Utah's Water Resources: Planning for the Future
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TABLE 10
Example Summary of a Customer's Ascending Block Rate Bill
          Overage Rate per 1,000 gal.
 
Month Usage (1000 gal.) Base Charge Target Use Irrig. Req.* (in.) Conserv. Use $0.75/k Normal Use $1.10/k Ineff. Use§ $2.20/k Wasteful Use~ $4.40/k Irrespons. Use** $8.80/k TOTAL
January 10 $10.00 15.00 0.0 $7.50         $17.50
February 10 $10.00 15.00 0.0 $7.50         $17.50
March 18 $10.00 15.00 0.0   $16.50 $6.60     $33.10
April 35 $10.00 29.75 0.2   $32.73 $11.55     $54.28
May 48 $10.00 39.50 2.0   $43.45 $18.70     $72.15
June 58 $10.00 45.60 3.9   $50.16 $27.28     $87.44
July 73 $10.00 48.92 4.7   $53.81 $52.98     $116.79
August 68 $10.00 45.60 3.9   $50.16 $49.28     $109.44
September 62 $10.00 33.44 1.7   $36.78 $62.83 $52.10   $161.71
October 50 $10.00 29.75 0.2   $32.73 $44.55 $23.65   $110.93
November 14 $10.00 15.00 0.0   $15.40       $25.40
December 10 $10.00 15.00 0.0 $7.50         $17.50
Totals 456 $120.00 347.56 16.6 $22.50 $331.72 $273.77 $75.75 $0.00 $823.73
Average cost per 1,000 gallons $1.81
*  Irrigation requirement for turf grass of a typical Wasatch Front resident.
†  Total gallons used are less than 75 percent of target use.
‡  Total gallons used up to 100 percent of target use.
§  Gallons used between 100 percent and 150 percent of target use.
~  Gallons used between 150 percent and 200 percent of target use.
** Gallons used above 200 percent of target use.
 
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