Effective Feb. 1, 2012
System development charges (SDCs) are tap fees charged to new customers who tap into our water system.
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I. Single Family Residential
Applicability: Licenses for single family residential treated water taps within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water’s service areas, including special contracts.* System development charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
Treated Water Inside Denver Outside Denver Base charge per residence $2,949 $4,126 Charge per square foot of gross lot size $0.61 $0.85 -
II. Multi Family Residential
Applicability: Licenses for multifamily residential treated water taps within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water’s service areas, including special contracts.* System development charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
Treated Water Inside Denver Outside Denver Base charge for a duplex or the first two
household units that are served through a single tap$9,232 $12,921 Charge for each additional household unit above two units
that are served through a single tap$1,803 $2,522 -
III. Irrigation-Only
Applicability: An SDC for any license supplying potable or nonpotable irrigation-only service will be based on one of the following methods, but will not be less than the SDC for the size of tap to be installed.
1) the size of the entire licensed property, or
2) the volume of water to be taken on an annual basis, or
3) the size of the tap -
IV. All Other
Applicability: Licenses for all other treated and non-potable water taps within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water service areas, including special contracts.* System development charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
Treated Water Non-Potable Water Tap Size Inside Denver Outside Denver Inside Denver Outside Denver ¾" $7,482 $10,472 $5,262 $7,367 1" $19,506 $27,300 $14,057 $19,673 1 ½" $41,201 $57,675 $30,541 $42,753 2" $76,097 $106,545 $56,133 $78,588 3" $143,140 $200,397 $108,097 $151,340 4" $203,398 $284,758 $150,861 $211,203 6" $312,923 $438,088 $242,817 $339,942 8" $425,438 $595,607 $334,774 $468,681 10" $587,761 $822,857 $426,720 $597,410 12" $632,786 $885,898 $518,676 $726,149 -
V. Special Contracts, Fixed Volume Contracts, and Large Volume Customers
Applicability: Special contracts, fixed volume contracts, and customers using large volumes of water within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water's service areas. System development charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
Treated Water Non-Potable Water Inside Denver Outside Denver Inside Denver Outside Denver Inside Combined Service Area Acre Foot Conversion ($/AF) $13,713 $19,204 $9,649 $13,515 1,000 Gallons Conversion ($/1,000 gal.) $42.10 $58.93 $29.62 $41.47 Outside Combined Service Area Acre Foot Conversion ($/AF) $24,352 $17,141 1,000 Gallons Conversion ($/1,000 gal.) $74.73 $52.60
* NOTE: Several distributor contracts and water service agreements contain negotiated tap ratio conversions per acre foot and some agreements that contain negotiated and/or prepaid system development charges. These contracts will be administered utilizing the system development charge calculations and/or tap ratio conversions specified in the contracts. Tap credit pools are administered consistent with the applicable water service agreement and Denver Water Operating Rules.