San Antonio Water System

Listed below are the current Special Services Fees compared to the approved fees for 2023.

In the utility industry, it is customary to assess a range of fees for special services that are associated for the benefit of a particular customer. These fees are designed to recover costs associated with providing special services and help decrease pressure on system-wide rates, which otherwise subsidize special services provided to limited groups of customers.

Special Services Fees – Approved 2024 Changes

Conservation
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Irrigation System Inspection Compliance Annual Enforcement Fee	$155	Sec. 34-134
Irrigation System Inspection Compliance Volumetric Rate (per 1,000 gallons)	$0.8463	Sec. 34-134
Customer Service – Related
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Residential Account Deposit (Water and Sewer Service)	$100.00	Sec. 34.3.01
Residential Account Deposit (Water and Sewer Service) for Uplift Assistance Program customers	$50.00	Sec. 34.3.01
Residential Account Deposit (Water Service Only)	$60.00	Sec. 34.3.01
Residential Account Deposit (Water Service Only) for Uplift Assistance Program Customers	$30.00	Sec. 34.3.01
Residential Account Deposit (Sewer Service Only)	$40.00	Sec. 34.3.01
Residential Account Deposit (Sewer Service Only) for Uplift Assistance Program customers	$20.00	Sec. 34.3.01
General Class Account Deposit	(See General Class Deposits)	Sec. 34.3.01
Removal of Illegal Straight Connection	$129.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
5/8″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or meter/valve/lock tampering)	$95.00	Sec. 34.3.01
3/4″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or meter/valve/lock tampering)	$115.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
1 ” Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or meter/valve/lock tampering)	$145.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
1.5″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or meter/valve/lock tampering)	$294.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
2″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or meter/valve/lock tampering)	$449.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
Meter Locate – Multiple Trip Fee	$57.00	Sec 34-3.08
Dye Testing Fee	$88.00	Sec. 34-237
Same Day Turn-On Fee (non-Uplift Assistance Program customers)	$34.00	Sec. 34-132
Same Day Turn-On Fee for Uplift Assistance Program customers	$17.00	Sec. 34-132
CH2O Meter Tampering Fee	$56.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
CH2O Bench Meter Test Fee	$120.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
CH2O 5/8″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or stolen meter)	$151.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
CH2O 3/4″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or stolen meter)	$155.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
CH2O 1 ” Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or stolen)	$207.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
CH2O 1.5″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or stolen)	$477.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
CH2O 2″ Meter Reset Fee (after service capping for illegal straight connection or stolen)	$606.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (b)
Valve Tampering Fee	$74.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (a)
Lock Tampering Fee	$59.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (a)
Plug Tampering Fee	$72.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (a)
Meter Trip Fee (non-Uplift Assistance Program customers)	$12.00	Sec. 34-130
Meter Trip Fee for Uplift Assistance Program customers	$6.00	Sec. 34-130
Added Fee to Cap Service Line after Removal of Illegal Straight Connection	$444.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (c)
Bad Check Fee	$30.00	Sec. 34-5.02 (f)
Penalty for Late Payment after 15 Days of Bill Mailing (No change)	5.0%	Sec. 34-3.03
Development Services
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Encroachment or Easement Release Application Processing Fee	$857.00	Sec. 34-3.07
Fire Flow Test Fee	$79.00	Sec. 34-126
Lift Station Maintenance Fee	$232,883	Sec. 34-236
Fire Hydrant Water Meter
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Metered Water Sales (per 1,000 gallons)	$3.087	Sec. 34-131
Water Supply Fee (per 1,000 gallons)	$3.541	Sec 34-131
Fire Hydrant Meter Daily Availability Charge	$6.00	Sec 34-131
Fire Hydrant Meter Deposit	$1,839	Sec 34-131
Monthly Penalty for Failure to Bring in Fire Hydrant Meter for Calibration/Inspection	$144.00	Sec 34-131
Monthly Penalty for Failure to Report Meter Reads Monthly	$733.00	Sec 34-131
Fire Hydrant Meter Irrigation Use Metered Irrigation OCL Water Sales (per 1,000 gallons)	$10.550	Sec 34-131
Fire Hydrant Meter Irrigation Use Water Supply Fee Rate (per 1,000 Gallons)	$8.770	Sec 34-131
Industrial Waste
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Categorical Industrial Waste Permit (five years)	$16,304.00	Sec. 34-484
Non-Categorical Industrial Waste Permit (five years)	$12,228.00	Sec. 34-484
SIU Sampling Fee	$596.00	Sec. 34-484
Non-SIU Sampling Fee (per month)	$13.00	Sec. 34-484
Liquid Waste Permit Fee (Annual)	$427.00	Sec. 34-521
Liquid Waste Permit Vehicle Reinspection Fee	$240.00	Sec. 34-521
Liquid Waste Manifest Book	$55.00	Sec. 34-521
Liquid Waste Disposal Site Fee (per 1,000 Gallons)	$40.00	Sec. 34-521
FOG Monthly Fee	$18.00	Sec. 34-530
Laboratory Test Fees (different fees per procedure)	(See Lab Fees)	Sec. 34-484
Liquid Waste Disposal Site Holiday Disposal Fee per hour	$75.00	Sec. 34-521
Liquid Waste Disposal Site Weekend Disposal Fee per hour	$45.00	Sec. 34-521
Sewer Surcharge – Total Suspended Solids (Charge times TSS mg/l less 250 mg/l)	$3.15	Sec. 34-226.3
Sewer Surcharge – Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Charge times BOD mg/l less 250 mg/l)	$1.36	Sec. 34-226.3
Backflow Report Enforcement Fee (1 to 3 Assemblies)	$82.00	Sec. 34-1078
Backflow Report Enforcement Fee (4 to 9 Assemblies)	$114.00	Sec. 34-1078
Backflow Report Enforcement Fee (> 9 Assemblies)	$174.00	Sec. 34-1078
Pipeline Damage Cost Recovery
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Dispatch Fee for Response to Damaged Mains (EOC, Claims, D&C)	$413.00	Sec. 34-125.1
Lost Water Rate (per 1,000 gallons; Highest Water Supply/Water Delivery Outside City Limits Rate)	$20.744	Sec. 34-125.1
Underground Storage Tank Regulation
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Underground Storage Tank (UST) Initial Site Registration Fee	$379.00	Sec. 34-1008
UST Annual Site Inspection Fee	$258.00	Sec. 34-1008
UST Follow-Up Site Inspection Fee	$207.00	Sec. 34-1008
UST Permit Renewal Fee (Tanks 0-4,999 Gallons)	$905.00	Sec. 34-1008
UST Permit Renewal Fee (Tanks 5,000 to 10,000 Gallons)	$1,120.00	Sec. 34-1008
UST Permit Renewal Fee (Tanks Greater Than 10,000 Gallons)	$1,292.00	Sec. 34-1008
Private Fire Protection Service
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Inside City Limits (ICL) 4″ Meter and Below	$283.00	Sec. 34-127
ICL 6″ Meter	$390.00	Sec. 34-127
ICL 8″ Meter	$475.00	Sec. 34-127
ICL 10″ Meter	$550.00	Sec. 34-127
ICL 12″ Meter	$657.00	Sec. 34-127
Outside City Limits (OCL) 4″ Meter and Below	$368.00	Sec. 34-127
OCL 6″ Meter	$509.00	Sec. 34-127
OCL 8″ Meter	$617.00	Sec. 34-127
OCL 10″ Meter	$713.00	Sec. 34-127
OCL 12″ Meter	$901.00	Sec. 34-127
Resource Protection & Compliance
Fee Name	2024 Approved Fee Amounts	City Code Reference
Well Plugging Inspection Fee	$647.00	Sec. 34-572
Well Drilling Inspection Fee	$647.00	Sec. 34-572
Geothermal Heat Exchange System Permit	$647.00	Sec. 34-572

