Water Rate 11

CWLP's standard water Rate 11 is available to residential, commercial and industrial customers for water supplied through meters at service addresses located outside the Springfield city limits but not within Southern View. The meter charges and water rates listed below are set at 130% of the meter charges and water rates specified for Rate 10. The minimum monthly bill will be equal to the meter charge.

On April 15, 2008, the Springfield City Council passed a water rate increase that is being phased in over four years. The increase affects customer charges as well as usage rates. Fire Protection Line Service fees, which are applicable to only to business properties, are also subject to the increase.

The first phase of the increase took effect on May 1, 2008. Each subsequent step occurs annually, on March 1, through 2011. The table below shows the water Rate 11 usage rates and customer charges that will take effect with each phase.

The majority of the increase is being used to pay for the construction of a new water pumping station to replace the existing deteriorating 1930s-era facility located in the Lakeside Power Plant building. A new pumping station is critical to CWLP's ability to continue providing drinking water to the residents of the City of Springfield and surrounding communities. You can watch a video showing the condition of the pumping station and more thoroughly detailing the need for a facility. (You must have Windows Media Player to view this video.)

Revenues from the rate increase are also being used for other infrastructure improvements including completing the Spaulding Dam gate replacement project; adding four new filters to the Water Purification Plant; increasing the size and effectiveness of one of the water plant's five clarifiers; and building an enclosure with special safety features for the water plant's chlorine storage tanks.