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Discussion Paper <br />March 12, 1998 <br />Page 7 <br />2. OWASA Reduces Assessment By An Amount Commensurate With EYnected Benefits To The <br />Entire OWASA Customer Base To Eliminate A Threat Or Potential Threat To OWASA's <br />Drinking Water Suaaly <br />+ Financial contribution provides greater incentive for the timely elimination of existing or <br />potential threats to the public drinking water supply. <br />+ Reduces costs to benefiting parties. <br />~ Impact on Agreements of Sale and Purchase may need further review. <br />~ Under some circumstances, precise estimates of the benefit may be difficult to deternune. <br />- Increases- costs to existing customers. <br />- As an enterprise operation which is solely supported by user fees, OWASA is not the most <br />appropriate entity for redistributing the community's financial resources. <br />3. OWASA And Benefiting Party Share Assessment Project Costs <br />+ Financial assistance provides greater incentive for timely extension of water and sewer services. <br />+ Reduces costs to benefiting parties. <br />- May not comply with the Agreements of Sale and Purchase. <br />- Increases costs to existing customers. <br />- As an enterprise operation which is solely supported by user fees, OWASA is not the most <br />appropriate entity for redistributing the community's financial resources. <br />jbr f:Wnuitel+mipro\doa4eports\wspol_IO.sam <br />