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MWRA Advisory Board Meeting Wellesley Free Library November 21, 2019

2019 Rate Survey Preview Advisory Board Meeting November 21, 2019

Then & Now 2018 2019 3.07% 3.02% MWRA Wholesale Assessment Increase (FY18-FY19) (FY19-FY20) 3.21% 3.54% Average MWRA Retail Rate Increase (CY 2018) (CY 2019) $1,609 $1,660 Average MWRA Service Area Combined Retail Cost (120 HCF) (per year) (per year) $880 $867 Adjusted Average MWRA Service Area Combined Retail Cost (per year) (per year) 68 HCF/ 64 HCF/ year year

Adjusted Data • Calculated by MWRA • Residential data only • Residential usage is based primarily on total residential consumption reported by each community in their 2018 Annual Public Water Supply Annual Statistical Report filed with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

Adjusted Data Burlington: $171.76 (53 HCF/year) Belmont: $1,714.81 (80 HCF/year) Cambridge: $587.00 (40 HCF/year) Lexington: $1,438.52 (104 HCF/year)

120 120 HCF Data • Industry standard per AWWA • Standardized way to compare communities Combined Retail Cost (120 HCF) $1,660 Average MWRA Service Area (per year)

120 120 HCF Data 2010 – 2019 $406 32%

Water Dark Blue: MWRA full water communities Light Blue: MWRA partial water communities Average Annual Retail Water Bill (120 HCF) for MWRA Service Area: $641.82 Everett: $291.60 Winchester: $312.80 Dedham-Westood: $642 Northborough: $643 Canton: $643 Reading: $1,244.40 Winthrop: $1,374.00

Sewer Average Annual Retail Sewer Bill (120 HCF) for MWRA Service Area: $1,068.18 Woburn: $256.52 Clinton: $281.64 Framingham: $1,034 Brookline: $1,067 Canton: $1,073 Belmont: $1,622.20 Ashland: $1,649.60

Combined Average Retail Combined Bill (120 HCF) for MWRA Service Area: $1,659.64 3.54% Woburn: $586.30 Revere: -2% Burlington: $631.36 Brookline: -2% Norwood: $1,625.40 Watertown: $1633.20 Walpole: $1634.06 Peabody: +25% Belmont: $2,568.00 Winthrop: +36% Winthrop: $2,748.00

Win inthrop Data • 2018 Survey: Water ($6.91/HCF)+Sewer ($9.99/HCF) =Combined(16.90/HCF) • Now using a single rate/ single bill for water & sewer to reflect a combined enterprise fund • AB formula is splitting HCF use between water and sewer. It is possible this rate will increase

Local l Data COMPARATIVE ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL WATER AND SEWER CHARGES FOR SELECTED NON-MWRA COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS 2019 Water Sewer Combined Change Abington $698.00 $640.00 $1,338.00 6.4% Agawam $317.20 $467.20 $784.40 0.0% Ayer $354.40 $988.00 $1,342.40 2.6% Beverly $364.80 $673.20 $1,038.00 0.0% Brockton $651.31 $446.00 $1,097.31 5.7% Danvers $899.20 $822.00 $1,721.20 7.5% Fairhaven $681.35 $907.80 $1,589.15 1.1% Fall River $444.80 $657.60 $1,102.40 2.2% Fitchburg $488.28 $906.24 $1,394.52 0.0% Gloucester $763.20 $1,334.70 $2,097.90 0.8% Haverhill $374.51 $658.98 $1,033.49 4.3% Holyoke $423.81 $486.00 $909.81 0.0% Hudson $534.60 $886.80 $1,421.40 9.6% Lawrence $372.00 $402.00 $774.00 0.0% Lowell $256.56 $561.72 $818.28 0.0% Medfield $497.66 $694.62 $1,192.28 3.4% New Bedford $422.80 $715.88 $1,138.68 0.0% North Reading $1,048.30 Not Sewered $1,048.30 0.0% Salem $397.20 $821.30 $1,218.50 1.3% Shrewsbury $533.03 $795.00 $1,328.03 1.2% Springfield $436.18 $663.94 $1,100.11 4.0% Tewksbury $962.44 $848.60 $1,811.04 2.1% AVERAGE $541.89 $732.27 $1,274.16 2.5% Water and sewer charges based on an annual water consumption of 120 HCF ≈ 90 kgal Average does not include unavilable data or non-sewered communities.

Local l Data • Expanded local table for 2019 survey • Addresses limitation • 200+ communities in new local table

Local l Data Abington Berkley Chatham East Brookfield Great Barrington Hopedale Malden Acton Berlin Chelmsford East Longmeadow Greenfield Hopkinton Manchester-by-the- Acushnet Bernardston Chelsea Eastham Groton Hubbardston Sea Adams Beverly Chicopee Easthampton Groveland Hudson Mansfield Agawam Billerica Chilmark Easton Hadley Hull Marblehead Amesbury Blackstone Clarksburg Edgartown Halifax Huntington Marion Amherst Blandford Clinton Essex Hamilton Ipswich Marlborough Andover Bolton Cohasset Everett Hampden Kingston Marshfield Arlington Boston Colrain Fairhaven Hancock Lakeville Mashpee Ashburnham Bourne Concord Fall River Hanover Lancaster Mattapoisett Ashby Boxborough Conway Falmouth Hanson Lanesborough Maynard Ashfield Boylston Cummington Fitchburg Hardwick Lawrence Medfield Ashland Braintree Dalton Florida Harvard Lee Medford Athol Brewster Danvers Foxborough Harwich Leicester Medway Attleboro Bridgewater Dartmouth Framingham Hatfield Lenox Melrose Auburn Brockton Dedham Franklin Haverhill Leominster Mendon Avon Brookfield Deerfield Freetown Hawley Leverett Merrimac Ayer Brookline Dennis Gardner Heath Lexington Methuen Barnstable Buckland Dighton Georgetown Hingham Lincoln Middleborough Barre Burlington Douglas Gill Hinsdale Littleton Middlefield Barre Cambridge Dover Gloucester Holbrook Longmeadow Middleton Becket Canton Dracut Goshen Holden Lowell Milford Bedford Carlisle Dudley Gosnold Holland Ludlow Millbury Belchertown Carver Dunstable Grafton Holliston Lunenburg Millis Bellingham Charlemont Duxbury Granby Holyoke Lynn Milton Belmont Charlton East Bridgewater Granville Hopedale Lynnfield Monroe

