NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO BE RECONVENED

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that on October 10, 2024, the Loudoun County Sanitation Authority (Loudoun Water) signified its intent to change certain rates, fees and charges applicable to all existing and future metered customers. Rates will be effective for bills rendered on or after January 1, 2025. Loudoun Water held a public hearing regarding this matter on November 14, 2024, and adjourned the public hearing until December 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Loudoun Water hereby provides notice that the public hearing will reconvene on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m., at the Authority’s administration office, 44865 Loudoun Water Way, Ashburn, Virginia, for a public hearing to receive comment regarding same.

The General Manager is hereby directed to have published in a newspaper having general circulation in Loudoun County notice of the public hearing to be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Such notice shall be published twice by or before November 27, 2024.

Preliminary Schedule of Rates to be effective January 1, 2025

SCHEDULE A – WATER

RATES FOR CONTINUING SERVICE

This schedule shall apply to all customers receiving water through permanently installed meters for continuing service or through temporary and transient meters measuring permitted special uses. This Schedule also is applied to estimated volumes of water used in the construction of new mains or in cases where availability charges have not been assessed.

Basic Charge – a basic, or fixed, charge will be billed quarterly as follows:

Current 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027

Residential – all meters $40.15 $42.96 $45.97 $49.19

Commercial

5/8” $40.15 $42.96 $45.97 $49.19

3/4” $60.23 $64.45 $68.96 $73.79

1” $120.45 $128.88 $137.90 $147.55

11/2” $260.98 $279.25 $298.80 $319.72

2” $481.80 $515.53 $551.62 $590.23

3” $1,063.98 $1,138.46 $1,218.15 $1,303.42

4” $1,947.28 $2,083.58 $2,229.43 $2,385.49

6” $2,730.20 $2,921.31 $3,125.80 $3,344.61

Multifamily(1)

(1) Basic charge for each multifamily unit is calculated as follows: availability charge paid for each unit divided by the availability charge for residential connection times the residential basic charge. When an availability charge has not been paid, the basic charge for each multifamily unit will be based on the ratio of equivalent residential connections (ERCs) purchased through the meter in relation to a residential account.

In addition to a Basic Charge, the charge for quantity of water purchased shall be billed as follows:

Current 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027

. Quarterly

Consumption Rate per Rate per Rate per Rate per

Range (gallons) 1,000 gallons 1,000 gallons 1,000 gallons 1,000 gallons

Residential

Tier 1 0 – 25,000 $ 2.94 $ 3.15 $ 3.37 $ 3.61

Tier 2 25,001 – 50,000 $ 8.16 $ 8.73 $ 9.34 $ 9.99

Tier 3 > 50,000 $ 10.93 $ 11.70 $ 12.52 $ 13.40

Multifamily &

Commercial

Tier 1 (2) $ 3.86 $ 4.13 $ 4.42 $ 4.73

Tier 2 (3) $ 6.63 $ 7.09 $ 7.59 $ 8.12

All Other Uses(4)

All usage $ 8.16 $ 8.73 $ 9.34 $ 9.99

(2) Tier 1 consumption for multi-family and commercial accounts will be based on the reserved capacity purchased at the time availability charges are paid. When no availability charge has been paid, consumption ranges for multifamily and commercial accounts will be based on the ratio of equivalent residential connections (ERCs) purchased through the meter in relation to a residential account.

(3) Tier 2 consumption range for multi-family and commercial accounts will be based on consumption in excess of the reserved capacity purchased at the time availability charges are paid. When no availability charge has been paid, consumption ranges for multi-family and commercial accounts will be based on the ratio of equivalent residential connections (ERCs) purchased through the meter in relation to a residential account.

(4) Includes, but not limited to, fire hydrant special use and construction water for which an availability charge has not been paid and irrigation and irrigation submeters.

SCHEDULE B - WASTEWATER

RATES FOR CONTINUING SERVICE

This schedule shall apply to all customers discharging sewage and/or polluted waters into Loudoun Water’s facilities.

