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Wastewater Surcharge Program on a quarterly
basis. Environmental Services prepares the semi- Thousands City of Hurst
annual Industrial Pretreatment Report that is PURCHASE OF TREATED WATER
Purchase of Treated Water
of Dollars
required by the Texas Commission on $6,000
Environmental Quality (TCEQ), administrates the Thousands of Dollars
$4,959
Cross-Connection Control Program, hosts $4,683 $4,915 $5,000
Household Hazardous Waste collection events, $5,000 $4,525 $4,508 $4,693
manages the Storm Water Pollution Prevention $3,849 $4,309 $4,789 $4,959 $4,748
Program in order to remain compliant with state $4,000 $3,498 $3,720 $4,683 $4,525 $4,508
and federal mandates, and manages the Vector $4,309 $4,000
Control Program. $3,849 $3,720
$3,000 $3,498
The Cost of Purchasing treated water from the City $3,000
of Fort Worth will decrease over the next fiscal $2,000
year. Fort Worth bases the next year’s rates on
the amounts necessary to provide treated water to $1,000 $2,000
its wholesale customers from a historical test year
adjusted for any known and measurable changes.
$0
$1,000
The volume rate per 1,000 gallons for treated
water will decrease from $1.0712 to $0.8642, a (- 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
19.28%) decrease. The Maximum Day above Proj. Budget
Fiscal Years
Average demand rate (per million gallons) will Fiscal Years
decrease from $156,337 to $121,788 or (-22.15%)
and the Maximum Hour above Maximum Day demand rate (per million gallons) will increase from $50,407
to $51,242, or (1.77%). The budgeted cost for fiscal year 2019-20 is $4,748,064 as shown above.

City of Hurst Wastewater treatment costs for the City of Hurst have
had substantial increases and decreases in certain
Thousands years primarily due to fluctuating costs passed along by
of Dollars Wastewater Treatment Costs wholesale service providers. The City of Hurst expects
$5,000 WASTEWATER TREATMENT COSTS an increase in wholesale costs for Fiscal Year 2019-20.

$4,500 Thousands of Dollars The City of Hurst contracts with the City of Fort Worth
and the Trinity River Authority (TRA) for wholesale
$3,903 $3,951 $4,500
$4,000 wastewater treatment service. Fort Worth wastewater
$3,673 $4,447 costs are based on a historical test year adjusted for
$3,500 $3,215 $3,300 $4,346 any known and measurable changes. For Fort Worth,
$3,204 $3,903 $3,885 $3,500
$3,000 $2,734 $3,673 $2,694 volume rates (per 1,000 gallons) decreased from
$2,626 $3,300 $2,545 $1.3710 to $1.3303 for an (-2.97%) decrease. BOD
$2,500 $3,204 $3,215 charges (per pound) decreased from $0.4162 to
$2,734 $2,500 $0.3985, which translates to a (-4.28%) decrease. TSS
$2,000 $2,626 charges (per pound) decreased from $0.2737 to
$0.2633 for a (-3.8%) decrease. Overall, Fort Worth’s
$1,500 $1,500 Wastewater rates represent a (-3.44%) decrease. TRA
rates, which are also factored into wastewater costs
$1,000
shown in the graph to the left represent around an 11%
$500 $500 increase. The graph illustrates the changes in
wastewater treatment costs from fiscal year 2011
$0 through fiscal year 2020. It is important to note that the
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Proj. Budget TRA is replacing a wastewater main that services the
City of Hurst. The city has been asked to share in the
Fiscal Years cost of the $7.9 million project. For fiscal year 2019, the
Fiscal Years city budgeted $389,876 for Engineering and
Construction.

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