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3. Any municipal customer shall be required to pay the cost of conveyance of wastewater
through the Hurst system, including operating costs and capital costs of the portion of the
system used and the administrative costs of managing a wholesale customer contract.

4. Any municipal customer or commercial customer that introduces wastewater quality
loadings that exceed the allowed limits of the standard quality measurements, especially
biological oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS) shall pay a surcharge
based on the cost of treating the excessive loadings.

5. Existing ratepayers shall be relieved of all or a portion of the cost of making service
available for new growth, to the extent practical and reasonable.

• Impact fees shall be charged to new development based on system capacity costs
as allowed by and calculated in accordance with Chapter 395 of the Local
Government Code. These fees shall be used for expansionary projects or for the
recoupment of existing projects with capacity available and held for new growth,
as allowed by law.

6. The current ratepayers paying their bills on time will not bear the cost of those not doing
so. Penalties and fees will be assessed to those accounts that do not pay on time, requiring
costly notices, turn-offs, turn-ons and other field and administrative costs. Deposits will
be established at levels that eliminate or minimize the loss of revenues due to bad debts.

7. Water purchase costs shall be based on several factors:

• Projected changes in volume, peak hourly demand and peak daily demand.
• The projected costs of purchasing water from the wholesale supplier, the City of
Fort Worth.
• The productivity and capacity of the City's water well system used for peak loading
purposes.
• The water loss and unaccounted for factors.

• The estimate of water sold to City customers.

8. Wastewater transportation and treatment costs shall be based on several factors:

• The projected wastewater volumes contributed by the City's wholesale and retail
customers.

• The inflow/infiltration (I&I) volumes that enter the City's conveyance system and
are transported to the

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