Big Plains Water Special Service District

Water Rates
 

Residential Rates/Fees:

Residential Base Fee:          $49/per month for water availability 

Residential Usage Fees:      See table.

Gallons Used

 Charge/1,000 gal.

Total

0 – base/standby

 

 $    49.00

0-5,000

 $        1.50

Calculated based 
on usage

5,001-12,000

 $        1.75

“ ”

12,001-25,000

 $        2.00

“ ”

25,001-35,000

 $        2.25

“ ”

35,001-45,000

 $        2.50

“ ”

45,001+

 $        2.75

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Residential Impact Fee:      $12,000

 Residential Retail Connection Fee:   $1,600

Commercial Rates/Fees:

Commercial 1 inch meter base/standby rate:                $76.00 per month

Commercial 1.5 inch meter base/standby rate:             $94.62 per month

Commercial 2 inch meter base/standby rate:                $135.17 per month

Commercial 3 inch meter base/standby rate:                $368.34 per month

Commercial 4 inch meter base/standby rate:                $827.93 per month

Commercial Usage Fees:    $1.50 per thousand gallons

Commercial Impact Fee:     (Based on connection diameter – see table below) 

Connection 
Diameter (in)

ERC’s

Impact Fee 
Amount

3/4

1

$12,000.00

1

3

$15,000.00

1.5

5

$21,000.00

2

8

$27,000.00

3

10

$39,000.00

Commercial Retail Connection Fee: Actual cost of the connection depending of the size of meter required

Bulk Meter Usage Fees:

$49.00 meter fee for each usage up to five days, with a $5.00 charge for each additional day the meter is out. 

A $1,000 meter deposit is required. 

The water usage cost is $4.00/1,000 gallons used. 

The meter must be read at least every 30 days.

Payment of Standby Fees

The water district utilizes Standby Fees to maintain connections to be available to existing system customers where water system expansion is not required.  Customers that are paying standby fees also receive the additional benefit of a waiver of normal impact fees.  Customers in the Standby program who fail to stay current on their standby fees place the district and its other customers in a financially unsustainable position by reducing ongoing revenue and future impact fee revenue.

 Effective January 1, 2018, the District will no longer extend the impact fee waiver to customers who fall behind on their standby fee payment beyond 90 days.  Previous standby Customers may receive a credit toward the impact fee in an amount equal to the total standby fees paid.