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Division of Drinking Water staff walk water systems through EAR section 8 rate reporting
Summary
Staff from the Division of Drinking Water held a webinar on completing section 8 of the electronic annual report, explaining rate-structure selection, unit-of-measure choices, the EAR auto-calculation to a per-600-cubic-foot standard, and assistance options and deadlines.
Staff from the Division of Drinking Water led a webinar to guide water-system reporters through section 8 of the electronic annual report (EAR), focusing on how to complete the rate table, choose the correct unit of measure and report charges, income and affordability.
Rachel Skaleman, the session’s subject-matter expert with the needs analysis unit, said the data help the agency implement Senate Bill 200’s reporting requirements: "Senate bill, 200 requires water systems to report information on their technical, managerial, and financial capacity," she said. Skaleman walked participants through common rate structures — flat rates, fixed base plus uniform usage, tiered variable usage, and hybrid variable base and usage models — and emphasized selecting the billing…
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