§ 34-128. Drought surcharge purpose, definitions and billing cycles.

(a)

Purpose. This surcharge is to discourage discretionary water consumption by customers during any time designated by the city council.

(b)

Definitions. As used in sections 34-128 and 34-129 and the associated surcharge rate sheets, the following terms are defined as follows:

Non-residential irrigation customer. A non-residential San Antonio Water System customer that is assessed the irrigation rate and/or is billed for a portion of their water at the irrigation rate using methodology established in subsection 34-124(c), commonly referred to as "assumed irrigation customers". A non-residential district special project customer that receives water service under an account designated by the district special project as being solely irrigation in purpose. Using the subsection 34-124(c) methodology, the district special project may determine that a regular non-residential district special project customer uses a portion of their water for irrigation purposes, in which case that portion of consumption shall be designated as "assumed irrigation".

Residential customer means a residential customer that has water service that is assigned a residential rate under the rates of the San Antonio Water System or the district special project.

Residential irrigation customer means a customer that has both residential and irrigation service at a single service address under the rates of the San Antonio Water System or the district special project.

(c)

Billing cycles. All water consumption beginning with the next billing cycle subsequent to the declaration of a surcharge (section 34-320) may be assessed a surcharge. Such surcharge shall remain in effect for a minimum of one entire billing month. The surcharge shall remain in effect for another complete billing month, so that all customers are affected if stage IV is still in effect at the end of the original billing month.

(Ord. No. 2007-02-08-0149, § 1(Exh. A), 2-8-07; Ord. No. 2014-05-29-0376, § 2(Exh. A), 5-29-14)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2007-02-08-0149, § 1(Exh. A), adopted February 8, 2007, amended § 34-128 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, § 34-128 pertained to the critical period surcharge, and derived from Ord. No. 80330, § 1, adopted June 16, 1994.