|
_ ro
<br /> Cc cour. t today against Miami , Sports, page D1 ±
<br /> • Z � '�' • page D1 Television, page ' D10 ; ' .
<br /> a 9 rt:j ~°- 0 Weather, page A14I Ed No Z I .
<br /> fy
<br /> � ya
<br /> agi
<br /> at plate of 0
<br /> . • _
<br /> 0 Iddle a ad, moo: 64: 01 % 1 to 'a ' M 6 b ON q
<br /> Oil Moo
<br /> a IV
<br /> ti ' 0 WE
<br /> }iT�ti ti l'l J `' We I —
<br /> :?; " Ck :, We Id
<br /> rFt'W��1�' ty :. ti;- EdaIf1ia'f�^..�Sa
<br /> OR I
<br /> of a?� ti :,• r9 if 1 ale ;. e,,1 • +. alb c a ;
<br /> AMA
<br /> OWAO S
<br /> h 01
<br /> F 4 9
<br /> added
<br /> 61 We
<br /> Fee
<br /> old St d
<br /> 7110 I - ,
<br /> . 1. or . do Ure I
<br /> I a We I 1 1 4 1 6 0. a I , t I, Ed P U I
<br /> so
<br /> of a Me
<br /> PON
<br /> '''''' T Utility may cZiange 1 • because it : promises cuts in peak led
<br /> • pricing to demand, the summertime loads that '
<br /> to + goEd IV a
<br /> encourage engineers have , to design pumping
<br /> ad f We ,r;, ~_ ��!■+ Conse?•71at2oyt, especiaZZy and treatment systems to meet. ' '
<br /> r ;i'• ;t ; :: +:
<br /> 6 Ed
<br /> during peak times The past ; 'sumrraer signaled'
<br /> ad 0
<br /> live
<br /> if
<br /> '. - •' ' OWASA leaders that their system IS
<br /> soft* " ' 0. reaching its current designed limits,
<br /> By RAY GRONBRRG In June, demand peaked at about 14
<br /> "" E d: 'This Chapel Hitt Herald million gallons a day, close to . the
<br /> ,., ^. .,Y :,^ Jones Ferry Road water . plant'§ 15
<br /> tie*l a ; `.9 � • .. : CHAPEL HILT: After • a two- • m
<br /> r '`�' hiatus OWASA has illion-gallon daily capacity, do
<br /> 1 . 1, added , ad beall �� Yem' renewed a , OWASA is poised to • expand its
<br /> 0-0 $ a. a :: ; i, : c debate , that could lead . to the treatment . facilities early n h
<br /> � y ,: i1 1 f:; :,tw ';1a�• x 1 n- replacement az' y • i 'the
<br /> 4. :; . .'•. , : ,; :: _ p ment of its current rate coming decade, no matter what. But
<br /> ad I a add ;;, I . structure with one that . might do board members, ; in pondering the*
<br /> "ea more to promote' water ,conserva- '• utility's capital program, would like .
<br /> ;;,
<br /> tiori.
<br /> to po
<br /> stpone , -more
<br /> w%' p stpo _such big=ticket
<br /> I do '. ti,= 1 a '_L The : Orange Water ' and Sewer ' spending fortis longas ssible.
<br /> 9 1 lot load, add; ;; Authority's board of directors -held a ' R e
<br /> : aft lis told .them Thursday that
<br /> did : ,' ,` : : ;: work session on the idea Thursday, OWASA's billing ' records suggest
<br /> `: % %11 ' : + We - . listening carefully as consultant conservation pricing might help,
<br /> ' j 1 ..Vs Ed - George Raftelis outlined three dif- mterti e., �� 11V' m consumption typically
<br /> 1. add
<br /> ; ferent conservation rate" systems• runs about a million. gallons below
<br /> '� that: could lie
<br /> .� c come part . of a new OWASAs yearly average, he said. In
<br /> ,; 't a .
<br /> , ; i';:: plan.
<br /> erg; ;:%' ;6 0 � p the summer -- when irrigation and
<br /> o _ p V , Raftelis told them that• each cooling systems are going full blast '
<br /> I I ::. ad do 0 4 0 so a lip .p U y would, from a conservation stand- s -- they run somewhat more than a '
<br /> of
<br /> at 4,4 go tooOpp y CD . point, improve on the Orange Water -million gallons above the average.
<br /> .c and Sewer Authority's present use The three pricing options Raftelis '
<br /> • of a uniform rate for each '1,000 gal- outlined would each attack peak
<br /> � , CD ions of, water, usage. - .
