The monthly water charges set forth in this chapter and as specified in the current assembly-approved water-sewer rate schedule are intended to pay for the yearly operation and maintenance costs of the water system according to each user’s fair share of those costs. A significant portion of those yearly costs result not from the volume running through the plant, but from the existence and upkeep of the water supply, water main, and treatment plant.

To defray a portion of these costs, a monthly charge shall be applied to every unit being served by the system regardless of how much water is being used by that unit, as long as the control valve, as defined in HBC 13.04.100(B), is turned on. Residential and commercial units are defined under HBC 13.04.040, Classes of water service. (Ord. 22-02-610 § 5; Ord. 07-11-173 § 4)