<81> <81> <2022> This is the back property customers responsibility. Additionally, many systems didnt want to maintain extended meters and lines within the private property, because in several cases working on these lines proved too intrusive on peoples private property and roads. <9F> <9F> <0178> In this case, applicants pay for what is necessary to provide them with their individual service, including his or her part of line upgrades, wells, tanks or treatment capacities before receiving service or entering into a service contract; the system pays for any facility capacity in excess of what the individual needs.
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PDF Water System Service Capacity in Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs) Most of the re-reads were because the brand of meters the system had installed used exterior-mounted antennas, which were susceptible to a variety of hazards, such as gophers, dogs or lawn mowers. Q: A current member of our WSC has asked for a second meter on their property. /Registry (CourierOPBaseFont1) The system is not responsible for securing or requiring an easement for any service line from the meter to the ultimate customers home. Duplexes and triplexes are sufficiently similar to single family homes so that a duplex equals twice the ERU . When a system sees that there is inequity in their current rate structure causing some customers to subsidize the water usage and capacity requirements for other customers, the board ought to rectify the situation by amending rates. 362 13 <8C> <8C> <0152> <00> <00> <0000> This saves the systems from having to maintain multiple meters and make multiple service trips to disconnect and reconnect individual rental property meters, allows for a single water bill to be mailed, and saves the property owner money by not requiring them to maintain multiple lines across their property. I was told the meter was installed when a relative lived in a trailer on the far end of the property, but the meter has not been used for many years. begincmap
It doesnt matter whether the extra capacity is used to supply brand new customers who have never had service or to existing customers seeking an additional meter. <90> <90> <2022> 67.016(d) provides that a corporation may make water or sewer service conditional on ownership of the real estate designated to receive service and from which the membership or other right of participation arises. Subsection (e) authorizes a corporation to cancel a persons membership if he fails to meet a condition of service prescribed by the corporation. Getting customers to understand is sometimes challenging. We bring together that rare . I am not aware of any legal or state regulations that would prohibit this, but I caution your board to look at every conceivable contingency and try to address them before agreeing to this free meter reading offer. <82> <82> <201A> After you establish a system's ERU quantity, you can use it to determine the number of ERUs for other types of service connections. A water well is a hole drilled into an aquifer with a pipe, screen, and pump to pull water out of the ground. By having only one meter to maintain near the road system, the owner would not be responsible for installing and thereafter maintaining individual lines and meters to each of the dwellings, or for disconnecting and reconnecting each individual units separate water meter.
PDF CALCULATION OF EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS (EDU - USDA Rural Development These waivers usually apply only when the customer voluntarily contacts the system to either install the appropriate number of meters or allow for inspection by system staff to verify that the other connections are not being used. Now the member wants the water meter moved to a different property about 100 yards from its original location. 0000002966 00000 n This is a hard line for systems to take, but otherwise you are operating on an honor system in which the applicant has little incentive to uphold his or her end of the bargain. The best way to verify whether a customer has a prohibited second connection is by performing a new customer service inspection (CSI). One of the main reasons for a turbine or propeller master meter to register incorrectly is improper piping configurations from the well to and past the meter location. If the WSC has an easement properly filed at the courthouse for every line and meter, the new property owner cant make the system move the meter. It is best to work with your customers so that a reasonable solution can be found. g
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PDF Determining Connections and Populations Served for Public Water Systems Most of these systems have had positive comments about the dependability of these newer types of meters, and some reported only a 5 percent re-read when the meters were originally installed (this percentage typically went down as they got the bugs worked out). <8A> <8A> <0160> There also is a section in the Service Application and Agreement form RUS-TX Bulletin 1780-9 (05/17) that states: All water shall be metered by meters to be furnished and installed by the Corporation. endstream
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Requiring employees to climb ladders to get over fences or traverse 500 feet of property may not be reasonable access for your system and could be considered denial of access. <8A> <8A> <0160> Systems are not required to do expensive title searches, but they should require applicants for service to provide a legal deed or ownership proof showing that the person applying for water or sewer service owns that tract of land. With regard to your 1.5 inch line, please note that the TCEQ Chapter 290 Rules state that a 2 inch main line size is the minimum to be installed on any public water system. <91> <92> <2018> <82> <82> <201A> Single family Non-Residential Flow (gpd) # Users 2. A: This is a common question. All new customers or applicants for water service use some of the systems existing facilities and capacity that was already in place things like pipe lines, tanks, wells, pumps and so on.
IN ADDITION - sos.texas.gov If the main water line(s) are near the public roads, then the system may offer to move the meter down to the road. TRWA has provided numerous training sessions at conferences and at water system offices to demonstrate the impact of larger meters from a revenue impact as well as regulatory requirements. Big problems can occur when either of the properties changes hands. <0D> <0D> <000D> The impact fee and other front-end capital improvement fees also remain with the existing tap and location and should never be transferred to another property for the same reasons above. What should we do? <99> <99> <2122> /CMapName /CourierOPBaseFont1 def Finally, if the property owner intends to keep the well for irrigation purposes, it cannot be tied back into any line connected to the systems new master meter. TRWA has always recommended in our sample tariff that All meters be installed on the property designated to receive service. Using this policy keeps the system dealing directly with the property owner and member of the WSC or the customer of the district instead of having to deal with a property owner or future property owner that doesnt want someone elses meter and service line on their property.