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Tariff No.Page IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONAPPROVED EFFECTIVE
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Name of Utility
BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.
~tfi.SECRETARY
(Approval Stamp)
RATE SCHEDULE 1
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
To all metered residential customers
RATES:
Monthly Rate
(includes first 15,000 gallons
of water per month)
$21.
Water in excess of 15,000
gallons per month
$ 1.73 per I , 000 gallons
The Company shall follow the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Utility Customer Relations Rules (UCRR) and the Utility Customer
Information Rules (UCIR).
Approved by Commission Order No. 29966 dated January 31, 2006
Issued January 31,2006 Effecti ve February I,2006
Issued by Bitterroot W~~er Company, Inc.By Ti tIe President
Tariff No.Page IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONAPPROVED EFFECTIVE
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BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.
~Jfl~ SECRETARY
(Approval Stamp)
RATE SCHEDULE 2
NON - RECURRING CHARGE
HOOK - UP FEE:$750.
Includes line connection , meter base , meter and stop valve.
RECONNECTION CHARGE:$ 25.
RETURNED CHECK (NSF) CHARGE:$ 20. 00 per occurrence
Approved by Commlssion Order No. 29330 dated August 28, 2003
1 Idaho Code 28-22-105 , not to exceed $20 or the amount of the
check , whichever is less.
Issued January 31,2006 Effective February 1,2006
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Name of Utility
BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.
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(ApBroval Stamp)
RATE SCHEDULE
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
To all metered residential customers
RATES:
Temporary Surcharge
- Backflow Prevention
$1.24 a month for 48 monthsExpires January 31, 2010
Approved by Commission Order No. 29966 dated January 31 , 2006
Issued January 31 2006 Effective February 1 2006
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Tariff No.Page
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Name of Utility
BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.
RATE SCHEDULE 4
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
AVAILABILITY:
To all metered residential customers
RATES:
Temporary Surcharge
- Isolation Valves
$2.67 a month for 96 months
Expires January 31 , 2014
Approved by Commission Order No. 29966 dated January 31 , 2006
Issued January 31,2006 Effective February 1,2006
I ssued by Bitterroot Water Company, Inc.
Title President
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GENERAL RULES & REGULATIONS
FOR SMALL WATER UTILITIES
GENERAL
The Customer , in recel vlng water serVlce, and the Company,
in providing water service, both agree to abide by
these Rules and Regulations.
In the event that there is a conflict between the
Company I s Rules and Regulations and the Rules and
Regulations Governing Customer Relations of Gas
Electric, and Water Public Utilities under the
Jurisdiction of the Idaho Public Utilities
Commisslon, the Rules and Regulations of the
Commission shall take precedence unless an exception
has been granted.
Any additions , deletions or modifications to these General
Rules and Regulations are to be made in the Special
Provislons" section attached as Attachment 1. Any
such changes are subj ect to approval by the
CommiSSlon prior to becoming effective.
DEFINITIONS
Billin Period - the period of time between bills from the
Company for normal services rendered.
Commlssion - Idaho Public Utilities Commlssion.
Commodit Char e - Recurring charge based only on the
quantity o~ water used.
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By !l~JJJ Title
Ken Rickel
President
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Company - water company.
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Connection or Hook-Fee - non-recurring charge paid by a
Customer requesting service for partial or full
recovery of the Company I s cost of providing a new
service connection.
Contribution in Aid of Construction - non-recurring charge
paid by a Customer or Developer to help defray the
cost of system expansion.
Customer - a person, business or government agency
responsible for paying bills and complying with the
rules and regulations of the company.
Customer Char e - mlnimum recurring charge that does not
include any water.
Fixed Rate - a recurring charge of a fixed amount, usually
in an unmetered system.
Franchise Tax - tax imposed on a Company by a governmental
entity for the privilege of doing bUSlness within its
boundaries.
Minimum Char e - minlmum recurrlng charge for a billing
period that may or may not include a specified
quantity of water.
Non-recurrin Char es - charges that are not assessed each
billing period.
Premises - a Customer I s property including out buildings
which are normally located on one lot or parcel of
ground.
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Rate Structure - a schedule of all recurring and
non-recurring charges of the company.
Reconnection Fee - charge paid by a Customer to the
Company to restore service after its disconnection.
