Note 1: An upgrade from System Capacity or Inactive Tap to Active Tap will cost the balance
of the Active Tap fee or the actual cost of installation, whichever is greater.
Note 2: Administration Fee for New Water Tap Contract- $50.00
Administration Fee for Property Transfer-$75.00
Note 3: Shoshone Municipal Pipeline has assessed all communities and NRWD a tap charge
for each In-service meter in each Distribution system. This charge will be passed
on to each of NRWD in-service customers as a monthly SMP Surcharge
according to meter size.
WATER RATES FOR 20 GALLON/MINUTE METERS
1,000-10,000…………………………………………………..$2.25 PER 1,000 GAL
10,001-20,000…………………………………………………$3.00 PER 1,000 GAL
20,001-30,000…………………………………………………$4.00 PER 1,000 GAL
30,001-40,000…………………………………………………$5.50 PER 1,000 GAL
40,001 AND ABOVE………………………………………$7.00 PER 1,000 GAL
WATER RATES FOR 30 GALLON/MINUTE METERS
1,000-60,000………………………………………………….$2.25 PER 1,000 GAL
60,001 AND ABOVE…………………………………....$3.00 PER 1,000 GAL
WATER RATES FOR 50 GALLON/MINUTE METERS
1,000-100,000……………………………………………….$2.25 PER 1,000 GAL
100,001 AND ABOVE………………………………....$3.00 PER 1,000 GAL
Note 5: Monthly bills for service will include Debt retirement (DR), Operation & Maintenance
(OM),Shoshone Surcharge (SP) monthly water use (WA). And any other applicable
charges such as penalty (PE). Points of use (PO) or previous balance (PB).
Note 6: Estimated monthly Residential domestic bill is $ 50.00. (NE $74.00)
Note 7: Insufficient funds check or declined ACH or Credit Card will cost a $30.00 fee
charged to your account.
Note 8: Reconnection fee of $50.00 if disconnection is the result of non-payment and must
be paid prior to reconnection.
Note 9: Reconnection fee minimum of $100.00 when disconnection is the result of fraudulent
use, $200.00 for second occurrence.
Note 10: A point of use surcharge of $5.00/month will be charged for each family point
of use over one in mobile home parks, motels, multi-family dwellings and overnight
camp grounds.
Northwest Rural Water District
2020 User Charge Ordinance
After its annual review of District customer use fees, the Northwest Rural Water District Board of Directors has voted to make the following fee changes:
The District will increase the monthly the O & M charge by $2.00 per month in all service areas except the North End, where it will increase the O & M charge only, by $1.00 per month.
There will be no monthly fee increases for inactive taps.
These fee increases will be effective with the January 20, 2020 billing period and will be included on that bill. The breakdown of new monthly user fees will be as follows:
Active Water Users in All Service Areas Except North End (Powell) Base Fee
Operation & Maintenance…………………………………………………………$29.00
Debt Retirement…………………………………………………………………...$13.00
Shoshone Municipal Surcharge…………………………………………………...$11.00
Active Water Users in the North End (Powell) Service Area Base Fee
Operation & Maintenance…………………………………………………………$20.50
Debt Retirement…………………………………………………………………...$37.00
Shoshone Municipal Surcharge…………………………………………………...$11.00
Water Use Rates (unchanged) for Active Users in All Service Areas (20 Gal. Min. Meter)
1,000-10,000 Gallons…………………………………………………$2.25 per 1,000 Gal.
10,001-20,000 Gallons………………………………………………..$3.00 per 1,000 Gal.
20.001-30,000 Gallons………………………………………………..$4.00 per 1,000 Gal.
30,001-40,000 Gallons………………………………………………..$5.50 per 1,000 Gal.
40,001 and above……………………………………………………..$7.00 per 1,000 Gal.
Water Use Rates (unchanged for Active Users in All Service Areas (30 Gal. Min. Meter)
1,000-60,000………………………………………………………….$2.25 per 1,000 Gal.
60,001 and above……………………………………………………..$3.00 per 1,000 Gal.
Water Use Rates (unchanged for Active Users in all Service Areas (50 Gal. Min. Meter)
1,000-100,000………………………………………………………..$2.25 per 1,000 Gal.
100-001 and above…………………………………………………..$3.00 per 1,000 Gal.
Monthly Inactive Fees are Unchanged All Service Areas Except North End
Operation & Maintenance………………………………………………………..$15.80
Debt Retirement………………………………………………………………….$13.00
Monthly Inactive Fees are Unchanged for North End (Powell)
Operation & Maintenance………………………………………………….……$18.50
Debt Retirement…………………………………………………………………$37.00