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<br /> <br />Water Rate Cost-of-Service Study <br />Contents, Figures, Glossary, Acknowledgements, and Limitations <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />HF&H Consultants, LLC | July 8, 2025 | Page iv <br />Meter charges - One-time charges for the purchase of a meter. Meter charges are not Service <br />Charges (see below). <br />Multi Family Residential – Refers to the current Multi Family Residential customer class. <br />Includes all multi-family customer accounts, residential fire service accounts, residential <br />irrigation, and future residential recycled water customers under the proposed Water Use <br />Charge rates. <br />O&M - Operating and Maintenance, in reference to the costs of running facilities. <br />PAYGo - Pay-As-You-Go, in reference to funding capital improvements from cash rather than <br />from borrowed sources such as bonds or loans. <br />Recommended Period – Refers to FY 2025-26 through FY 2027-28 for which the City plans <br />to establish new water rates. <br />RWS – Regional Water System <br />Service Charges – Fixed charges paid per account regardless of the amount of water used. <br />The charge is proportionate to the capacity of the customer’s service, which is the capacity of <br />the pipe connecting from the main to the meter, or the meter, whichever is smaller. This is <br />not applicable to private fire services, which are charged according to the size of the <br />connecting pipe, only. Service Charges are not meter charges (see above). The City’s Service <br />Charges are called “Fixed Service Charges.” <br />SFPUC - San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. <br />Study Period – ten-year planning period analyzed in this study, which includes fiscal year <br />2025-26 to fiscal year 2034-35 <br />SVCW – Silicon Valley Clean Water, a Joint Powers Authority serving the communities of <br />Belmont, Redwood City, San Carlos, and the West Bay Sanitary District. <br />Uniform rates - Constant charges per unit of water use that do not change depending on <br />the amount used. Uniform rates are not flat rates (see above). <br />Water Use Charges – The product of rates per unit of metered water use multiplied by a <br />customers metered water use during the billing period. <br />WSCP – Water Shortage Contingency Plan. <br />ATTY/RESO.0109/CC RESO WATER RATES - EXHIBIT A <br />REV: 11-05-25 MI