Recurrin Char es - charges that are assessed each billingperiod.
Tariff - rate schedules and Rules and Regulations which
govern the Company I s service.
SERVICE FOR NEW CUSTOMERS
The Company shall furnish service to applicants within its
service area under the jurisdiction of the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission in accordance with rates
and Rules and Regulations approved by the Commlssion.
Applicants for water service may be required to sign a
standard form of service application.
The Company shall not be obligated to provide service at a
service location until any required deposit or
guarantee of paYffient has been received by the Company
in accordance with the "Rules and Regulations
Governing Customer Relations of Gas, Electric, and
Water Public Utilities under the Jurisdiction of the
Idaho Public Utilities Commlssion " attached and
referred to herein as Utility Customer RelationsRules (UCRR).
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Ken Rickel
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Special contracts may be required where large investments
ln special facilities are necessary to provide the
requested service. The Company may require
contribution toward such investment and establish
such minimum charges as are deemed necessary. All
such contracts are subj ect to the approval of the
CommiSSlon.
The Company reserves the right to place limitations on the
amount and character of water service it will supply
and to refuse service to new Customers if, in its
opinlon:
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The Company is required to refuse or limit service
by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
over the Company.
The requested service installation is of larger size
than is necessary to properly serve the
premises.
The permanency of the building, structure, or
institution requested to be served is such that
the Company I s investment in such service is
jeopardized.
The depth of the Customer I s service line is less
than the minimum depth required for frostprotection.
The Customer I s proposed service, main or other
appurtenance does not conform to good
engineering design or meet the standard
specifications of the Company.
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Ken Rickel
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BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.
li). SECRETAFlY
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(f)The Customer refuses to agree to abide by the Rules
and Regulations of the Company.
If the Company denies service to a potential
Customer for any reason, it will immediately
provide the applicant with a written explanation
of its decision in accordance with UCRR.
DEPOSITS
Rules and Regulations regarding deposits to guarantee
paYffient of bills can be found in Rules 101-109 UCRR.
RATES
Rates charged for water service and supply shall be those
published in the Company I s tariff and approved by the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission.
BILLING AND PAYMENT
All Customers will be billed on a regular basis as
identified on the applicable rate schedule.
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BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.(Approval Stamp)
If the system is metered, the Company shall try to read
the meters prior to each billing unless specified
differently on the applicable rate schedule. If the
Company I s meter reader is unable to gain access to
the premises to read the meter,' or in the event the
meter fails to register, the Company may estimate the
Customer I s water consumption for the current billing
period based on known consumption for a prior similar
period or average of several periods. Subsequent
readings will automatically adjust for differences
between estimated and actual. Estimated bills shall
carry appropriate notice to that effect.
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All bills shall clearly indicate the balance due and
shall be due and payable no less than 15 days after
the date rendered. All bills not paid by due date
shall be considered delinquent and service may be
disconnected subj ect to the provlsions of UCRR.
The minlmum bill or customer charge shall apply when
service is provided for less than one month.
Owners of premises with one or more condominiums,
buildings, stores, apartments or any other divisions
of like or similar character, all of which are served
from one (1) service connection are responsible forthe entire water charges. If the owner desires to
cease being responsible for water bills for such
places and desires that the occupant of each division
shall be responsible for her or her respective bill,
such transfer of responsibility will not be accepted
or recognized by the Company until the plumbing
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BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.(Approval Stamp)
arrangements of the building or premises are so
changed by the owner or his or her agent as to
permit the Company, to its satisfaction, to serve
each division or occupant separately from the other
occupants in the same building.
Accounts will be continued and water bills rendered
regularly until the Company has been duly notified todiscontinue service.
METERING (If Applicable)
Meters will be installed by the Company near the
Customer I s property line or at any other reasonable
location on the Customer I s premises that is mutually
agreed upon.
The Company I S representative shall be given access
to the Customer I s premises at all reasonable hours
for the purpose of obtaining meter readings. In the
event of recurring inaccessibility, the Company, at
its option , may relocate its meterlng equipment at
the Customer I s expense.
The Company is responsible for the maintenance of itsmetering equlpment. Meters are considered to be
sufficiently accurate if tests indicate that meter
accuracy is within ~ 2 percent. When for any reason
a meter fails to register within these limits of
accuracy, the Customer I s use of water will be
estimated on the basis of available data and charges
will be adj usted accordingly. Corrected bills will
then be sent out to the customer and additional
payment or refund arrangements made in accordance
with UCRR.
