Section UTL.01.22 — Water And Sewer Fees

(a) In setting the rates of the fees for the community water and sanitary sewer utilities, it shall be the policy of the Tribe to obtain revenues to pay the cost of:

(1) the annual debt retirement payment of any bond indebtedness;

(2) any required cash reserve account payment; and

(3) operation and maintenance of the community water system and the wastewater treatment works, including a replacement fund, through a system of consumer charges, which assures that each consumer pays a proportionate share of the cost of such works.

(b) Classification of Water and Sewer Consumers.

(1) Water and sewer units of service shall be classified in one of the following categories:

(A) Residential;

(B) Commercial (domestic strength wastewater);

(D) Industrial;

(E) Public or Government (domestic strength wastewater); or

(F) Other consumers.

(2) Commercial facilities that are used daily by equivalent of more than 25 persons shall be considered to be large-scale commercial facilities. Other commercial facilities are used daily by the equivalent of 25 or less people.

(c) Water and sewer fees are charged to the unit of service based on the class of consumer and take into consideration the average volume of water used and the volume and quality of wastewater generated by that size of consumer. When setting fees, the Tribe may choose to subsidize and support the tribal utilities.