Nancy
Day Moen, Executive Assistant to
Mark
Sidran, Chairman
360-664-1172
Fax
360-664-3604
From:
RASSMRS@aol.com [mailto:RASSMRS@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:08
AM
To: Ward, Jim (UTC); Sidran,
Mark (UTC); Oshie, Patrick (UTC); Jones, Philip (UTC)
Subject: Docket UW-070944, Rosario
Utilites, Staff Proposed Decision available to us Aug
Dear Mr Ward and WUTC
Commissioners,
On page 4 of your cover letter
for the proposed new rates for RU LLC, there is a table entitled
Rate
Comparison. This chart shows revised meter
rates based on the diameter of the pipe into and out of a meter, as shown
below:
3/4"
$21.92
1"
$36.61
1
1/2" $72.99
2" $219.20
This assumes that the larger the diameter
the pipe, the more water that can flow through them. This is true, as
we've all seen that hoses used by fire departments are larger in diameter than
our standard garden hose. The fact that the fire house allows water to
flow in a larger volume than the garden hose is a function of both larger
diameter and higher pressure within the fire hose. If a meter measuring
the number of gallons of output is attached to the garden hose (3/4") and
another gallon meter (2") is attached to the fire hose and both have
the same water pressure, over any fixed period of time with both hoses turned on
at full blast, the fire hose would register more gallons through it than the
garden hose.
However, we aren't measuring or paying for the
rate at which the
water traverses the pipe, but rather the volume (gallons) of water that pass
through the pipes...that's why we have meters. A gallon of water passing
through the 3/4" pipe is a gallon of water as registered on the
3/4" meter. A gallon of water passing through a 2" pipe is also a
gallon of water as registered on the 2" meter. A gallon is a gallon
regardless of the size of the pipe and or meter and the fee charges for a gallon
of water should be the same, regardless of the size of the meter. It is
unfathomable to think that 1 gallon of water from a 2" pipe/meter is worth
10 times the same volume (1 gallon) through a 3/4"
pipe/meter.
To charge based on the diameter of the
pipe and/or meter is a fallacy based on erroneous assumptions. Whether
this was done with ignorance or purposely, is not known, but can not be allowed
to continue. If it is allowed to continue, then this would constitute a
fraudulent act against the users of the RU
LLC.
Sincerely,
Roland A.
Sauer
Orcas Highland Board
Member
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