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Ken Rickel
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The Company reserves the right to test and/or replace anymeter. Upon deposit of a "Meter Testing Fee II by a
Customer, the Company will test the Customer I s meter.
If the test indicates that the meter over-registers
by more than 2 percent, it will be replaced with an
accurate meter at no cost to the Customer and the
Meter Testing Fee" will bE:= refunded and water bills
will be adjusted in accordance with UCRR.
At the Company I s discretion, unmetered Customers may be
converted to metered service if such transition
occurs in a planned, systematic manner without
unreasonable discriminations and if the Company has
an approved metered rate.
The Company shall have the right to set meters or other
devices without notice to the Customer for thedetection and prevention of fraud.
In any building where the meter is to be installed in the
basement, the incomlng water plpe must enter the
basement at least sixteen (16) inches from the riser
in order that a meter can be set in a horizontalposition in the basement. All pipes to the
different parts of the building or grounds must lead
from the riser at least one (1) foot above the elbow.
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CUSTOMER PLUMBING AND APPLIANCES
All plumbing, plping, fixtures and appliances on the
Customer I s side of the service connection shall be
installed and maintained under the responsibility and
at the expense of the Customer or owner of the
premises.
The plumbing, piplng, fixtures and appliances shall be
malntained in conformity with all municlpal , state
and federal requirements. The nature and condition
of this plumbing, piplng and equipment shall be such
as not to endanger life or property, interfere with
service to other Customers or permit those with
metered services to divert system water without meterregistration.
A stop-and-waste valve must be installed on the Customer 1 s
plumbing in a place always accessible and so located
as to permit shutting off the water for the entire
premises with the least possible delay.
All persons having boilers, water tanks or other equipment
supplied by direct pressure from the Company I s mains
should install a pressure relief valve, or other
device to serve the same purpose, so as to prevent
excess pressure from forcing hot water and/or steam
back into the water meter and mains of the Company.
All damage to the Company I s property resulting from
failure to properly equip Customer plumbing with a
relief valve shall be billed to the Customer.
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Issued by Bitterroot Water Company, Inc.
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Ken Rickel
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The Company is not obligated to perform any service
whatever in locating leaks or other trouble with the
customer I S plping.
When the premises served by the Company is also served in
any manner from another water supply of any kind, an
approved backflow prevention device shall beinstalled at the service connection. Water service
for either stand-by or other purposes will not be
furnished until piplng and connections are inspected
and approved by a ,representative of the Company.
Property owners will not be allowed to connect the water
service of different properties together.
All of the Customer I s service plpes and fixtures must be
kept in repalr and protected from freezlng at his or
her expense. When there are leaking or defective
pipes or fixtures, the water may be turned off at the
option of the Company until the proper repairs are
made.
INSTALLATION OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS
The service connection is the- property of the Company and
as such , the Company is responsible for its
installation and maintenance. It consists of piplng,
curbstop and valve or meter box and a meter, if the
system is metered. The service connection transmits
water from the Company I s water main to a valve or
meter box generally located near the Customer I
property line. All plping, valves or appliances
beyond this point are the property and responsibility
of the Customer.
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The Company reserves the right to designate the size and
location of the service line, curbstop, meter (if
applicable) and meter or valve box and the amount of
space which must be left unobstructed for the
installation and future maintenance and operationthereof.
Where a service connection is deslred for a premises on
which there is no permanent structure, the Company
will install a service connection to said premises
only upon payment by the applicant of the estimatedcost of said service connection. If within a period
of five (5) years from the installation of said
service connection a permanent structure is erected
on the premises, the Company will refund, with
interest, the difference between any approved new
Customer charges in effect at the time of connection,
and the applicant I s advance.
The extra costs of any out-of -the-ordinary circumstances
requiring additional equipment or special
construction techniques involved in the installation
of a service connection will be agreed to in advance
by the Customer and the Company.
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Issued by Bitterroot Water Company! Inc.
By Title
Ken Ri cke I
President
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BITTERROOT WATER COMPANY, INC.
