The policy’s intent is to deter water overuse by residential customers and reduce demand on the District’s water distribution system. The policy provides the following:

Any customer with a residential water tap that exceeds their water usage allotment amount by three (3) acre-feet shall be required to pay an enhanced surcharge in the amount of $22.00 per thousand gallons, or as otherwise set forth on the District’s then current Fee Schedule, as may be amended from time to time. In general, a residential water tap is classified as a water tap with an allocation under four(4) acre-feet of water.

The board determined that based on the current cost of water and current cash in Lieu Fees, the Fee Schedule will be amended, and a surcharge of $22.00 per thousand gallons will be applied for total water usage as stated above based on the current water year from November 2022 to October 2023 and from this year forward.