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MSD RATE CHANGE NOTICE
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) has referred to its Rate Commission a proposal for wastewater rates for fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024). The proposal addresses increases in wastewater rates. These proposed changes would apply to all MSD customers.
RATE COMMISSION PROCESS: In 2000, changes to MSD’s Charter were approved by area voters that required the creation of an independent Rate Commission. Composed of 15 member organizations representing a broad cross-section of MSD’s customers and the community it serves, the Rate Commission is designed to provide public input into how rates are set. The Rate Commission process includes multiple
public hearings and can last up to 165 days. This process began when a rate proposal was formally presented to the Rate Commission by MSD staff on Monday, March 4, 2019. Over the next several months, the Rate Commission will review these rates and hold hearings to gather public input.
WASTEWATER RATES: Wastewater rates must be sufficient to continue MSD’s ongoing multi-billion dollar, multi-decade capital construction
program. From fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2024, MSD proposes spending nearly $1.6 billion on construction and related work. Largely driven by state and federal regulatory requirements, this work will reduce overflows into area waterways, alleviate basement backups, and help ensure water quality in the St. Louis area’s rivers and streams.
Effective July 1, 2019, the typical customer owning a single-family home will pay $55.57 per month for wastewater services. MSD is proposing four rate increases between July 2020 and July 2021 to fund its operations and capital construction program. These increases will raise the typical sin-
gle-family wastewater rate to $63.36 per month.
For more information on the rate proposal or the Rate Commission Process, please visit MSD’s
website at www.stlmsd.com or contact Marion Gee, Director of Finance, at (314) 768-6299.
Type of Monthly Charge (per Bill)Existing FY2020 (1)FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Base Charge
Billing & Collection Charge 6.67$ 7.38$ 5.11$ 5.31$ 5.51$ 5.72$
System Availability 17.16 18.97 21.40 22.21 23.05 23.92
Total Base Service Charge 23.83$ 26.35$ 26.51$ 27.52$ 28.56$ 29.64$
Compliance Charge (2)
Tier 1 3.05$ 3.14$ 4.44$ 4.55$ 4.71$ 4.85$
Tier 2 60.89 62.61 62.16 63.64 65.80 67.67
Tier 3 133.96 137.75 133.20 136.37 140.99 144.98
Tier 4 197.91 203.49 177.60 181.83 187.98 193.30
Tier 5 258.79 266.10 222.00 227.29 234.98 241.63
Volume Charge
Metered - $/Ccf 4.40$ 4.87$ 5.02$ 5.21$ 5.41$ 5.62$
Unmetered
Each Room 2.61$ 2.89$ 2.97$ 3.09$ 3.21$ 3.34$
Each Water Closet 9.70 10.72 11.07 11.49 11.93 12.38
Each Bath 8.08 8.93 9.23 9.58 9.94 10.32
Each Separate Shower 8.08 8.93 9.23 9.58 9.94 10.32
Extra Strength Surcharges - $/ton (2)
Suspended Solids > 300 mg/l 277.03$ 283.87$ 314.00$ 321.47$ 332.35$ 341.76$
BOD > 300 mg/l 691.50 708.56 898.00 919.37 950.46 977.36
COD > 600 mg/l 345.76 354.30 449.00 459.69 475.24 488.69
Ccf - Hundred Cubic Feet (1) Final rate increase of Rate Change Plan approved October 2015
mg/l - milligram per liter (2) Applicable only to non-residential customers.
COMPARISON OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED WASTEWATER RATES
Proposed Wastewater Charges Effective July 1
Proposed Typical Monthly Wastewater Bill
Single-family Multi-family Commercial
FY2019 $50.23 $199.83 $524.72
FY2020 $55.57 $221.15 $575.96
FY2021 $56.63 $227.31 $590.67
FY2022 $58.78 $235.92 $612.16
FY2023 $61.02 $244.96 $635.36
FY2024 $63.36 $254.44 $659.31
Customer Class
Customer Assistance Program participant bills would be 50%
less than non-participants.
Single-family - based on average 6 Ccf volume.
Multi-family - based on average 40 Ccf volume/average 6
Units.
Commercial - based on Normal strength with average 100 Ccf
volume. Tier 2 Compliance Charge.