Basic Charge – a basic, or fixed, charge will be billed quarterly as follows:

Current 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027

Residential – all meters $40.11 $42.92 $45.92 $49.13

Commercial

5/8” $40.11 $42.92 $45.92 $49.13

3/4” $60.17 $64.38 $68.89 $73.71

1” $120.33 $128.75 $137.76 $147.40

1 1/2” $260.72 $278.97 $298.50 $319.40

2” $481.32 $515.01 $551.06 $589.63

3” $1,062.92 $1,137.32 $1,216.93 $1,302.12

4” $1,945.34 $2,081.51 $2,227.22 $2,383.13

6” $2,727.48 $2,918.40 $3,122.69 $3,341.28

Multifamily(5)

(5) Basic charge for each multifamily unit is calculated as follows: availability charge paid for each unit divided by the availability charge for a residential connection times the residential basic charge. When an availability charge has not been paid, the basic charge for each multifamily unit will be based on the ratio of equivalent residential connections (ERCs) purchased through the meter in relation to a residential account.

In addition to the Basic Charge, the charge for discharging wastes and/or sewage shall be billed as follows:

Current 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027

Uniform Rate per 1,000 gallons $5.76 $6.16 $6.59 $7.05

The wastewater charge for all residential customers with an established winter quarter average* will be limited to the lesser of (1) the customer’s actual quarterly usage or (2) the customer’s winter quarter usage plus 3,000 gallons. The wastewater charge for residential customers who have not established a winter quarter average will be limited to the lesser of (1) the customer’s actual quarterly usage or (2) 25,000 gallons.

* Winter quarter is defined as any quarterly billing period based on meter readings obtained or estimated in the months of February through April.

Customers receiving wastewater service only and obtaining water from sources other than Loudoun Water shall install a water meter on their water supply which will be read as a basis for continuing service charges.

For customers with partial billing periods (i.e., less than 75 days for a quarterly bill), the basic charge will be prorated based on the number of days service is rendered during the billing cycle.

SCHEDULE C – RECLAIMED WATER

This schedule shall apply to all Customers receiving reclaimed water from the Broad Run Water Reclamation Facility, through permanently installed meters for continuing service or through temporary or transient meters measuring permitted special uses. This schedule also applies to estimated volumes of reclaimed water used in the construction of new mains.

The charge for quantity of reclaimed water purchased shall be billed as follows:

Current 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027

Uniform Rate per 1,000 gallons $1.80 $1.93 $2.07 $2.21

Any use of potable water used by the reclaimed water Customer on an interim basis (i.e., utilizing the potable water system as a backup to the reclaimed water system) will be subject to rates for commercial customers as shown in Schedule A. Tier 1 usage will be capped at the amount of capacity purchased in the system through a water availability charge. Any usage in excess of the purchased capacity will be billed at Tier 2.

In the event Loudoun Water must interrupt the supply of reclaimed water for any reason, all water usage during that time period will be billed at the Tier 1 rate until such time as supply is reinstated, regardless of the amount of capacity purchased through the payment of a Water Availability Charge.

SECTION 2 – AVAILABILITY CHARGES

SCHEDULE E – WATER

Availability Charges as outlined in Schedule E are payable to purchase capacity in Loudoun Water’s central service area system, where service is to be initiated for the first time, or to be expanded. An Availability Charge shall be paid by each applicant for service in the central service area upon application for a Connection Permit, as payment in part for their share of distribution mains, treatment facilities and other system improvements provided by Loudoun Water. Availability Charges as outlined in Schedule E are not applicable to stand-alone community water and/or wastewater systems.

The availability charge shall be based upon the type of premise or the maximum daily quantity of water estimated to be used, whichever produces the greater charge, as follows:

Current 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027

Single Family Residence or Townhome– individually metered: $7,846 $8,219 $8,592 $8,966

• water capacity purchased is 550 gallons per day (one equivalent residential connection)

Multifamily Dwelling, per unit (65% of single family residence)*

*Availability Charges for Multifamily structures will not be determined on an individual basis, irrespective of meter size

Commercial, Industrial, Institutional and Single Family Residence with 5/8” through 2” meter:

Meter Size Current