Principles of water rates, fees, and charges

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Section I Introduction""; ""Chapter I.1 Overview of Cost-Based Water Utility Rate Making""; ""Section II Revenue Requirements""; ""Chapter II.1General Concepts for Establishing Revenue Requirements""; ""Chapter II.2Revenues""; ""Chapter II.3Operation and Maintenance Expenses""; ""Chapter II.4Taxes""; ""Chapter II.5Capital-Related Costs""; ""Chapter II.6Examples of Revenue Requirements""; ""Section III Cost Allocation""; ""Chapter III.1Allocating Revenue Requirements to Cost Components""

""Chapter III.2Distributing Costs to Customer Classes""""Section IV Rate Design""; ""Chapter IV.1Selecting Rate Structures""; ""Chapter IV.2Uniform Rates""; ""Chapter IV.3Decreasing Block Rates""; ""Chapter IV.4Increasing Block Rates""; ""Chapter IV.5Seasonal Rates""; ""Chapter IV.6Water-Budget Rates""; ""Chapter IV.7Fixed Charges""; ""Chapter IV.8Rates for Fire Protection Service""; ""Section V Other Rate Issues""; ""Chapter V.1Outside-City and Wholesale Rates""; ""Chapter V.2Standby Rates""; ""Chapter V.3Drought and Surcharge Rates""; ""Chapter V.4Low-Income Affordability Rates""

""Chapter V.5Negotiated Contract and Economic Development Rates""""Chapter V.6Indexed Rates""; ""Chapter V.7Price Elasticity""; ""Chapter V.8Marginal Cost Pricing""; ""Chapter V.9Miscellaneous and Special Charges""; ""Section VI Capacity and Development Charges""; ""Chapter VI.1Connection and Customer Facility Charges""; ""Chapter VI.2System Development Charges""; ""Chapter VI.3Availability Charges""; ""Section VII Implementation Issues""; ""Chapter VII.1Public Involvement in Rate Making""; ""Chapter VII.2Legal Considerations""; ""Chapter VII.3Data Requirements""; ""Appendixes""

""Appendix ADevelopment of Peaking Factors by Customer Class""""Appendix BEquivalent Meter Ratios""; ""Appendix CBill Tabulation Methods""; ""Appendix DExample of Citizens Advisory Committee Guidelines""