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Water and WastewaterCapital Charge Update

Utilities Department

Orange County Board of County Commissioners

February 26, 2013

• Background

• Level of Service Study

• Capital Charge Update

• Customer Impact

• Next Steps

Presentation Outline

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• Background

• Level of Service StudyLevel of Service Study

• Capital Charge UpdateCapital Charge Update

• Customer ImpactCustomer Impact

• Next StepsNext Steps


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Background

• Charges are paid by new development for water and wastewater capacity

• Capital charges are calculated for the amount of water or wastewater capacity needed to serve one home (LOS)

• Current Charges: $1,950 per home (water) $3,668 per home (wastewater)

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• BackgroundBackground

• Level of Service Study





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Level of Service Study

• Determined actual Level of Service for single family homes

• Recommend changing level of service for new single family homes Water: 350 to 275 gpd Wastewater: 300 to 225 gpd

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LOS Study

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LOS Study

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• Commercial Factors

Factors convert commercial demands to equivalent number of single family homes

• OCU has 61 commercial factors No Change:44 Decrease: 12 Modify: 4 Increase: 1

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• Small Restaurants

Restaurants are charged per seat– Consistent with most utilities in Florida

Restaurants with more than 200 seats– Use 25% more water per seat

Propose reducing per seat factor– Factor for first 100 seats set at 75% of full value– Smaller restaurants get a full 25% reduction– All restaurants benefit

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• Capital Charge Update




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Capital Charge Update

• Per resolution, reviewed and updated every 4 years

Based on cost of existing and future capacity

Growth to “pay its own way”

Cannot exceed full recovery cost

Based on new Level of Service

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• Cost per home

Water Wastewater Total

Current $1,950 $3,668 $5,618

Proposed $1,791 $3,346 $5,137

$ Change -$159 -$322 -$481

% Change -8.2% -8.8% -8.6%

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• Customer Impact



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Customer Impact

• Typical reductions in capital charges

Customer Type Reduction ($) Reduction (%)

One Single Family Residence

-$481 -8.6%

Hotel 200 Rooms

-$48,100 -8.6%

Multi-Family 33 one bedroom units 33

two bedroom units 34 three bedroom units

-$82,068 -18.1%

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Customer Impact

• Typical reductions in capital charges

Customer Type Reduction ($) Reduction (%)

Small Restaurant100 seats

-$17,653 -31.4%

Large Restaurant350 seats

-$29,678 -15.1%

Retail Space2 bathrooms

-$581 -8.6%

Office20,000 sq. ft.

-$3,213 -8.6%

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• Next Steps


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Next Steps

• BCC Workshop 02-26-13• DAB Workshop 03-06-13• DAB Recommendation 03-20-13• LPA Workshop 04-18-13• BCC Comp Plan Adoption 05-14-13• LPA Recommendation 05-16-13• BCC Public Hearing June 2013

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Water and WastewaterCapital Charge Update

Utilities Department

Orange County Board of County Commissioners

February 26, 2013

Factors That Decrease

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Use Type Current Factor Proposed Factor

Multi-Family - 1 bedroom 0.583/unit 0.500/unit

Multi-Family - 3 bedrooms 1.000/unit 0.833/unit

Restaurant/Cafeteria - First 100 seats

0.100/seat 0.075/seat

Restaurant 24 hours - First 100 seats

0.167/seat 0.125/seat

Bar/Cocktail Lounge - First 100 seats

0.067/seat 0.050/seat

Warehouse OfficeOffice SF plus all bathrooms

plus Warehouse Fixture Units

Office SF plus 1 bathroom plus Warehouse Fixture

Units

Factors That Decrease

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College or Technical School Outside of Typical Campus

0.067/student seat 0.025/student seat

Student Housing – 1 bedroom

0.583/unit 0.500/unit

Student Housing – 3 bedrooms

1.000/unit 0.833/unit

Hotel – 1 bedroom suite 0.583/unit 0.500/unit

Hotel – 3 bedroom suite 1.000/unit 0.833/unit

Animal Care 0.160/Kennel Run 0.091/Kennel, Cage or Stall

Modified Factors

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Dentist 0.833/dentist 0.650/wet chair

Medical Office 0.833/doctor Fixture Units

Vehicle Fueling Stations 1.000/toilet room Fixture Units

Hair SalonEngineering Study to

determine per pedicure station flow

0.300/pedicure station

Factors That Increase

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Irrigation 0.125/1000 SF 0.159/1000 SF

Residential Factors

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Establishment Unit ERC Factor

Single family home, detached or townhome, with water meter less than 1 inch

Home 1.000

Single family home, with water meter 1 inch or larger By fixture units N/A

Duplex, 1 or 2 bedrooms Each half of duplex 0.833

Duplex, 3 or more bedrooms Each half of duplex 1.000

Multi-family, efficiency or 1 bedroom Apartment 0.500

Multi-family, 2 or more bedrooms Apartment 0.833

Mobile home, 1 or 2 bedrooms Home 0.667

Mobile home, 3 or more bedrooms Home 0.833

Non-Residential Factors

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Animal care facility/veterinary clinicKennel, cage, or

stall0.091

Bowling alley (add for restaurant and bar seats that are separated)

