(A) Any city, county, urban-county, charter county, fire protection district, or volunteer fire protection district ("user") may withdraw water from the utility's water distribution system for fighting fires or training firefighters at no charge on the condition that it maintains estimates of the amount of water used for fire protection and training during the calendar month and reports the amount of this water usage to the utility no later than the 8th day of the following calendar month. Any user that withdraws water from the utility's water distribution system for fire protection or training purposes and fails to submit the required report on water usage in a timely manner shall be assessed the cost of this water. A user shall submit a monthly report even if it withdraws no water for fire protection or training purposes.
(B) A non-reporting user's usage shall be presumed to be 0.3% of the utility's total water sales for the calendar month. A non-reporting user may present evidence of its actual usage to rebut the presumed usage. The utility shall consider this evidence and shall adjust the presumed usage amount accordingly. The non-reporting user shall be billed for this usage at the lowest usage block rate regardless of customer classification that the utility charges. A non-reporting user shall also be assessed a penalty of $25 for each failure to submit a report in a timely manner.
(Ord. 2021-10, passed 12-21-20)