VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC. Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
RATES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THE FURNISHING OF
WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
IN PORTIONS OF FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP
LYCOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
AS SHOWN AND DESCRIBED
AT DOCKET NUMBERS A-84619 AND A-210110
BY:Steven M. Confair, President
Village Water Company, Inc.
PO Box 2231
Williamsport, PA 17701
ISSUED: May 23, 2001 EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
THIS TARIFF DECREASES
THE STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
14th Revised Page No. 2
Canceling 13th Revised Page No. 2
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ISSUED: May 23, 2001 EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
14th Revised Page No. 2
Canceling 13th Revised Page No. 2
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LIST OF CHANGES MADE BY THIS TARIFF SUPPLEMENT
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ISSUED: May 23, 2001 EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
14th Revised Page No. 3
Canceling 13th Revised Page No. 3
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This Tariff Supplement decreases the State Tax Adjustment Surcharge (STAS) to 0.00%.
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ISSUED: May 23, 2001 EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
14th Revised Page No. 3
Canceling 13th Revised Page No. 3
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INDEX
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ISSUED: May 23, 2001 EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
14th Revised Page No. 3
Canceling 13th Revised Page No. 3
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Page No.
Title PageSupplement No. 18 (c)
List of Changes14th Revised Page 2 (c)
Index14th Revised Page 3 (c)
Schedule of Rates7th Revised Page 4
1st Revised Page 4A (c)
Rules and RegulationsOriginal Pages 5-6
2nd Revised Page 7
1st Revised Page 8
Original Pages 9-10
Extensions of Service2nd Revised Pages
11-20
Intentionally Left Blank for Future Use2nd Revised Pages
21-34
(c) denotes change
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ISSUED: May 23, 2001 EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.
Supplement No. 14 to
Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
Seventh Revised Page No. 4
Canceling
Sixth Revised Page No. 4
SCHEDULE OF RATES
APPLICATION:
This schedule is applicable to all residential and commercial customers.
CHARGES:
The metered rates applicable to each customer are as follows: (C)
Customer Charge:$20.00 per quarter
Volumetric Charge:$5.09/1000 gal.
(C) Indicates Change
ISSUED:November 7, 1994EFFECTIVE: January 1, 1995
VILLAGE WATER COMPANY, INC.Supplement No. 18 to
Tariff Water-Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
1st Revised Page No. 4A
Canceling Original Page No. 4A
STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE
The State Tax Adjustment Surcharge (“STAS”) is applied to charges under all rate classes provided for in this Tariff.
In addition to the charges provided for in this Tariff, a surcharge of 0.00% will be charged for all services rendered on and after February 26, 2000, pursuant to the provisions of the State Tax Adjustment Procedure Order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission dated March10, 1970, as amended.
The above surcharge will be recomputed, using the same elements prescribed by the Commission:
(a)Whenever any of the tax rates used in calculation of the surcharge are changed;
(b)Whenever the Company makes effective increased or decreased rates; and
(c)On March 31, 1971, and each year thereafter.
Any recalculation made in accordance with (a), (b) or (c) above will be submitted to the Commission within ten days after the occurrence of the event or date which occasions such recomputation. If the recomputed surcharge is less than the surcharge in effect the Company will, and if the recomputed surcharge is more than the surcharge in effect the Company may, submit with such recomputation a tariff or supplement to reflect such recomputed surcharge, the effective date of which shall be ten (10) days after filing.
(c) denotes change
ISSUED: May 23, 2001EFFECTIVE: June 2, 2001
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Water – Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
Original Page 5
RULES AND REGULATIONS
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
No. 1. Water and service is furnished by this Company only in accord with the currently prevailing Rates, Rules and Regulations, of the Water Company (hereinafter called the Company,) which Rates, Rules and Regulations are made a part of every application, contract, agreement or license entered into between the property owner or customer and the Company. Any further modification of these Rates, Rules and Regulations shall apply equally to those who are receiving service at the time such amendments of modifications may be adopted.
SERVICE LINE INSTALLATION
No. 2. Water service connections will be made to improved property, only, or to property in process of improvement, after receipt of a written application for service connection, with signature of the property owner or his duly authorized agent. The Company will tap the main, insert corporation cock, carry service pipe to curb location, and insert a curb box for each customer; all of which shall be and remain the property of the Company and will be maintained by the Company.
No. 3. The customer or owner will furnish and install a service line beyond the curb box, for each customer, which must be of copper, to within the building wall or housing facilities for the water meter, if any, on which shall be placed a stop and waste cock at a point immediately inside of the building or housing wall.
No. 4. All service pipes must be laid at least 3 feet deep and not less than 3 feet distant from any open area or vault.
No. 5. Whenever the water service meter, for measurement of the customer’s service, is located on the customer’s property, the customer will be required to maintain his service line extension in good order to prevent leakage, or loss of water, before measurement by the water meter. On his failure to repair such leaks as may occur, the Company reserves the right to discontinue service after due notice, or, as an alternate, to require a relocation of the meter, at the customer’s expense, to a position near the curb box in the parkway, terrace, or sidewalk area, in a regulation housing, or Company approval, as specified below.
