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Current Fees and Charges

DCWASA's fees and charges are designed to recover the costs of providing a variety of services and are not designed to generate profit.

Retail Customer Fees and Charges

Customer Bad Check Fee $25
Declined Credit Card Fee $35
Customer Penalty Late Fee 10%
Additional Late Fee* +1% per month of Balance Due
Turn On $50
Customer Turn Off Charges for Non-Payment $50
Broken By-Pass Seal $700
Unauthorized Turn On $245
Second Water Audit within 24 months $125

*Compounded monthly on bills not paid for more than sixty (60) days.

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Water Taps and Connections**

Installation

1 Inch Tap $325
1 1/2 Inch Tap $380
2 Inch Tap $415
Water Connection Reimbursable

Removal

Water Tap $310
Water Connection $610

**Contractors are responsible for excavation, backfilling, and repaving.

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Sewer Taps**

Pointing Up Sewer Taps $660
Insertion of Y-Branch $235
Sewer Tap Removal $235

**Contractors are responsible for excavation, backfilling, and repaving.

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Meter Purchase and Installation

Size Price of Meter Labor Cost
5/8 Inch $25 $241
3/4 Inch $99 $241
1 Inch $128 $241
1 1/2 Inch $298 $246
2 Inch $342 $246
3 Inch $918 $627
4 Inch $1,010 $698
6 Inch $1,262 $698
8 Inch $1,400 $1,192
10 Inch N/A $1,252

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Fire Hydrant Charges

Fire Hydrant Flow Test (No Recent Record Available) $225
Fire Hydrant Flow Test (Recent Test Record Available) $25
Fire Hydrant Use per day Usage Based

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Water Bubbler Install and Removal

(Temporary Drinking Fountain Connected to a Fire Hydrant)

1 Water Bubbler $262
Each Additional Water Bubbler after the first $54

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Engineering Reviews, Sale of Documents, Maps and Manuals

Engineering Reviews

Utility Design Review - More than 10 Residential Units or Any Commerical $2500
Utility Design Review - Less than 10 Residential Units (2-10) $250
Feasibility Review - Existing or Proposed House $300

Sheeting & Shoring Review and Inspection of Pipework Potentially affecting WASA Pipelines

Simple Review $500
Complex Review $1000

Sale of Manuals

Design Manuals - Initial $60
Design Manuals - Revisions/Updates $25
Construction Standard Details - Initial $35
Construction Standard Details - Revisions/Updates $10
Construction General Conditions & Standard Specifications - Initial $25
Construction General Conditions & Standard Specifications - Revisions/Updates $5
WASA Pipeline Design Manual - Initial $75
WASA Pipeline Design Manual - Revisions/Updates $30
Preparing As-Built Drawings $215

Maps

Electronic Version of Water/Sewer Counter and As-Built Maps - Per Project $100
Updates of the Electronic Version - Per Project $25

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Pre-Treatment

Waste Hauling - Annual Fee Per Vehicle

Vehicles 0-100 gallons $100
Vehicles 101-500 gallons $255
Vehicles 501-1,500 gallons $590
Vehicles greater than 1,500 gallons $1,650

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Legal Charges

Witness Fee Salary + Fringes

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Copying Charges

Maps and Technical Documents (Charge Per Sheet)

Xerographic $2.50
Vellum $4.00
Mylar $5.50

Standard Photocopying (Charge Per Sheet)

Standard Letter and Legal Pages*** $0.25

***For legal size (8 1/2" x 14") and letter size (8 1/2" x 11") paper.

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