A. Base charge. The base charge shall be billed equally to all users of the water system for the recovery of administrative costs and the costs of system leakage, spillage, and system flushing and other ordinary City use. Base charges shall be determined by the residential equivalent units as established in Section ________ and included in Appendix A located at the end of this chapter. Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the office of the Clerk/Treasurer.

B. Multiple users. Where there is more than one dwelling, business or industry served through one water meter, the base charge shall apply to each such dwelling unit, business unit or industry unit served through that meter.

C. Billable water. Water volume billable to consumers shall be calculated on the basis of metered water usage. The billable water volume per billing cycle shall be equal to the metered water usage during that same billing cycle.

D. Water rates. The following rates are established for water consumed each billing cycle of the year:

(1) Water consumed. The charge per 1,000 gallons consumed is set forth in Appendix A, located as an attachment to this chapter. Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the office of the Clerk/Treasurer.