Sewer Rate Study
Final Report / April 29, 2025
City of
San Marino
227 W. Trade Street, Suite 1400
Charlotte, NC 28202
www.raftelis.com
April 29, 2025
Hillary Guirola-Leon
Finance Director
City of San Marino
2200 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
Subject: Sewer Rate Study Report
Dear Hillary Guirola-Leon,
Raftelis is pleased to provide this Sewer Rate Study Report (Report) to the City of San Marino (City). This Report includes a five-year financial plan and establishes sewer unit charges for fiscal years (FY) 2026 to FY 2030.
The Study includes the following:
1. A five-year financial plan to ensure revenues are sufficient to cover operation and maintenance (O&M) costs and capital expenditures and strive towards Council selected reserve balances.
2. Sewer charges per sewer unit for FY 2026 through FY 2030
3. A rate survey of sewer charges for nearby sewer utilities.
It has been a pleasure working with you, and other City staff during this Study.
Sincerely,
Steve Gagnon, PE (AZ) James Bratton
Vice President Staff Consultant
3 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT Table of Contents
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................6
1.1. PROPOSED SEWER CHARGES ........................................................... 6
1.2. FINANCIAL PLAN .................................................................................. 6
1.3. SEWER RATE SURVEY......................................................................... 8
2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................10
2.1. STUDY BACKGROUND ....................................................................... 10
3. SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN ...........................................................10
3.1. STUDY ASSUMPTIONS....................................................................... 10
3.1.1. Sewer Units and Sewer Unit Growth Assumptions........................................10
3.2. RESERVE POLICIES............................................................................ 12
3.3. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM................................................ 12
3.4. PROPOSED CHARGES ....................................................................... 13
3.5. FINANCIAL PLAN ................................................................................ 13
4. SEWER RATE CALCULATION.....................................................17
4.1. ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE CHARGE ................................................ 17
5. SEWER RATE SURVEY................................................................18 APPENDIX............................................................................................19 4 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN STUDY REPORT
List of Tables
Table 1-1: Proposed Annual Sewer Charges, Revenue Adjustments, and Capital Accomplishment Rate .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Table 3-1: Cost Escalation Factors ................................................................................................................ 10 Table 3-2: Sewer Units by Customer Class in Study Period ....................................................................... 12 Table 3-3: Proposed Capital Improvement Plan ........................................................................................... 13 Table 3-4: Proposed Sewer Charges, Revenue Adjustments and Capital Accomplishment Rate ......... 13 Table 3-5: Proposed Financial Plan Cashflow .............................................................................................. 14 Table 4-1: FY 2026 Charge per Sewer Unit Calculation ............................................................................... 17 Table 4-2: Proposed Annual Sewer Service Charges per Average Customer .......................................... 17 List of Figures
Figure 1-1: Proposed Financial Plan................................................................................................................ 7 Figure 1-2: Projected Fund Ending Balances ................................................................................................. 8 Figure 1-3: Monthly Bill Comparisons for Neighboring Agencies................................................................ 9 Figure 3-1: Proposed Financial Plan.............................................................................................................. 15 Figure 3-2: Proposed Rate Funded Capital Expenses ................................................................................. 16 Figure 3-3: Projected Fund Ending Balances ............................................................................................... 16 Figure 5-1: Monthly Single-Family Bill Comparison for Neighboring Agencies ....................................... 18 5 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT This page intentionally left blank to facilitate two-sided printing. 6 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN STUDY REPORT
1.Executive Summary
In 2024, the City of San Marino engaged Raftelis to conduct a Sewer Rate Study (Study) consisting of a financial plan, and rate derivation for fiscal years (FY) 2026 through 2030. The City of San Marino does not currently charge for sewer service. Establishing a separate, self-funding, sewer enterprise will allow the General Fund to focus on services typically funded by general fund revenue such as police and fire services as well as parks and libraries. This report describes the proposed sewer rates for implementation on July 1st of each fiscal year in the study period.
1.1. Proposed Sewer Charges
Table 1-1 shows the proposed annual charges per sewer unit, the proposed increases each year, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) accomplishment rate. The capital accomplishment rate signifies that the amount of the sewer unit charge is calculated to generate revenue to fund approximately half (49%) of the CIP as identified in its recent Sewer Master Plan. As documented in this Study, these sewer unit charges were calculated in accordance with the substantive requirements of Proposition 218 (essentially requiring the charges will not exceed the City’s proportionate cost of providing sewer collection services to each customer), and the City Council will consider approval of the sewer unit charges in accordance with the procedural requirements of Proposition 218 (essentially requiring Council consideration at a noticed public hearing with an opportunity for customers to protest). (see California Constitution Article XIII D, Section 6). Therefore, upon approval of these sewer unit charges by City Council, the City may implement charges that are equal to or lower than those shown in Table 1-1, however it cannot implement charges above those shown in the table without complying with Proposition 218 for any increased charges.
