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MSD proposes rate allocation changes and three pilot programs instead of an impervious‑surface fee
Summary
The Metropolitan Sewer District told Hamilton County commissioners it will pursue rate‑design changes and three targeted pilot programs to reduce wet‑weather impacts — a lower‑cost alternative to a complex impervious‑surface fee that MSD says would require millions in billing system upgrades.
The Metropolitan Sewer District presented alternatives on July 15 to a previously studied wet‑weather impervious surface charge, recommending changes to rate allocation plus three pilot programs to reduce stormwater impacts without the high administrative cost of a new countywide impervious‑surface billing system.
"Over 90% of the funds, the revenue that we bring in comes from our sewer service charge," Diana Christie, MSD director, told the Board of County Commissioners. Christie said the current rate design includes a monthly minimum charge based on meter size and a commodity charge for volume over 3 CCF. Residential winter averages are used to avoid billing customers for summer outdoor water use that does not reach the sewer system.
Christie said MSD and the county completed a feasibility study on a uniform wet‑weather impervious surface charge (WISC), but implementation would be operationally complex and expensive, involving large billing‑system changes for MSD's municipal…
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