Laboratory Fees

Laboratory Test	2024 Fees
Alkalinity	$21.00
Ammonia Direct	$25.00
Ammonia Distillation	$49.00
Biochemical Oxygen Demand	$41.00
Chemical Oxygen Demand	$43.00
Conductivity	$13.00
Cyanide – Total (with Post Amending)	$56.00
Nitrogen, total Kjeldahle (TKN)	$48.00
Phosphorus – Total	$31.00
Total Dissolved Solids	$18.00
Total Suspended Solids	$23.00
Turbidity	$18.00
Volatile Organic Compounds SDWA (Drinking Water)	$157.00
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons	$139.00
Hardness	$23.00
Hexavalent Chromium	$40.00
Mercury	$41.00
Metals	$20.00
Total Coliform – Present/Absent	$25.00
Escherichia Coli – Present/Absent	$27.00
Fecal Coliform	$25.00
Fecal Streptococcus	$35.00
Escherichia Coli – Membrane Filtration	$25.00
Fats, Oil and Grease	$76.00
IC (Nitrite, Sulfate, Chloride, Nitrite/Nitrate Combined, Nitrate, Fluoride)	$22.00
Organochlorine Pesticides	$237.00
Organophosphorus Pesticides (8 compounds)	$272.00
Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (70 – 110 compounds)	$523.00
Volatile Organic Compounds – Waste Water (31 compounds)	$211.00
AVERAGE	$79.00

General Class Account Deposits

METER SIZE	2023
5/8″	$100
3/4″	$150
1″	$250
1 1/2″	$500
2″	$800
3″	$1,600
4″	$2,500
6″	$5,000
8″	$8,000
10″	$10,000
12″	$14,000