The City proposes to levy an annual charge via the county assessor tax bills. The charges are per Sewer Unit (SU) and are based on the flow component of the SU’s that the Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) uses (Appendix A). One Sewer Unit is defined as the sewage discharged from one average single-family home. The LACSD uses square footage for commercial customers to assign sewer units. Table 1-1 shows the charge for one sewer unit over the study period.
Table 1-1: Proposed Annual Sewer Charges, Revenue Adjustments, and Capital Accomplishment Rate Fiscal Year Sewer Unit
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FY2026 $522.00 N/A 49%
FY2027 $537.66 3.0% 49%
FY2028 $553.79 3.0% 49%
FY2029 $570.40 3.0% 49%
FY2030 $587.52 3.0% 49%
1.2. Financial Plan
Figure 1-1 graphically illustrates the operating Financial Plan. For planning purposes, a 10-year financial plan is shown. However, the City is setting rates for FY 2026 through FY 2030. Total revenues under proposed rates are shown by the black line. The stacked bars show expenses, including Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and ratefunded CIP. The red portion of the bar is the net cashflow1 under proposed rates. When the red portion depicting net cashflow is below the zero axis, this indicates that the City is using reserves. If the red portion is above the stacked
1 Equal to total revenues less total expenses, shown as the red section of the bars of Figure 1-1. 7 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT bars, this indicates that the City is building reserves. The proposed financial plan sets sewer unit charges so that the City slowly builds reserves overtime as shown in Figure 1-2 through FY 2033.
Figure 1-1: Proposed Financial Plan
Figure 1-2 shows the projected ending reserve balances and reserve targets. The operating reserve target is 25% of annual O&M costs and is represented in the figure as a dark dashed blue line. The capital reserve target, as requested by the City, is equal to 50% of annual average CIP costs. The operating reserve, of 25%, is very typical from Raftelis’ experience. A more common capital reserve is an average year of capital expenses. The City has selected 50% of an average year’s capital expense to minimize customer impacts and to slow introduce a new sewer charge.
The combined O&M and capital target is shown as the solid blue line. The bars show the projected ending reserve balances with the proposed charges shown previously in Table 1-1. As shown below, the City will slowly build reserves in FY 2026 through FY 2031. This study establishes rates for FY 2026 through FY 2030. This is known as the study period.
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Figure 1-2: Projected Fund Ending Balances
1.3. Sewer Rate Survey
Raftelis conducted a rate survey to compare proposed sewer charges among nine neighboring sewer collection only providers – collection only meaning these cities do not treat sewage. While a useful benchmark, it is worth noting that such comparisons only paint a partial picture since many factors, such as size, infrastructure age and capital replacement needs, service area characteristics, revenue sources (some agencies receive property tax revenue while others do not), and other local conditions affect the total cost of providing sewer services.
Figure 1-3 shows a monthly2 sewer bill comparison for nine neighboring agencies. The survey is based on a singlefamily residential customer discharging 8 hundred cubic feet (HCF) of wastewater per month. This survey was conducted in January 2025 and should only be used as a reference point or as a snapshot in time because many of the agencies listed below will raise their rates in July. July 1, 2025, rates are included in the comparison below when known. The City is proposing a monthly charge of $43.50. However, it may implement charges that are lower such as the $26 charge shown in Figure 1-3.
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9 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT Figure 1-3: Monthly Bill Comparisons for Neighboring Agencies 10 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN STUDY REPORT
2. Introduction
2.1. Study Background
The City of San Marino (City) provides sewer services to approximately 4,600 customers in their service area. The City’s Sewer Department collects sewage and conveys it to Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts for treatment.
In 2024, the City of San Marino engaged Raftelis to conduct a Sewer Rate Study (Study) consisting of a financial plan and five-year sewer charge calculations for FY 2026 through FY 2030. This Report presents the financial plan, and the resulting charges with which the City will use to place charges on the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector’s tax rolls.
The City currently does not charge a sewer service fee, and the sewer system is funded by the General Fund. Creating a self-funding sewer enterprise will allow the General Fund to focus on tax funded services such as police, fire, parks and libraries. The proposed charges will allow the City to cover sewer operating expenses, a portion (49%) of capital expenses and slowly build reserves overtime as discussed below.
3. Sewer Financial Plan
This section describes the Sewer Financial Plan, the assumptions used to project operating and capital expenses, and the reserve policies that determine the overall charges needed for a sustainable sewer enterprise.
