dry Gulch and Snowball Water Treatment Facilities - This is partially the basis of the 2055 Capital Improvement Plan for Water and the CIF.



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