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<br /> WATER CAPACITY AND MISCELLANEOUS FEE STUDY 14 <br />Proposed Connection Fees <br />Water Connection Fee <br />Table 8 compares the proposed fee calculated under this approach by meter size to the existing capacity fee. Fees <br />are levied per meter size. Meter size is a common approach for assessing water connection fees. This approach is <br />popular because it is easy to administer and explain to customers. Using the meter size approach, connection fees <br />are increased based on the size or capacity of the meter. The projected water connection fees shown in Table 8 <br />below are calculated for each meter size using the meter capacity ratio normalized to the 5/8” meter size. For <br />example, if a 1-inch meter has 2.5 times the flow capacity of a 5/8-inch meter, the connection fee will be 2.5 times <br />higher. The City of Pleasanton currently installs meters from three manufacturers – Diehl, Sensus, and Kamstrup. <br />New meters installed in the future will be either Sensus, Kamstrup, Master Meter, Metron Farnier, or Metron <br />Spectrum. These meters have different meter capacities for each meter size. Table 8 shows the meter capacities, <br />resulting meter ratios, and proposed rates by meter size for each manufacturer. Table 9 shows the proposed water <br />connection fees for N. Pleasanton Improvement District 2B are the same as the existing fees. <br /> <br />Page 161 of 893