Sewer Service Fees (excerpts from the CVSD code)
Effective July 1, 2007
| User Classification | Annual Charge |
| Residential | |
| Residential Dwelling Unit | $210.00 |
| Including condominiums, townhouses, apartments, mobile homes, secondary units. | |
| Partial Dwelling Units | $210.00 |
| Private, non-commercial units including garages, workshops, pool fixture unit houses and other non-habitable structures connected to the sanitary sewer not located as part of a residential complex. | |
| Commercial | |
| Auto Repair Services | $740.00 |
| Bakeries | $829.00 |
| Barbers | $387.00 |
| Bars/Drinking Places | $619.00 |
| Beauty Services | $735.00 |
| Car Washes | $1,801.00 |
| Coin Operated Laundromats | $1,370.00 |
| Dentists | $718.00 |
| Eating Places - Fast Food | $2,431.00 |
| Eating Places - Other | $1,105.00 |
| Eating Places - Restaurant 0-50 Seats | $1,547.00 |
| Eating Places - Restaurant over 50 Seats | $3,094.00 |
| Eating Places - Take Out | $1,216.00 |
| Fitness Centers/Health Clubs | $906.00 |
| Gas Stations | $1,083.00 |
| Grocery Markets | $1,658.00 |
| Hairdressers | $762.00 |
| Health Services | $608.00 |
| Laundering Services | $1,160.00 |
| Limited Food Markets | $829.00 |
| Miscellaneous Commercial | $387.00 |
| Mortuaries/Funeral Homes | $536.00 |
| Motels/Hotels (Per Bed) | $210.00 |
| Pre Schools/Daycare Facilities | $530.00 |
| Professional Offices | $387.00 |
| Retail | $387.00 |
| Veterinarian Services | $553.00 |
| Warehousing | $414.00 |
| Institutional | |
Churches |
$762.00 |
Community Services/Organizations |
$541.00 |
Eden Hospital |
$36,109.00 |
Laurel Grove Hospital |
$10,831.00 |
Miscellaneous Institutional |
$553.00 |
Nursing/Care Homes (Per Bed) |
$72.00 |
Parks |
$470.00 |
Schools |
$6,000.00 |
| *New Connection Fees | Valid 1 year |
| Connection (does not include inspection fee) - Single Family Dwelling equivalent | $9,700.00 |
| Inspection | $265.00 |
| Repair Permit (valid 90 days) | $50.00 |
| Abandon Permit | - no charge - |
| Addition/Relocation Permit (valid 1 year) | $265.00 |
| **Special Discharge Permit | $420.00 + $2.98 per 1,000 gallons discharged |
| *Plus any annexation fees. **Special Permit Application to be submitted to the District Prior to discharge. |
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Note 1: Domestic strength wastewater = BOD not greater than 200 mg/l and SS not greater than 200 mg/l.
Other commercial customers with wastewater strengths greater than domestic strength will have rates determined by the following:
Rate = Cost based on flow per Ccf + cost per pound of BOD + Cost per pound of SS
Sewer Service Charge Fact Sheet
Sewer Service Rate adjustment
major factors: |
| 1. An increase in the cost of doing business due to the price of necessary good and services |
| The District uses the consumer price index to adjust
for the cost of goods and services including fuel, raw materials such
as steel and labor. The increase to many goods have increased at a
rate greater than the index discussed above, however, the District
elected to use this index for the adjustment factor to the rate. The
rate increase for December 2007 is 4.2%. This adjustment is factored
across all customer rates. |
| 2. An increase in regulatory requirements including more stringent operational plans and asset reserves for facility rehabilitation and replacement |
The District has incorporated two (2) major changes in the way it conducts business over the past few years. First is Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) rule 34. GASB 34 requires all government agencies to establish a means to account for all of its major assets and depreciate such assets over time. Also GASB 34 requires agencies to develop fund reserve policies to acquire necessary funds for the replacement of major assets at the end of its useful life. The District has determined a rate of 1% of the book value annually. The District anticipates placing approximately $800,000 in fund reserves for replacement of major assets valued at more than $80 million. Second, the District is regulated by two (2) organizations, San
Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board)
and the State Water Resources Board (State). In the past year both
organizations have adopted requirements to reduce or eliminate sanitary
sewer overflows in California. The Regional Board has required every
agency to assemble a Sewer System Management Plan to regulate how
an agency such as Castro Valley Sanitary District conduct’s
its operation. The Sewer System Management Plan has required the
District to enhance it’s operation to provide better service
to the community and reduce sanitary sewer overflows. The State
has required new electronic reporting of all sanitary sewer overflows
in a certain timeframe after each event. The State has also required
new protocols for how sanitary sewer overflows are addressed. As
such, the District has invested in new equipment and procedures
to handle overflows. It is estimated, by the Regional Board and
State, these new regulations will cost approximately $6 per person
to implement. Castro Valley Sanitary District serves about 55,000
residents so, the aggregate cost would be $330,000 per year or approximately
10% of the sanitary sewer operations budget. |
| 3. Anticipate capital improvement projects for long-term reliability of the sanitary wastewater system |
The District recently completed a Wastewater Collection
System Master Plan. The Plan, which is more than 300 pages of information
of the hydraulic, condition, operation and maintenance assessments
of the sanitary wastewater system. The Plan also includes a capital
improvement program which recommends expenditures of approximately
$20 million over the next 10-20 years, depending on growth within
the District. The District has prioritized the projects to rehabilitate
the most critical segments of the system first. The District anticipates
spending $4 million in the next three (3) years. |
Frequently Asked Questions: |
| What is a Sewer Service Charge? |
| The purpose of the sewer service charge is to raise
revenue for the cost and maintenance and operation and for renewal
and replacement of the facilities necessary to collect, treat and
dispose of wastewater costs from your home or business to ultimate
deep-water discharge into San Francisco Bay. |
| How do I pay my Sewer Service Charge? |
| The District uses the Alameda County Tax Rolls as the
primary method of collection of the Sanitary Sewer Service Charge
on an annual basis. This line item shows up on the property owner’s
property tax bill under the Special Assessments section. |
| How does my rate compare to other sewer service charge rates in the area? |
The District has one of the lowest rates in Alameda
County and lower than the average annual charge in the State of
California. |
Castro Valley Sanitary District
21040 Marshall Street
Castro Valley, CA 94546-6020
Phone: (510) 537-0757 | Fax: (510) 537-1312 | Email: info@cvsan.org