Bowling lane 0.333

Church (add for residences, weekday schools, and daycare facilities)

Seat 0.017

Hair salon (add 0.3 ERCs for each pedicure station) Operator station 0.300

Hotel room or one-bedroom hotel suite (add for food service, meeting and banquet rooms, self-service laundries, and major facilities attracting non-guests)

Room orsuite

0.500

Hotel suite, two or more bedrooms (add for food service, meeting and banquet rooms, self-service laundries, and major facilities attracting non-guests)

Suite 0.833

Industrial/production facility, without showers (add for food service and industrial/production process demands)

Employee 0.050

Industrial/production facility, with showers (emergency showers not included, add for food service and industrial/production process demands)

Employee 0.117


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Irrigation1,000 sq. ft. of irrigable area

0.159

Laundry, self-service Washing machine 1.333

Office building (add for food service)1,000 sq. ft. gross

floor area0.334

Retail space By fixture units N/A

Shell building (unfinished space) with fixtures present (Exception: if building is multi-unit with fixtures located in common areas, apply “office building” factor instead of fixtures)

By fixture units N/A

Trailer park (overnight) Each space 0.333

Warehouse/office, 3,000 sq. ft. or less By fixture units N/A

Warehouse/office, larger than 3,000 sq. ft.

By “office building” factor for office area. Warehouse area by

bathroom fixture units as required by Plumbing Code (2 WC, 2 Lav, & 1 D.F.) plus any

non-bathroom fixtures located in warehouse area


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FOOD SERVICE FACTORS•If a restaurant eligible for a 25% capital charge reduction for the first 100 seats has mixed bar/restaurant seating, the reduction will apply to restaurant seats first, then to bar seats•Fast food classification applies to facilities with no table service, glassware, or washable plates and utensils

Restaurant, any type, less than 20 seats By fixture units N/A

Restaurant/cafeteria, per seat, first 100 seats Seat 0.075

Restaurant/cafeteria, per seat, seats other than first 100

Seat 0.100

Restaurant, twenty-four hour, per seat, first 100 seats Seat 0.125

Restaurant, twenty-four hour, per seat, seats other than first 100

Seat 0.167

Restaurant, fast food, per seat Seat 0.050

Bar/cocktail lounge, per seat, first 100 seats Seat 0.050

Bar/cocktail lounge, per seat, seats other than first 100 Seat 0.067


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Dentist office Wet chair 0.650

Medical office By fixture units N/A

Hospital Per bed 0.833

Nursing home Per bed 0.417

Extended care facility, efficiency or one bedroom (no additional charge for staff-operated facilities supporting residents’ daily living activities)

Housing unit 0.500

Extended care facility, two or more bedrooms (no additional charge for staff-operated facilities supporting residents’ daily living activities)

Housing unit 0.833

Meeting and/or banquet rooms (seats = total sq. ft./15 sq. ft.)

Seat 0.017

Theater Seat 0.010

Theater (dinner) Seat 0.067


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Daycare or preschoolChild, per permitted occupancy

0.025

Elementary school or kindergarten Student seat 0.025

Middle and high schools Student seat 0.067

College or technical school Student seat 0.067

College or technical school outside of a typical campus Student seat 0.025

Student housing, one bed (add for food service) Housing unit 0.500

Student housing, two beds (add for food service) Housing unit 0.583

Student housing, three beds (add for food service) Housing unit 0.833

Student housing, four or more beds (add for food service)

Housing unit 1.000


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Vehicle fueling station/convenience store (add for vehicle wash and repair bays)

By fixture units N/A

Vehicle repair/maintenance facility (add for additional uses)

Repair bay 0.250

Vehicle wash facility (or by engineer’s estimate if wash water recycle system is proposed)

Wash bay 3.200

Rates Comparison

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Rates Comparison

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Melbourne $124.61Cocoa $112.92

Casselberry $88.53Sanford $85.73Oviedo $85.26

Winter Park $82.95Seminole County $80.76

Orlando (OUC) $73.66Altamonte Springs $70.59

Maitland $69.67Orange County $67.69

Mt. Dora $66.21Ocoee $64.40

Winter Garden $59.99Lake Mary $57.70

Apopka $57.63

Combined Water & Sewer Bill Survey at 10,000 Gallons per Month

Rates Comparison

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Collier County $112.77Columbia County $111.09

Volusia County (East) $108.12Lee County $105.66

Pinellas County $102.98Hillsborough County $100.75

Polk County $98.33Pasco County $97.64

Brevard County $97.48Broward County $97.22

Volusia County (West) $90.37Okaloosa County $89.78

Marion County $88.79Manatee County $87.85Seminole County $80.76

Toho Water Authority $75.58Miami-Dade County $73.54Palm Beach County $72.19

Orange County $67.69

Combined Water & Sewer Bill Survey at 10,000 Gallons per Month

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