(A) The town finds that it is necessary and appropriate that wholesale users of the waterworks pay specified rates and charges for the treated water purchased by such wholesale users.
(B) (1) Effective April 1, 2002, there is hereby established the following rates and charges for the use and services rendered by the waterworks system of the town to certain specified wholesale users (the “wholesale supply rate”). Such rates or charges shall be based upon the following criteria:
For All Usage Per Month (Minimum 60,000,000 Gallons Per Month)
| |
Rate per 1,000 gallons | $0.50 per 1,000 gallons |
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, IWC shall be charged a minimum of $30,000 per calendar month during which IWC is obligated to purchase treated water from the town, all as provided in the IWC contract, commencing April 1, 2002, the initial delivery date.
(C) (1) This wholesale supply rate shall apply only to users who enter into an enforceable agreement with the town under which the user becomes a qualified wholesale user.
(2) A QUALIFIED WHOLESALE USER is a user who agrees to each of the following:
(a) To use the water supplied by the water utility under this rate only for resale to consumers within designated areas and for its own minor usage;
(b) 1. To allow the town to reduce the amount of water available to the user during a water shortage, or at any time in which the supply of water available for the town to deliver to the user is otherwise diminished over an extended period of time.
2. This reduction shall be the greater of either:
a. Fifty percent; or
b. The same proportion as the amounts supplied to the town’s other large commercial and industrial users are reduced or diminished.
(c) To provide for a capability and to allow the town to draw water from water supplies otherwise available to the user in the event of emergency conditions; and
(d) To provide facilities for the provision of this service or for the cost of such facilities in a manner which is acceptable to the town.
(Ord. 4-02, passed - -2002)