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Sewer System <br /> The City of Orono participates in the Metropolitan Council Environmental Service's sanitary <br /> sewer system. The City does not maintain its own sanitary sewer treatment facility, but is <br /> responsible for certain capital improvements and operating costs. <br /> Sewer Rate Structure <br /> The current rate structure is $105.50 per quarter for residential units. Commercial units are <br /> charged a rate of$3.98 per thousand gallons of water used plus a $9.94 per quarter connection <br /> fee for each connection. There is no current mandate to impose a conservation rate structure to <br /> sewer use. <br /> Pro-Forma Anafysis Assumptions <br /> Sanita Sewer Utilit <br /> Growth and Utility Usage No new residential connections, The estimated usage for the existing <br /> residents is anticipated to be the 2008 usage levels for commercial <br /> accounts and the number of residential accounts are expected to <br /> remain static. <br /> O eratin Ex enses Cit ex enses increase 3% annuall <br /> Capital Expenses Costs of improvements are inflated 5%per year. Future total <br /> capital improvements from 2010 to 2016 are estimated at an <br /> inflated value of$3.9M. <br /> Rate Structure Currently residents are billed year-round based on a fixed <br /> quarterly fee of$105.50. Commercial users are billed a <br /> combination of a flow charge and a fixed fee. <br /> Utility Rute Sfucfv Page/7 <br /> C'itv nJ Orono. A-/inne.�ora Deeemher•.JO09 <br />