METER AND METER HOUSING
No. 6. (a) The Company may change any flat rate account to metered service at any time after reasonable notice has been given and will also provide metered service at the request of the Customer.
(b) All meters will be furnished and installed by, and remain the property of, the company and shall be accessible to and subject to its control.
(c) Meters will be maintained by the Company as far as ordinary wear and tear is concerned but the Customer shall be responsible to the Company for any injury to, or loss of, any meter arising out of or caused by, the Customer’s negligence or carelessness, or that of his servants, employees, members of his household, or any person upon his premises or by his consent or sufferance. The Customer shall permit no one, not an agent of the Company or otherwise lawfully authorized so to do, to remove, inspect or tamper with the Company’s meter, or other property of the Company on his premises.
No. 7. The customer must provide suitable housing facilities for the water meter, if any. In case no suitable housing for the meter is to be had in the
Issued: September 24, 1958Effective: October 1, 1958
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Water – Pa. P.U.C. No. 1
Original Page 6
basement or cellar, or about the premises, customer will be required to furnish an approved meter housing structure to be located in parkway, terrace, or sidewalk, of the premises in question and must be in a manner approved by the Company.
No. 8. Where the service line extension on customer’s property is more than 100 feet in length, the Company will require that the meter be located at parkway, terrace, or sidewalk area in an approved meter housing as indicated above.
No. 9. Because a ¾ inch service line is the smallest to be permitted, the customer shall be accorded the privilege of a 5/8 inch meter on the ¾ inch service.
CUSTOMER DEFINED
No. 10. The word “customer” as used herein shall mean the party contracting for water service to a property as herein classified, i.e.
(A)A building under one roof which is owned by one party and is occupied as one business or residence, or
(B)A combination of buildings in one common enclosure which are owned by one party and are occupied by one family or business, or
(C)The one side of a double house having a solid vertical partition wall, or
(D)A building, owned by one party, containing a number of apartments or offices connected with one hallway in common and having one or more means of entrance.
Each customer will be supplied through a separate meter wherever practical, except in the case of (D), as above defined. Should the owner desire that the Company deal with the tenant, in the case of an apartment or office building, as (D) above, he must first provide a means of controlling the supply and housing the meter device for each tenant; the controlling devices to be outside of the building and the measuring devices or meters to be properly and conveniently housed either inside or outside of such building.
APPLICATION FOR WATER SERVICE
No. 11. Where the premises have already been supplied with approved water service facilities and a customer desires water turned into the premises, the customer will be required to sign an application for water service; in order to authorize the installation of a water meter and the turn-on of water into the premises. If not an owner of property within the district served by the Company, this customer will be required to make a reasonable cash deposit, as indicated below, as security to guarantee protection of the meter if used and payment for service to be rendered. In this connection, however, the customer or owner must notify the Company at the time that the property is to become vacant or, in his failure to do so, the customer or owner will become responsible for any damage to the property of the Company.
CUSTOMER’S DEPOSITS
(a)Cash deposits will be required from customers taking service for a period of less than thirty (30) days, in an amount equal to the estimated gross bill for such temporary period. Cash deposits may be required with all applications for service provided, that, in no instance will deposits be required in excess of the estimated gross bill for any single billing period plus one (1) month, the maximum period not to exceed four (4) months with a minimum of $5.00.
(b)Deposits shall be returned to the depositor when he shall have paid undisputed bills for a service over a period of twelve (12) consecutive months;
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Supplement No. 3 to
Water – Pa. PUC No. 1
Second Revised Page 7
Canceling First
Revised Page 7
Issued: September 24, 1958Effective: October 1, 1958
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Supplement No. 11 to
Water – Pa. PUC No. 1
First Revised Page 8
Canceling Original
Page 8
and any customer having secured the return of a deposit will not be required to make a new deposit unless the service has been discontinued and the customer’s credit standing impaired through the failure to comply with tariff provisions.
(c)The payment of any undisputed bill, within the meaning of these rules, shall be payment of the bill with or without discount or penalty, within thirty (30) days following the period for which the bill was rendered or payment within thirty (30) days following the presentation of the bill, or the payment of any contested bill, payment of which is withheld beyond the period herein mentioned if the dispute is terminated substantially in favor of the customer and if payment be made by the customer within ten (10) days thereafter.
(d)Interests on deposits will be paid at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum (c)
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Supplement No. 11 to
Water – Pa. PUC No. 1
First Revised Page 8
Canceling Original
Page 8
without deduction for any taxes thereon. Upon deposits held for more than a year, the Company
will pay to the depositor, at the end of each calendar year, the interest accrued thereon.
(e)Any customer having a deposit will pay bills for water service as rendered in accordance with the rules of the Company, and the deposit shall not be considered as payment on account of a bill during the time the customer is receiving water service.
(f)Where the customer may desire to discontinue service within a period of less than twelve (12) months, the Company will refund said deposit upon return of deposit receipt, properly signed, together with payment in full for all service rendered and a notice to discontinue service.
