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Council hears proposal for "lost-water" fee after line breaks; staff say 35 million gallons wasted annually
Summary
Staff presented a proposal to recover costs when contractors breach water lines, citing about 35,000,000 gallons lost annually; staff said the city would not charge contractors if the city mismarked lines and explained how lost volume would be calculated.
Bullhead City's workshop on Feb. 14 included a presentation of a proposed "lost-water" fee intended to reimburse the city when water is lost through line breaks, including those caused by contractors.
Speaker 7 told the council the city estimates it loses about "35,000,000, that's million with an m, gallons of water a year" through line breaks and said the proposed fee would reimburse the city for water that was produced and not billed to end customers. "What this fee would do is reimburse…
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