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Committee supports staff recommendation for percent-based water-leak credit with high-dollar cap and reporting
Summary
Staff recommended replacing the $100 flat leak-credit with a percent-based credit; committee supported a staff-recommended 75% credit of the leak portion but added a $5,000 cap for very large bills and asked for quarterly reporting on program impacts.
The finance committee reviewed city policy for water-leak credits, which staff said was last updated in 1996 and currently allows a maximum $100 adjustment. Noah Crocker explained that modern radio meters and continuous-flow monitoring reduce detection times but that some customers still face large bills from undetected leaks.
Staff recommended moving to a percent-based…
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