Current Fees and Charges
DC WASA'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 |
**Contractors are responsible for excavation, backfilling, and repaving.
Removal
| Water Tap |
$310 |
| Water Connection |
$610 |
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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
Commercial |
$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 |
| DC WASA Pipeline Design Manual - Initial |
$75 |
| DC 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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