3.1. Study Assumptions
The first step in a rate study is to perform a financial plan. The financial plan projects revenue and expenses and establishes the revenue required to operate and maintain the utility. Raftelis projected expenses by inflating the FY 2025 budget using the inflation factors shown in Table 3-1. Inflationary assumptions were developed in consultation with City Staff and historical data. The capital inflation rate is based on the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index average inflation in the past ten years.
Table 3-1: Cost Escalation Factors
Escalation Factors FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030 General 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
Personnel Services 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0%
Capital 5.3% 5.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%
3.1.1.SEWER UNITS AND SEWER UNIT GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS
Sewer Units (SUs) are utilized by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD), the Inland Empire Utilities Agency and Orange County Sanitation District as the basis to bill customers for sewage treatment. A single-family residence is one SU with a sewer discharge of 260 gallons per day, while commercial SUs are based on square footage. The SUs for a single-family home is equal to 1.0.
The City has relied on information provided by LACSD to identify SUs for each customer class, which was last updated by LACSD as of the end of calendar year 2024. LACSD calculates sewer units with an equation that 11 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT compares the flow and strength of a customer to the strength of a single-family customer. Strength is measured by the concentrations of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS or SS). Since the City does not treat sewage, the only relevant factor for sewer units is sewer flow.
Each type of customer may have a different discharge per square foot as shown in Appendix A – LACSD’s Wastewater Revenue Program Report. For example, a bar or restaurant will have a higher sewer discharge per square foot compared to a retail store or office. It is recommended that the City assign SUs to new, future customers based on their classification (office, school, store, etc.) using the same methodology described in this report.
The modified sewer units, accounting for flow only, are shown in Table 3-2. The left column in Table 3-2, shows the abbreviated customer classes as provided by LACSD SU data. The right-most column in Table 3-2 shows the customer description as found in Table 3 shown in the Appendix. The Wastewater Revenue Program Report, on page 21 of the report, describes how a sewer unit is calculated – which includes strength. As mentioned earlier, the number of SUs was modified to reflect sewer discharge only and exclude strength.
Raftelis modified the number of SUs for San Marino non-residential customers only. The number of SUs for nonresidential classes is based on the proportionate flow as compared to a single-family home, as identified in Appendix A (“LACSD User Categories, Units of Measure and Flow”). For example, a 3,000 square foot store, as shown in the Appendix, discharges 100 gallons per day per thousand square feet. Therefore, the store’s SUs is equal to 3,000/1,000*100/260 = 1.15. This store’s sewer discharge is 1.15 times that of a home. A similar calculation was made for all non-residential customers depending on their user category, shown in the Description column in the Appendix.
Future sewer rate revenue is affected by the number of customers and their corresponding sewer units. The City is mostly built out and therefore this study assumes no growth in the number of sewer units over the study period. 12 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN STUDY REPORT Table 3-2: Sewer Units by Customer Class in Study Period Customer Class Sewer
Units
LACSD Description in Appendix A
All Residential 4,460 Single Family Home, Condominiums, Multi-Unit Office - General 306 Office Building
Store - General Merchandise 46 Store
Store - Shopping Center and/or Office -
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21 Shopping Center
Store - Shopping Center 91 Shopping Center
Store -General Merchandise and/or Office, 1 Store
Store - Groceries 5 Supermarket
General - Museum, Library 41 Library, Museum
General-Church, Chapel, Sanctuary 28 Church
General -Clubs, Lodge Halls 5 Club & Lodge Halls
Vehicle Fueling Stations, Maintenance and
Repair and/or Store
26 Service Shop, Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Shop
Recreation 16 Health Spa, Gymnasium w/ Showers
Restaurant 15 Restaurant
School 5 Private School
Miscellaneous Vacant Home or Structure 2 Not Shown in Appendix A3 Industrial - Nursery/Greenhouse 2 Nursery/Greenhouse
Total 5,071
3.2. Reserve Policies
This study proposes two typical sewer reserves - an operating and capital reserve. The operating reserve is known as working capital and provides a reserve for daily cash needs to operate the sewer utility. The capital reserve is a reserve for large capital projects so that the City has cash reserves to pay for or accelerate large capital projects if needed.
The reserve targets for each are as follows:
1. Operating Reserve – equal 25% of annual Operating and Maintenance Expenses.
2. Capital Replacement Reserve – equal to 50% of the annual average, over 5 years, of planned Capital Expenditures. The planned capital expenditures are as defined in the City’s Sewer Master Plan.
