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PURCHASE OF TREATED WATER

Thousands of Dollars
$5,000
$5,059
$4,915
$4,683 $4,525 $4,508
$4,309 $4,000
$3,849 $3,720
$3,463 $3,498
$3,000

$2,000

$1,000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Projected Budget
Fiscal Years

The Cost of Purchasing treated water from the City of Fort Worth will increase over the
next fiscal year. Fort Worth bases the next year’s rates on the amounts necessary to
provide treated water to its wholesale customers from a historical test year adjusted for
any known and measurable changes.

The volume rate per 1,000 gallons for treated water will increase from $0.9927 to
$1.0725, a (8.04%) increase. The Maximum Day above Average demand rate (per million
gallons) will decrease from $159,516 to $156,336 or (1.99%) and the Maximum Hour
above Maximum Day demand rate (per million gallons) will increase from $48,598 to
$50,407, or (3.72%). The budgeted cost for fiscal year 2018-19 is $5,058,783 as shown
above.

Wastewater treatment costs for the City of Hurst have had substantial increases and
decreases in certain years primarily due to fluctuating costs passed along by wholesale
service providers. The City of Hurst expects an increase in wholesale costs for Fiscal Year
2018-19. The City of Hurst contracts with the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River
Authority (TRA) for wholesale wastewater treatment service. Fort Worth wastewater
costs are based on a historical test year adjusted for any known and measurable
changes. For Fort Worth, volume rates (per 1,000 gallons) increased from $1.1445 to

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