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. _ <br /> of the existing customers that failed to commit to sewer service <br /> during the previous survey. <br /> Table 3 (to be furnished at oral presentation) was prepared <br /> using the previously developed data concerning project cost and <br /> the estimated sewer customers from Table 2. The table is <br /> intended to reflect the typical monthly sewer bill for the low <br /> volume user in the system. For the larger volume user, the fixed <br /> cost component of the monthly bill would be the same and the <br /> variable portion of the bill would be computed at a rate of .$1.16 <br /> per thousand gallons of water used. The financial analysis is <br /> preliminary in that the monthly rates must be adjusted at a later <br /> date based on the actual number of sewer customers connected to <br /> the system. If the County elects to proceed with some <br /> combination of the alternatives for the Phase I construction, we <br /> believe the rates shown in Table 3 are representative of the cost <br /> likely to be incurred by the end user. <br /> Possible Methods of Rate Reduction <br /> In meetings with the County staff, various methods for <br /> reducing the typical monthly sewer bill have been examined. <br /> Several of these methods are discussed below relative to the <br /> anticipated impact on the typical sewer bill. <br /> (a) Modest growth in the number of sewer customers which <br /> is to be expected or the policy of mandatory sewer <br /> hookup would have the immediate effect of increasing <br /> 17 <br />