Page 1 Town of Williamston Water Rates

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Page 3 Major New Costs Incurred Due to MCRWASA Plant Coming On Line Extra staff time: $10,000 (estimated) MCRWASA water fee: $1,312,409 (Per Take-or-Pay Agreement) SCADA system: Annual payment $62,553 o 20 year loan totaling $1,251,060 Wheeling costs: $70,900 Generator: $36,000 Total additional costs to budget: $1,491,862

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Page 4

Page 5 Users on the Town’s Water System In Town (non-water districts): 2,427 Water Districts: o WD1: 216 o WD2: 469 o Total in Water Districts: 685 Total customers served: 3,112

Page 6 Cost per User to Cover New Costs $ per year $39.95 per month

Page 7 Purchase of Infrastructure and Customers in Water Districts WD1: $46,036 WD2: $156,724 These costs must be covered by WD customers Cost to each WD customer: o WD1: $ per year $17.76 per month o WD2: $ per year $27.85 per month

Page 8 Total Gallons Required to Purchase Under Take-or-Pay Agreement Agreement required by USDA to get loan 265,133,131 gallons for Fiscal MCRWSA water fee: $4.95 per 1,000 gallons Cost per gallon to purchase MCRWSA water:.49 cents Cost per gallon to cover new costs from water plant:.54 cents o This is in addition to our normal costs

Page 9 Overview of Existing Town Infrastructure Wells: 6 Water tanks: 5 Miles of water lines:

Church St. – 57 yrs. Carolina Ave. – 52 yrs. Willow Drive. – 28 yrs. Factory St. – 23 yrs. Henderson St. – 20 yrs. Northside – 16 yrs. Town Wells Page 10

Exposing water line for tap Tapping the line Streets & Lines Page 11

Street Repair Cleaning out for asphalt Ready for asphalt New surface Streets & Lines Page 12

Heavy Equipment Maintenance and Repair Page 13

Page 14 State Required Operators & Certifications State requires operators to be certified. Five employees in Public Works Water Dept. o Four have required well certifications to operate our system. o Three have certifications in water distribution system operations. On-call during weekends and holidays

Public Works Director Water System Operator WWT Chief Operator Street & Lines Supervisor Shop Foreman Operations Foreman Construction Inspector Water Quality Tech. Operator II Operator I (8) Utility Maintenance Mechanics Admin. Support Specialist Fleet Mechanic Equip. Oper. II (2) Equip. Oper. I (4) Sanit. Laborer I Cem. Caretaker II Cem. Caretaker I Admin. Custodian Public Works Organization

Page 16 State Required Activities Did not go away with MCRWASA going on line Lab testing of wells Chlorination – certified operators required Monthly reporting Sampling – varies from daily to annual o All are still required regardless of MCRWASA

Page 17 Other Necessary Activities Check all water supply wells and sewage pumping stations Check wastewater treatment facility operations Inspect and monitor well operations Hydrant flushing for water quality purposes Meter replacements Customer cut on/cut off requests General customer service Meter reading

Water Quality Testing Public Water Systems are required by the State of NC to test regularly to ensure satisfactory water quality The cost for water quality testing vary but run around $8000 per year Page 18

Page 19 Percent of MCRWASA Budget being Paid by Town Total MCRWASA revenues: $1,783,576 MCRWASA revenues from Williamston: $1,312,409 MCRWASA revenues from Martin County: $471,167 Percent of MCRWASA budget being paid by town customers: 73.6% Percent of MCRWASA budget being paid by county customers: 26.4%

Page 20 Wheeling Costs 15.71% of Town lines being used by MCRWASA to distribute water 17.64% of Town’s water line capacity being used to supply Water Districts Cost to Town for wheeling: o Gross value of water lines: $7,692,700 o Depreciation: $810,492 o Annual expense: $30,375 o Annual cost to town: $70,900 MCRWASA nor County paying these costs

Page 21 It is prudent and preferable to have users of the water system pay for the system instead of taking money out of general funds.