<br /> L-- U • • While .it might not actively ` One is ' called , "inverted block"
<br /> • - 1 1
<br /> - o L : Lo encourage customers to ' waste pricing and works through a tiered • . 1
<br /> 4� v p � water, uniform, pricing also doesn't rate system. Instead of • charging. '
<br /> encourage conservation, t`You're customers one price for every 1,000A me Ed 0 "
<br /> Co 9 4L. o losing some opportunities," Raftelis ' gallons; a utility might'ehda ge three. ;
<br /> ^i Q e said. For example, a utility might deem '
<br /> V %so IOde Nationally, conservation pricing is
<br /> .add so' • gaining ground among utilities please see OWA$A/PAGE 0
<br /> IF
<br /> •- - i .
<br /> OWASAboard of directors would have to couldn't handle the added adm]nis- more appropriate for universi 'r � ,z
<br /> Judge where to set the break points . trative burden. tY: ; .r of
<br /> FROM PAGE 1 for each tier, and decide how, hefty The third option, by contrast and
<br /> business users. a Ed
<br /> 0416
<br /> PA
<br /> ad Ia penalty to impose on waste. would. have the advantage of sim� any onservation rates would had members told Ralrelis lve."J
<br /> obt
<br /> The second option — "excess
<br /> a household's first 10,000 gallons of use" plicity. Seasonal rates would to include UNC and the commer al , : ;
<br /> pricing — is sirnilax, but would attack the problem directly by rais- cial sector. A 1997 discussion of the , ,, .•►
<br /> monthly water use "essential" and attack the problem on almost a cus- ing the price of Ovate
<br /> charge it $2.60 for every thousand tourer-by-customer basis. It also board when summer r across-the- idea foundered on exactly. that ' 0 ale
<br /> gallons, If the household uses more uses tiers, but they would repre- Raftelis suspects that whatever A s ste r ~fed
<br /> than 10,000 gallons, the price for sent a percentage of the individual rate system the , tha pomt. ' 6 ale
<br /> IF $ y m that penalizes even a '' tied
<br /> the excess would rise to 2.85 per - customer's average water use ends u ado tin
<br /> thousand. SA board . few residential users is not some-win use a c ��: � :`:
<br /> instead of a set number of gallons, nation of the three methods, rather mg colhe accept"mf the u would
<br /> niversbty aM7 ' {
<br /> And in the event its monthly use Raftelis said the excess-use sys- than just one.
<br /> climbs beyond 25,000 gallons — tem promises bigger conservation' Inverted block business are exempt, board Chair to,
<br /> levels a utility might deem waste- returns than the other two possibil- instance, might emer '
<br /> ful — the price for every additional Ties, but it would be harder to . lion for mi pricing, for man Peter Gordon said. r . rIV
<br /> Val .,
<br /> thousand would climb to $3.50. implement. For example, OWASA's ' bulk f resides residential
<br /> cus accounts,
<br /> the solu- Raftelis and the board will confer' T_
<br /> It idential accounts, the several times after the holidays inn ; ., ;: '
<br /> If OWASA opts for an inverted billing system in place less than said. The added complexity of n attempt to come up with a pro
<br /> del block . system, Raftelis said, the a year following a Y2K update excess-use pricing p al. If they succeed a ublic '
<br /> P might prove hearing could follow � p - a :'.1 1A in late May.
<br /> I ad do 47;•{ s go"?NrJ••rrvv: m% -,otnrtr .. �. 1ty' r :.
<br /> of
<br /> J - j. :'Far J:-r s. :Y•:; •r••v.n,•..�ngn.p...e•�...i .r..gevsga.-:> .
<br /> ode
<br /> End doe , 4
<br /> . . - lad
<br /> a do N. . . 'a
<br /> l Ed a
<br /> . ' Wall as a'J>SJ • y< nb . 01 •, .set
<br /> f . . ,. ... -*+mar+!* H.r •<r++^Anr+n4rerq » .
<br /> a do sad
<br /> do
<br /> 0 do NEW .. .. .`• .; ;y..
<br /> I to
<br /> r . . rl god do 4 :0 ' to an
<br /> . 9 no Di -
<br /> Ed I � ?
<br /> go
<br /> . f i do 4
<br /> i . : :• h '4ad • i;:;. .r. .
<br /> . . 0 . . a . . . . .
<br />
|