REPLACEMENT OR ENLARGEMENT OF SERVICE CONNECTION
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Unless otherwise provided herein, the Company shall
replace or enlarge service connections at its own
expense, as follows:
( a)Whenever it is necessary to change the location
any service connection due to relocation or
abandonment of the Company I s mains and
(b)For commercial or industrial services where the type
or volume of use has changed and the enlargement
will result in sufficient increase in annual
revenue to justify the enlargement.
The relocation, enlargement or reduction of service
connections for the convenience of the Customer will
be at the expense of the Customer. Prior to suchrelocation, enlargement or reduction, the Customer
will deposit the estimated cost thereof with the
Company. Within fifteen (15) days a refund will be
made to the Customer in the amount by which the
estimated cost exceeds the actual cost. The amount
by which the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost
shall be due and payable within fifteen (15) days
after billing for such deficiency.
Enlargement of any service connection will be made only
after such time as the Customer I s plumbing inside his
or her premises shall have been enlarged sufficiently
to accommodate the additional capacity.
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Ken Rickel
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11.DISCONNECTION AND RECONNECT ION OF SERVICE
11.1 When a Customer desires to discontinue service he shall
give notice to the Company at least two (2) days in
advance and shall be responsible for all water
consumed for the two (2) days after the date of suchnotice.
11.2 The Company may discontinue a Customer I s service on an
involuntary basis only in accordance with UCRR.
11. 3 When it becomes necessary for the Company to involuntarily
discontinue water service to a Customer, service will
be reconnected only after all bills for service then
due have been paid or satisfactory payment
arrangements have been made.
11. 4 A reconnect ion fee will be charged each time a Customer lS
disconnected , either voluntarily or involuntarily,
and reconnected at the same premises. The
reconnection fee shall be paid before service isrestored. Reconnection fees will not be charged for
any situation or circumstance in which the Customer
water supply is disconnected by the Company for its
convenience.
11. 5 The Company reserves the right at any time, upon notice,
to shut off the water for maintenance or expansion
and, ln emergencies, may do so withoutnotice. The Company shall at all times use
reasonable diligence and care to prev~nt interruption
of said water service.
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By ~f-:;jP Title
Ken Rickel
President
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Except in the case of an emergency, no one, except an
authorized Company representative, is allowed to
turn-on or turn-off the water on the Company I s side
of the service connection.
EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS
The extension of system water mains for the purpose of
providing new service shall be done on a time andmaterial basis.
MI S CELLANEOUS
No Customer shall permit any person from another premises
to take water from his or her water service or tap
for more than (1) week without the written permlssion
and consent of the Company.
No person acting either on his or her own behalf or an
agent of any person, firm, corporation or
municlpality, not authorized by the Company, shall
take any water from any fire hydrant on the Company I
system except in the case of an emergency.
No person shall place upon or about any hydrant, gate
box, meter, meter box or other property of the
Company, any building material or other substance so
as to prevent free access at all times to the same.
Service will be maintained to domestic Customers on apreferential basis. Delivery of water under all
schedules may be restricted, interrupted or curtailed
at the discretion of the Company in case of shortage
or threatened shortage of water.
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No rate contract or application is asslgnable from one
user to another , except upon agreement of all parties
concerned.
The representative of the Company shall be given access to
the premises of the Customer at all reasonable hours
for obtaining meter readings, for turning on or
shutting off the flow of ~ater, for inspecting,
removing, repairlng or protecting from abuse or
any of the property of the Company installed onpremises; Access shall be granted at all times
emergency purposes.
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No one, except an authorized agent of the Company, shall
tamper with, interfere with, make repairs,
connections or replacements of or to any of the
Company I s property.
Whenever an applicant desires serVlce of a character for
which there is no available service classification, a
contract may be executed in lieu of a tariff. Any
such contract is subj ect to the approval of the Idaho
Public Utilities Commlssion.
The Customer is held responsible for any violation of
these Rules and Regulations even though the breach is
committed by someone employed either directly, or
indirectly, by the customer.
Copies of the Company I s rates and rules summary of
regulations will be available at utility I s office;
will be provided to customers upon commencement of
service; and, will be provided to customers annually
in accordance with Utility Customer Relations Rules
(UCRR) and Utility Customer Information Rules (UCIR).
August 28,Effecti ve 20032003
Issued by Bitterroot Water Company, Inc.
By ~djJ Title
Ken Rickel
President