Public Notice
CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO
INCREASES TO WATER SERVICE RATES
The City of East Palo Alto is currently update water services rates. The City charges these rates to water service customers in order to fund the costs of providing safe and reliable water service.
On May 10, 2022 the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC), the City’s water provider, approved a wholesale water rate increase from $4.10 to $4.75 (65 cents). As a result of the automatic adjustment calculation described below, this results in an increase of $0.78 of the previously approved water usage charges. The water usage charge effective July 1, 2022, is adjusted to $8.55 and the water usage charge effective July 1, 2023, is adjusted to $8.67.
Purpose of the Notice
You are receiving this notice because you are a customer of the City of East Palo Alto Water System. Customers pay for water services directly to the City’s water contractual water operator, at the rates adopted by the East Palo Alto City Council.
Updated Water Rate Schedule
Current
Water Rates Effective
July 1 July 1
2022 2023
WATER USAGE
CHARGES ($ per ccf)
Base $7.66 $8.55 $8.67
Monthly Single Family Residential Meter Chart
5/8" - 1" $17.79 $18.06 $18.33
Monthly All Other Meter Charge
5/8" $26.24 $26.63 $27.03
3/4" 39.35 39.94 40.54
1" 65.6 66.58 67.58
1-1/2" 131.19 133.16 135.16
2" 209.91 213.06 216.26
3" 393.57 399.47 405.46
4" & large 655.94 665.78 675.77
MONTHLY FIRE SERVICE & EMERGENCY INTERTIE CHARGE
5/8" $5.25 $5.33 $5.41
3/4" 7.87 7.99 8.11
1" 13.12 13.32 13.52
1-1/2" 26.24 26.63 27.03
2" 41.98 42.61 43.25
3" 78.72 79.89 81.09
4" & larger 131.2 133.15 135.15
Note: SFPUC Pass-Through Adjustment to be applied in future years based on actual SFPUC rate increases.
1 ccf is one hundred cubic feet or 748 gallons.
Automatic Adjustments
The rates approved by the City Council in Resolution 5141 are subject to an automatic adjustment. Pursuant to Government Code section 53756, notification of the amount of any automatic adjustment must occur at least 30 days before the adjustment goes into effect. The automatic adjustment is a wholesale water cost pass-through which will occur only in the event the SFPUC changes its wholesale water rate for the East Palo Alto system. For each 1 cent increase in the wholesale rate (over the current $4.10), the volumetric rate will be increased by 1.2 cents (over the rates shown in the rate schedule above),and rounded to the nearest cent.