The City of Woodland is responsible for providing safe, high-quality, reliable water to residential, commercial, and industrial users. The City is proposing to increase water utility revenues by adjusting water rates over a four-year period. Revenues will be used to ensure the City can meet State and Federal water quality laws, and construct, repair, maintain and properly operate water supply infrastructure.

On April 17, 2012, the City Council adopted a series of water rate adjustments for the years 2013-2016. The first rate adjustment under this series took effect January 2013.

Documents How to Read Your Utility Bill 2012 Water Rate Study

City Will Improve Water Quality, Comply with State and Federal Law, & Make Repairs

The City of Woodland is responsible for providing safe, high-quality, reliable water to residential, commercial, and industrial users. A professional, third-party review of water utility costs showed that the water utility needs 17 percent more revenue each year over a four year period, 2013-2016, to:

Ø Comply with State and Federal Water Quality law
Ø Improve Water Supply Reliability, and
Ø Repair, Maintain and Properly Operate Water Supply Infrastructure.

Did You Know?

The City of Woodland uses groundwater for all water supplies.

The City’s aging water system has been operating for more than 100 years.

• It must be repaired and maintained to ensure good water pressure, replace broken water pipes, maintain existing wells for backup water supply, and construct other projects that will keep the system operating.

The City is participating in a regional project to pump and treat Sacramento River water, which is of higher quality than our groundwater.

• Surface water will become our primary water source, although we will use some groundwater as needed. Improvements to local water infrastructure – like pipelines – will also be necessary. Woodland’s share of the project cost is estimated at $177 million.
• This cost will be paid with water rate revenues. When the project is completed in 2016, water supplies will be more dependable, the quality of water will be greatly improved, and the City will be able to comply with increasingly strict state and federal water quality regulations.
• Learn more at http://www.wdcwa.com/.

How will rate adjustments affect my monthly water bill?

Water rates are calculated by combining the base rate (based on water meter size) with the consumption rate (based on actual water use). If approved by the City Council, water rates will increase gradually over a four-year period. Rates are proposed to double by the end of the four-year period.

Base Rate + Consumption = Monthly Water Bill

The maximum rates are included in the charts below. The City Council can approve rates each year up to the amount shown. However, the City Council may also set rates at a lesser amount, depending upon revenue requirements for the water utility.

Try the Water Rate Calculator to calculate your monthly water bill based on the proposed rates, and see how saving water can also save money

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*Most residential properties have a 2” meter or smaller.

RESIDENTIAL CONSUMPTION	January 2013	January 2014	January 2015	January 2016
1 CF = 7.48 gallons	Each CF	Each CF	Each CF	Each CF
0-1,200 CF	$0.0191	$0.0219	$0.0264	$0.0315
1,201-3,600 CF	$0.0248	$0.0283	$0.0341	$0.0406
Above 3,601 CF	$0.0325	$0.0371	$0.0447	$0.0536

CF = Cubic Feet. Water meters are read in cubic feet. 1 CF, or unit, is equal to 7.48 gallons.

EXAMPLE: Mr. Jones owns a home and uses 1,700 cubic feet of water per month. To calculate his monthly water bill, he would add his base rate ($28.75) with his metered rate (1,200 CF x .0191 = $22.92; plus 500 CF x .0248 = $12.40). His monthly water bill would be $64.07. That amount could be reduced if Mr. Jones used less water.

NON-RESIDENTIAL CONSUMPTION	January 2013	January 2014	January 2015	January 2016
1 CF = 7.48 gallons	Each CF	Each CF	Each CF	Each CF
Multi-family, Commercial, Institutional, Industrial	$0.0286	$0.0329	$0.0392	$0.0466
Large User	$0.0277	$0.0324	$0.0380	$0.0445
Landscape	$0.0325	$0.0371	$0.0447	$0.0536

CF = Cubic Feet. Water meters are read in cubic feet. 1 CF, or unit, is equal to 7.48 gallons.

A small number of customers will remain on a Flat Rate until Metered Rates are fully implemented (by 2015). For those customers, the following rates are proposed:

FLAT RATE for Non-Metered Customers	January 2013	January 2014	January 2015	January 2016
Residential
<5,000 SF	$50.95	$59.61	*	*
5,000-10,000 SF	$62.90	*	*	*
>10,000 SF	$74.35	*	*	*
Non-Residential	$50.36	$58.92	*	*

*Convert to metered rates; flat rate no longer applies

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