The following classifications, rates, fees, and charges are adopted.
(A) Classification of service. All services are classified under three categories to include residential, commercial, or bulk municipal users. A residential service is a service requiring a meter size up to and including one inch. A commercial service is a service requiring a meter size greater than one inch up to and including two inches. A bulk municipal service is a service requiring a meter size greater than two inches, where the user is a municipality and/or other public body.
(B) Rate schedule.
(1) Residential:
Water Schedule | Monthly |
Flat rate, first 2,000 gallons (minimum) | $20 |
All water used over 2,000 gallons | $5.50 per 1,000 gallons |
Sewer Schedule | Monthly |
Flat rate, no gallons | $15 |
Commodity charge | $6 per 1,000 gallons |
Flat sewer rate, one-person household | $40 |
Flat sewer rate, two or more in household | $45 |
(2) Commercial:
Water Schedule | Monthly |
Flat rate, first 2,000 gallons (minimum) | $27 |
All water used over 2,000 gallons | $5.50 per 1,000 gallons |
Sewer Schedule | Monthly |
Flat rate, no gallons | $40 |
Commodity charge | $6 per 1,000 gallons |
Flat sewer rate, institutional, no gallons | $250 minimum |
Commodity charge | $6 per 1,000 gallons |
(3) Bulk municipal:
(a) Water. $2.60 for each 1,000 gallons used. Where bulk municipal connections exist, HRW may require that the water purchaser guarantee a minimum usage allocation and payment for the same, whether used or not.
(b) Water - capacity owners. $2.05 for each 1,000 gallons used. Bulk municipal rates may differ depending upon the purchase of capacity in county owned production facilities and/or other extenuating circumstances deemed by HRW.
(c) Water- Woodlake. $2.77 for each 1,000 gallons used.
(d) Sewer. $2.30 for each 1,000 gallons treated.
(e) Energy charges.
1. $0.25 for each 1,000 gallons of water used.
2. Note: Energy charges may differ depending upon the number of pumps required for delivery.
(C) Tap-on fees.
(1) Water services:
Water Services
| |
2-inch connection | $2,500 |
1-inch connection | $1,500 |
3/4-inch connection | $800 |
3/4-inch connection | $200 for new District or HRW-funded extension |
(2) Sewer services:
Sewer Services
| |
4-inch gravity connection | $1,000 |
6-inch gravity connection | $1,500 |
8-inch gravity connection | $2,500 |
Step tank | $2,000 |
Larger connections and/or road bores, including those for bulk municipal connections, shall be negotiated as may be appropriate. | |
(D) Hydrant meter charges.
Services Charges
3/4 inch hydrant meter $250 refundable deposit
$5/day or $140/month rental rate
$1,200/yearly rate (must be paid up front)
$6/1,000 gallons
3 inch hydrant meter $500 refundable deposit
$10/day or $280/month rental rate
$2,500/yearly rental rate (must be paid up front)
$6/1,000 gallons
(E) Septage hauler waste fee.
Services | Charges |
Basic facilities charge | $20 per truckload |
Usage charge | $85 per 1,000 gallons |
This service is available only to those applicants having obtained prior written approval from the HRW Wastewater Division. Waste from septic tanks and portable toilets shall be accepted if it fully conforms with Chapter 52 of this code. | |
(F) Rates for persons living outside the district. Rates for persons living outside of Harnett County and served by HRW water lines owned or operated by HRW or a district shall be equal to rates for persons living inside Harnett County so long as no tax is levied within Harnett County for support of the system; if a tax is levied on users inside Harnett County for the purpose of supporting the water system, then the users outside Harnett County shall pay an increased rate.
(G) Water and sewer system development fees.
(1) System development fees are a charge or assessment for service imposed with respect to new development to fund costs of capital improvements necessitated by and attributable to such new development, to recoup costs of existing facilities which serve such new development, or a combination of those costs. The term includes amortized charges, lump-sum charges, and any other fee that functions as described by this definition regardless of terminology.
(2) These charges are reasonable and necessary and result in a more equitable and economically efficient method of recovery of such costs to handle new growth and to serve new customers without placing an additional financial burden on existing customers solely through inordinate enhancement of water and sewer rates. A water system development fee of $2,000 and a sewer system development fee of $2,500 per connection, lot, and/or unit will be charged for all new water and/or sewer services connecting to any water supply or distribution system and/or sewer collection system owned and/or operated by HRW. Determination of water and sewer system fees were accomplished per a system development fee analysis that met the requirements of G.S. § 162A-205 and is posted on HRW's website for review. New commercial/industrial system development fees will be accomplished through the method of equivalent residential unit using the estimated water and sewer usage needed for the development. These system development fees shall be paid to HRW per G.S. § 162A-213 in the manner set forth below: The system development fee for new land subdivision development shall be payable at the time of application for a building permit. In instances of any other new development to include commercial/industrial developments, the full balance of these fees shall be due at the time of application for connection of the individual unit of development or when HRW commits to provide water and/or sewer service to the development, whichever occurs sooner.
(3) In instances where separate agreements are established for land subdivisions that exceed 200 lots, as described in § 51.55(B), these fees will be paid at the time of execution of the agreement and held in escrow until such time as the balance of said fees are drawn down when individual building permits are issued within the development. The fees held in escrow will always be drawn down prior to any individual payments for lots at the time of application for a building permit. If the rate of said fees established by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners increase or decrease while still in escrow then any material difference must be paid or likewise credited to the escrow when the building permit is issued. If for any reason HRW rescinds the capacity allocation, as described in § 51.55(B) then all remaining fees for lots without building permits issued still held in escrow will be refunded to the payee.
(H) Plan review fees. Plan review fees for extensions of HRW's water and sewer systems shall consist of a $250 preliminary plan review for all projects and a $40 per lot and/or residential equivalent unit for all types of development. These fees cover plan review, on-site inspections, and one-year warranty inspections.
(Ord. passed 6-30-2015; Ord. passed 7-16-2018; Ord. passed 6-15-2020; Ord. passed 11-16-2020; Ord. 2021-9, passed 10-26-2021)