These reserve targets are typical. The operating reserve of 25% of operating expenses is very common. A more common reserve is 100% of 5-year annual average capital expenses. The City selected 50% of the annual 5-year average to lessen the impact on customers and to slowly introduce the sewer charge overtime.
3.3. Capital Improvement Program
Table 3-3 summarizes the City’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan as proposed in the City’s recent Wastewater Master Plan. The total Capital Improvement Plan from FY 2026 to FY 2030 is approximately $20 Million as shown in line 5. These projects are necessary to maintain the structural and functional integrity of the City’s sewer
3 This class is not shown in the LACSD Wastewater Revenue Program Report in Appendix A. Raftelis assumed the sewer units as provided by LACSD.
13 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT system. The City plans to fund approximately half of capital projects with sewer charges (also known as PAY-GO funding). The rate funded capital expenses are shown in line 9.
Table 3-3: Proposed Capital Improvement Plan
Line Capital Improvement Projects FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030 1 Capital Projects Fund (394) $2,590,690 $0 $0 $0 $0
2 Annual/Ongoing Programs $2,946,000 $151,000 $1,311,000 $181,000 $0 3 Recommended Add'l O&M Programs $813,525 $475,525 $400,525 $400,525 $400,525 4 Gravity Sewer Repair Projects $3,096,000 $1,462,000 $2,047,000 $1,948,000 $1,657,000 5 Total - Uninflated $9,446,215 $2,088,525 $3,758,525 $2,529,525 $2,057,525 6 7 Inflated Total CIP $9,947,803 $2,309,396 $4,322,246 $3,025,271 $2,559,197 8 Capital Accomplishment Rate 49% 49% 49% 49% 49%
9 Rate Funded CIP $2,052,000 $2,154,000 $2,240,000 $2,330,000 $2,423,000
3.4. Proposed Charges
Table 3-4 shows the proposed sewer charges and CIP accomplishment rate. The proposed financial plan implements sewer charge increases, as shown in Table 3-5, in time for the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector tax rolls – which is August 10th. The City Council may implement charges that are lower than those shown. However, it cannot implement charges higher than those shown without first sending a public notice to customers and holding a public hearing.
Table 3-4: Proposed Sewer Charges, Revenue Adjustments and Capital Accomplishment Rate Fiscal Year Sewer Unit
Charge % Increase
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Accomplishment
Rate
FY2026 $522.00 N/A 49%
FY2027 $537.66 3.0% 49%
FY2028 $553.79 3.0% 49%
FY2029 $570.40 3.0% 49%
FY2030 $587.52 3.0% 49%
3.5. Financial Plan
Table 3-5 shows the proposed financial plan incorporating the proposed charges from Table 3-4. Line 1 shows the revenue from the proposed charges shown in Table 3-4. Lines 3 to 9 show the additional revenue from revenue increases each year, with the total revenue increase shown in line 11. Line 14 shows the total revenue including interest earnings from line 13.
Lines 16 to 19 show operations and maintenance relating to the sewer collection system, with the total O&M on line 20. These O&M costs are based on the City’s FY 2025 budget and escalated using inflation factors from Table 3-1. Line 22 shows the rate funded capital improvement plan, assuming a 49% accomplishment rate, as shown in Table 3-4. Net cashflow, shown in line 24, is total revenue (line 14) less total O&M (line 20) and rate funded CIP (line 22). By adopting the proposed charges and capital accomplishment rate shown in Table 3-4, the City’s net cash will allow the funding of sewer reserves as defined in Section 3.2 14 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN STUDY REPORT Table 3-5: Proposed Financial Plan Cashflow
Line Cashflow FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030 1 Rate Revenue from Proposed Charges $2,647,268 $2,647,268 $2,647,268 $2,647,268 $2,647,268 2 Fiscal Revenue Month
3 Year Adjustment Effective
4 FY 2027 3.0% July $81,801 $81,801 $81,801
5 FY 2028 3.0% July $84,255 $84,255
6 FY 2029 3.0% July $86,782
7 FY 2030 3.0% July
8 9 Total Additional Revenue from Adjustments $0 $79,418 $161,219 $245,473 $332,255 10 Total Rate Revenue $2,647,268 $2,726,686 $2,808,486 $2,892,741 $2,979,523 11 Interest Earnings $0 $8,700 $18,656 $28,397 $37,189
12 Total Revenue $2,647,268 $2,735,386 $2,827,142 $2,921,138 $3,016,712 13 14 Contracted Engineering NPDES $55,000 $0 $15,914 $0 $16,883 $46,371 15 Annual Sewer Cleaning Contract $171,110 $204,606 $214,836 $225,578 $236,857 $248,700 16 Annual Manhole Cover Insecticide $13,500 $13,905 $14,322 $14,752 $15,194 $15,650 17 Pump Station Repair & Maintenance $4,200 $4,423 $4,644 $4,830 $5,023 $5,224 18 Total O&M $243,810 $222,934 $249,716 $245,160 $273,957 $315,945 19 20 Rate-Funded CIP $2,052,000 $2,154,000 $2,240,000 $2,330,000 $2,423,000 $0 21 22 Net Cashflow ($243,810) $372,334 $331,670 $341,982 $317,181 $277,767 Figure 3-1 shows the proposed financial plan graphically. A 9-year year period is shown for informational and planning purposes, total revenues at proposed charges are shown by the black line under the assumption that the City adopts the proposed charges as shown in Table 3-4. In Figure 3-1, the stacked bars show expenses, including O&M and rate-funded CIP. Net cashflow under proposed rates (proposed revenues less expenses) is shown by the red portion of the bar. In years where the net cashflow is positive (above the x-axis), it signifies the funding of reserves. 15 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT Figure 3-1: Proposed Financial Plan
Figure 3-2 summarizes the projected CIP funded sewer charges. The CIP expenses are adjusted for the CIP accomplishment rate proposed in Table 3-4.
