Section 58.01.08.007 - FEE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEMSAll owners of PWSs must pay an annual drinking water system fee. The fee will be assessed as provided in this section. The Department may waive the requirements of this section at its discretion.
01.Effective Date. Annual fees will be paid for each fee year. Fee years begin on October 1 of each calendar year.02.Fee Schedule. a. Owners of community and non-transient non-community PWSs must pay an annual fee according to the following fee schedule: Number of Connections | Fee |
1 to 20 | $100 |
21 to 184 | $5 per connection, not to exceed a total of $735 per PWS |
185 to 3,663 | $4 per connection, not to exceed a total of $10,988 per PWS |
3,664 or more | $3 per connection |
b. The annual fee for transient PWSs is twenty-five dollars ($25).c. New PWSs formed after October 1 will not pay a fee until the following October.03.Fee Assessment. a. An annual fee assessment will be generated for each community and non-transient non-community PWS using the number of connections the Department has on record.b. Community and non-transient non-community PWSs will be notified each year of the official number of connections listed in SDWIS. PWSs will have at least one (1) month to notify the Department if the number of connections provided are not in agreement with the PWS's records.04.Billing. An annual fee statement will be mailed or delivered electronically to all PWS owners on record with the Department by September 1 of each year and will include acceptable payment methods.05.Payment. a. Annual fee payment will be due on October 1, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the payment will be due on the successive business day.b. If a PWS consists of two hundred fifty (250) connections or more, the PWS may request to divide its annual fee payment into equal monthly or quarterly installments by submitting a request to the Department.i. The Department will notify PWSs of approval or denial of a requested monthly or quarterly installment plan within ten (10) business days of receiving the request.ii. If a PWS has been approved to pay monthly installments then each installment will be due by the first day of each month, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the installment will be due on the successive business day.iii. If a PWS has been approved to pay quarterly installments then each installment will be due by the first day of the month of each quarter (October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1), unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the installment will be due on the successive business day.06.Delinquent Unpaid Fees. A PWS owner will be delinquent in payment if its annual fee assessment has not been received by November 1; or if having opted to pay monthly or quarterly installments, its monthly or quarterly installment has not been received by the last day of the month in which the monthly or quarterly payment is due.07.Suspension of Services and Disapproval Designation. a. For any PWS owner delinquent in payment of fee assessed under Subsections 010.02, in excess of ninety (90) days, technical assistance provided by the Department may be suspended except for review and processing of:ii. Engineering reports; andiii. Plans and specifications for design and construction as set forth in Sections 500 through 552.b. For any PWS owner delinquent in payment of fee assessed under Subsections 010.02, in excess of one hundred and eighty (180) days, the Department may disapprove the PWS pursuant to Subsection 007.06 and may suspend all technical assistance provided including review and processing of:ii. Plans and specifications for design and construction as set forth in Sections 500 through 552; or08.Reinstatement of Suspended Services and Approval Status. For any PWS owner for which suspension of technical assistance, disapproval, or both has occurred, reinstatement of technical assistance, approval, or both, will occur upon payment of delinquent annual fee assessments.09.Responsibility to Comply. Subsection 010.07 in no way relieves any PWS from its obligation to comply with these rules.Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.08.007