Local l Data Montgomery Northbridge Rochester Southwick Wakefield Westhampton Mount Northfield Rockland Spencer Wales Westminster Washington Norton Rockport Springfield Walpole Weston Nahant Norwell Rowe Sterling Waltham Westport Nantucket Norwood Rowley Stockbridge Ware Westwood Natick Oak Bluffs Royalston Stoneham Wareham Weymouth Needham Oakham Russell Stoughton Warren Whately New Ashford Orange Rutland Stow Warwick Whitman New Bedford Orleans Salem Sturbridge Washington Wilbraham New Braintree Otis Salisbury Sudbury Watertown Williamsburg New Oxford Sandisfield Sunderland Wayland Williamstown Marlborough Palmer Sandwich Sutton Webster Wilmington New Salem Paxton Saugus Swampscott Wellesley Winchendon Newbury Peabody Savoy Swansea Wellfleet Winchester Newburyport Pelham Scituate Taunton Wendell Windsor Newton Pembroke Seekonk Templeton Wenham Winthrop Norfolk Pepperell Sharon Tewksbury West Boylston Woburn North Adams Peru Shirley Tisbury West Bridgewater Worcester North Andover Princeton Shrewsbury Tolland West Brookfield Worthington North Provincetown Shutesbury Topsfield West Newbury Wrentham Attleborough Quincy Somerset Townsend West Springfield North Randolph Somerville Truro West Stockbridge Brookfield Raynham South Hadley Tyngsborough West Tisbury North Reading Reading Southampton Tyringham Westborough Northampton Rehoboth Southborough Upton Westfield Northborough Revere Southbridge Uxbridge Westford

National Data COMPARATIVE ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL WATER & SEWER CHARGES FOR MAJOR UNITED STATES CITIES 2019 Water Sewer Combined Change Austin, TX $685.42 $931.88 $1,617.31 3.6% Boston, MA $652.66 $907.31 $1,559.97 2.8% Columbus, OH $535.93 $569.32 $1,105.25 2.5% Dallas, TX $321.24 $545.16 $866.40 0.6% Detroit, MI $395.64 $755.44 $1,151.09 3.0% Flint, MI $1,017.60 $930.96 $1,948.56 0.0% Fort Worth, TX $444.80 $567.32 $1,012.13 2.1% Honolulu, HI $464.28 $1,263.96 $1,728.24 0.0% Houston, TX $524.56 $666.95 $1,191.50 3.0% Indianapolis, IN $544.99 $656.36 $1,201.35 0.0% Jacksonville, FL $337.93 $686.54 $1,024.46 0.0% Los Angeles, CA $720.35 $649.01 $1,369.36 5.9% Milwaukee, WI $369.28 $267.59 $636.87 3.0% MWRA Service Area $647.73 $1,011.90 $1,659.64 3.5% New Orleans, LA $768.57 $849.13 $1,617.70 8.4% New York, NY $468.00 $758.88 $1,226.88 1.2% Newark, NJ $352.44 $457.06 $809.50 0.0% Philadelphia, PA $617.63 $467.95 $1,085.58 3.0% Portland, ME $374.67 $1,217.88 $1,592.55 2.1% Providence, RI $525.29 $641.72 $1,167.01 0.0% Saint Louis, MO $307.76 $895.36 $1,203.12 7.3% Saint Paul, MN $472.29 $541.63 $1,013.93 4.9% San Antonio, TX $667.49 $482.76 $1,150.25 12.0% San Diego, CA $1,156.95 $594.17 $1,751.12 5.8% San Francisco, CA $1,223.65 $1,622.05 $2,845.70 5.0% San Jose, CA $1,098.52 $483.14 $1,581.66 3.2% Seattle, WA $881.50 $1,809.02 $2,690.53 9.2% Washington, DC $573.54 $1,037.62 $1,611.17 4.0% AVERAGE $612.53 $795.29 $1,407.81 3.7% Water and sewer charges based on an annual water consumption of 120 HCF ≈ 90 kgal Note: MWRA Service Area averages exclude non-sewered communities.

Updates & Trends Tier Changes: Brookline, Peabody, Somerville, Walpole Billing Cycles: Walpole Nahant Billing Winthrop Billing

His istoric Data Table New ways to analyze historic data

Next xt Steps • Data/ proof page verification • Electronic copies only • Community executive summary

MWRA Advisory Board Meeting Wellesley Free Library November 21, 2019

Proposed Changes to Wastewater Metering Sit ites

MWRA Advisory Board Meeting Wellesley Free Library November 21, 2019