BILLING AND BILLING PERIODS(c)
No. 12. Customers may elect to be billed Monthly or Quarterly and all bills are payable at the Company’s office or at other places that may be designated by the Company for the convenience of the customers. If a meter is stopped at any meter reading period, the bill will be estimated from similar preceding or subsequent periods. All bills are due and payable when rendered, are subject to a one and one-quarter percent (1 ¼%) monthly penalty if not paid within thirty (30) days after the date rendered and service will be discontinued, but only after due notice for non-payment as prescribed by the presently effective P.U.C. due notice procedures and will not be turned on again until all charges are paid, including the charge for turn-on and turn-off.
MINIMUM CHARGE
No. 13. Each minimum charge shall apply to a single building or customer, or family. Where two or more buildings or customers are supplied with water through the same service line, the same rates or charges shall apply for each building or customer as if provided with a separate service line, and any violation of the rules of the Company, with reference to either or any of the said buildings or customer, shall be deemed a violation as to all such buildings or customers and the Company may take such action as could be taken with respect to a single building or customer, except that such action shall not be taken until the innocent customer who is not in violation of the Company’s rules has been given a reasonable opportunity to attach his pipes to a separately controlled connection.
EXTRA METER TESTS
No. 14. Aside from water meter accuracy provisions of Rule No. 6, should any customer of the Company doubt the correctness of the water meter readings, the customer may have said meter tested, upon presentation of written application to the Company and by making a deposit with the Company as indicated by the following schedule, to defray the cost of said extra meter test. Should such accuracy test show the meter in question to be correct within four percent (4%) as prescribed by law, the deposit shall be retained by the Company. On the other hand, should
(C) Indicated ChangesISSUED: October 24, 1980EFFECTIVE: January 1, 1981
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Supplement No. 11 to
Water – Pa. PUC No. 1
First Revised Page 8
Canceling Original
Page 8
the tests show the meter to be registering incorrect beyond four percent (4%) of the accurate amount, the required deposit shall be refunded to the customer, the account adjusted accordingly, and the entire cost of the test, in this latter event, shall be borne by the Company.
Deposits required for such extra meter tests are as follows:
5/8 inch to 1 inch meters$ 2.00
1-1/4 inch to 2 inch meters$ 5.00
Rates for testing meters, and the deposit required therefor, not included in the above, or which are so located that the cost is out of proportion to the fee specified, will be secure by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and furnished upon receipt of complete specifications.
SERVICE REGULATIONS
No. 15. Turning on of water into any premises for any purpose by anyone excepting a representative of the Company is prohibited.
No. 16. The Company’s inspector, meter reader, or other properly authorized representatives shall have access to the customer’s premises, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of setting, reading, repairing or removing meters, or for any necessary inspection.
No. 17. The Company will presume service being rendered from the time water is turned on, upon request of a customer, until customer gives written notice to the Company to discontinue the service and charges will be made accordingly.
No. 18. Customer will not be permitted to supply water to any premises other than that mentioned in application, agreement or contract without permission from the Company.
No. 19. The Company reserves the right to shut off the water in the main at any time for the purpose of making repairs or extensions or for other necessary purposes and will give due notice except in case of breaks and emergencies, and all persons having boilers in the premises not supplied by tanks, are hereby cautioned against danger of collapse.
No. 20. If service has been discontinued for non-payment of the bills or for violation of the Rules of the Company, a charge of $2.00 shall be made to cover the cost of turning water off and turning water on again, and is payable before water is turned on again.
No. 21. Contractors desiring water for building purposes will be required to make application for same at the Company’s office. Water for building purposes will be sold by flat rate.
No. 22. The service may be discontinued after due notice for the violation of any tariff provision
(C) Indicates change(C)
Issued: July 31, 1991Effective: September 30, 1991
BELLA VISTA VILLAGE WATER CO., INC.Supplement No. 7
To Water – PA P.U.C. No. 1
Tariff No. 1
Original Page No. 9
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rule 23 Water Conservation Contingency Plan.
(a)General
If the company is experiencing a short term supply shortage, the Company may request general conservation of inside water uses and may impose mandatory conservation measures to reduce or eliminate nonessential uses of water.
(b)Voluntary Conservation
The Company shall first request voluntary curtailment of all nonessential uses of water.
(c)Mandatory Conservation
If voluntary cooperation does not achieve satisfactory results, mandatory compliance will be imposed. If any customer refuses to comply with such mandatory measures the Company may either adjust the outside water valve connection in a manner which will restrict water flow by up to ½, or otherwise restrict flow such as by the insertion of plug device.
(d)Nonessential uses of water include:
1.The use of hoses, sprinklers, or other means for sprinkling of watering of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers, or other vegetation.
2.The use of water for washing automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer houses, or any other type of mobile equipment.
- The washing of streets, driveways, parking lots, service station aprons, office buildings, exteriors of homes, sidewalks, apartments, or other outdoor surfaces.
4.The operation of any ornamental fountain or other structures making a