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Figure 3-3 shows the projected Sewer Fund ending balances. The light solid blue line is the combined capital and O&M reserve target (described above in Section 3.2). The City is purposefully funding approximately half of the CIP through sewer charges to minimize sewer customer impacts.
Figure 3-3: Projected Fund Ending Balances
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4. Sewer Rate Calculation
This section calculates the annual sewer service charge per sewer unit.
4.1. Annual Sewer Service Charge
Charging per SU or charging a single-family home at a flat rate, is common in cities that only collect sewage for treatment at a regional treatment plant. The Californian cities of Arcadia, San Gabriel, El Monte, Monterey Park, Seal Beach, and Huntington Beach all charge for sewer in this manner.
The City will charge customers per SU annually by placing charges on the yearly Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector tax billing. This method of billing is more efficient for the City than adding a billing system and staff, calculating customer bills for each billing cycle, printing customer bills and providing customer service regarding bills.
The City proposes implementing the sewer service charges shown in Table 3-4. The charges would cover yearly operation and maintenance and partially fund capital expenses. The charge is calculated, as shown in Table 4-1, by dividing the total revenue requirement by the SUs in FY 2026. SUs were derived in Section 3.1.1 Table 4-1: FY 2026 Charge per Sewer Unit Calculation
Operating Capital FY 2026 Total
Total Revenue Requirement $222,934 $2,052,000 $2,274,934 Adjustment for Cash Balance $0 ($372,334) ($372,334)
Total Revenue Required from Rate $222,934 $2,424,334 $2,647,268
FY 2026 SUs 5,071
Charge per SU $522
Table 4-2 shows the proposed annual fixed charge for a single-family residential customer, an average commercial customer, and an average restaurant. All values are annual and rounded to the nearest cent.
Table 4-2: Proposed Annual Sewer Service Charges per Average Customer Customer Annual Charge
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Single Family Residential $522.00 1 $522.00
Commercial $522.00 5 $2,349.00
Restaurant $522.00 12 $6,003.00
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5. Sewer Rate Survey
Raftelis conducted a rate survey to compare proposed sewer rates against nine neighboring sewer-only (no treatment) providers. While a useful benchmark, it is worth noting that such comparisons only paint a partial picture since many factors, such as infrastructure age and capital replacement needs, changes in elevation, and revenue sources (some agencies receive property tax revenue while others do not), and other local conditions, affect the total cost of providing sewer services.
Figure 5-1 shows a monthly4 sewer bill comparison for the current and proposed rates at 25% CIP accomplishment and 49% CIP accomplishment against seven neighboring agencies. The survey assumes a single-family residential customer discharging 8 HCF of wastewater per month. This survey was conducted in January 2025 and should only be used as a reference point or as a snapshot in time. The agencies shown are likely also to perform rate studies, which would lower the City’s position and would be reflected after the start of the new fiscal year (July). The City is proposing a monthly charge of $43.50. However, it may implement charges that are as low as the $26 charge shown in Figure 1-3.
Figure 5-1: Monthly Single-Family Bill Comparison for Neighboring Agencies
4 Agencies with a bi-monthly billing cycle are adjusted to a monthly billing cycle by dividing fixed charges in half. 19 CITY OF SAN MARINO SEWER FINANCIAL PLAN AND RATE STUDY REPORT Appendix
Appendix A: LACSD User Categories, Unit of Measure and Flow