§ 25-1.5-209. Drinking Water Fee – Drinking Water Cash Fund

1. Effective July 1, 2007, the division may assess an annual fee upon public water systems, and all such fees shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
   1. Category 01 Community surface water systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 310

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 465

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 865

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 1,850

      Subcategory 7 Population from 30,001 – 100,000 $ 4,940

      Subcategory 8 Population from 100,001 – 200,000 $ 9,270

      Subcategory 9 Population from 200,001 – 500,000 $ 15,450

      Subcategory 10 Population greater than 500,000 $ 21,630

   2. Category 02 Community groundwater systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 220

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 310

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 680

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 1,545

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 4,450

   3. Category 03 Community-purchased surface water or groundwater systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 155

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 250

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 490

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 865

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 2,470

   4. Category 04 Nontransient, noncommunity surface water systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 280

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 400

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 620

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 1,670

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 4,450

   5. Category 05 Nontransient, noncommunity groundwater systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 155

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 245

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 495

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 1,360

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 3,650

   6. Category 06 Nontransient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 125

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 185

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 325

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 805

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 1,980

   7. Category 07 Transient, noncommunity surface water systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 245

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 310

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 555

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 620

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 3,960

   8. Category 08 Transient, noncommunity groundwater systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 125

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 185

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 495

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 535

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $ 2,970

   9. Category 09 Transient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systems

      Subcategory 1 Population from 25 – 250 $ 75

      Subcategory 2 Population from 251 – 500 $ 100

      Subcategory 3 Population from 501 – 1,000 $ 110

      Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 – 3,300 $ 125

      Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 – 10,000 $ 310

      Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 – 30,000 $ 435

      Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001 $1,490

2. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the drinking water cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys so collected shall be annually appropriated by the general assembly to the department for allocation to the division of administration to operate the drinking water program established in this part 2. The general assembly shall review expenditures of such moneys to assure that they are used only for such purposes. All interest earned on the investment or deposit of moneys in the cash fund and all unappropriated or unencumbered moneys in the cash fund shall remain in the cash fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year or any other time. Any funds remaining from fees collected prior to the repeal of former section 25-1.5-209, as it existed prior to July 1, 2005, shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the cash fund.

Facility Categories and Subcategories for

Drinking Water Fees Annual Fees

Source: L. 2003: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1502, § 2, effective May 1. L. 2007: Entire section RC&RE, p. 1455, § 3, effective July 1.

Editor’s note: Prior to the recreation of this section in 2007, subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2005. (See L. 2003, p. 1502 .)