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Your waste water charge appears under the "Water" section of your monthly RPU. This is a charge from the City of Rochester that appears on RPU bills as a cost-saving measure for the City.

2007 Waste Water Charge

Customer Charge Rate / Unit
$6.10 $1.5677

Customer Charge: monthly charge that includes maintainence, equipment, and utility administration

Rate / Unit:
The charge per unit of waste water. A unit is 100 cubic feet (or CCF), or about 750 gallons. The waste water base (or your "normal" usage) is determined by your average water usage during the months of January, February, and March*. You will be charged this same "base" rate throughout the year, regardless of summer watering, etc.

*For new construction: if no base is established during January, February, and March, the base of 6 units will be applied to your account for the remainder of the year.