Water and Sewer Management & Compliance in New York City

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This document summarizes water and sewer billing and management for buildings in New York City. It discusses the different billing plans including meter, flat rate, and attributed consumption charges. It also covers topics like determining the best billing rate, water and sewer charges, cooling tower allowances, dealing with rate increases, identifying broken meters, automatic meter reading, billing commercial tenants, identifying leaks, and regulatory changes. The goal is to help building owners and managers properly handle their NYC water and sewer bills.

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Water and Sewer
Management & Compliance
in New York City

A presentation on how you can properly manage your
building’s NYC DEP water & sewer bills

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Types of Billing Plans:
 Meter
Pay for what you use

 Flat Rate
Multi Family Conservation Program (MCP) $895 per Unit

 Attributed Consumption Charges
Paying significantly higher rates for water service

 Frontage
Billed based on height, width and fixtures
Officially expired 6/30/12 but still exists

How do we determine the best rate &
can we switch back and forth?

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Water & Sewer
Is it the same charge?

Why is it broken up?

How can I pay for one and not the other?

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Cooling Tower Allowance:
What is an allowance?
Cooling tower overview
How can I get it?
How much is the discount?
Are there any other allowances?

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Budget Process:
Consultant identifies budget based on past usage,
proper ranges, area averages, best plan

Rate increase factors to apply to budget

Watching your variances and alerting your consultant

Under billing – what do I do?

Statute of Limitations

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Rate Increase
See attached chart, page 7

Combined water and sewer increased 75.7% non
compounded over the last 7 years

Are all plans increased equally?

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Broken Meters:
How do I know if my meter is broken?

How can I get it fixed for free?

Fixing it on your own with a reimbursement

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Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)
What is it?
Is this the WiFi program I’ve been hearing about?
Are there costs?
When will this happen?
Current benefits
Future benefits

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Commercial Space
within the Building:
Can I bill my stores?

Lease review

Retroactive billing

Service Fees

But the store only has a toilet? Myths and facts

Professional space- do I go to the doctor?

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Leaks and Their Costs
Costs: Per Day Per Year

Water Sewer Water
Total Sewer Charge Total
Charge Charge Charge

Faucets:
Slow Drip 36 Gallons $0.16 $0.26 $0.42 $59.55 $94.69 $154.24
Steady Drip 180 Gallons $0.82 $1.30 $2.11 $297.76 $473.44 $771.19
One Quarter
684 Gallons $3.10 $4.93 $8.03 $1,131.48 $1,799.05 $2,930.53
Open
One Half 1,620
$7.34 $11.67 $19.02 $2,679.82 $4,260.92 $6,940.74
Open Gallons
3,600
Full Open $16.32 $25.94 $42.26 $5,955.16 $9,468.71 $15,423.87
Gallons
Toilets:
Seeping 30 Gallons $0.14 $0.22 $0.35 $49.63 $78.91 $128.53
Leaking 250 Gallons $1.13 $1.80 $2.93 $413.55 $657.55 $1,071.10
Constantly 6,000
$27.19 $43.24 $70.43 $9,925.27 $15,781.18 $25,706.44
Running Gallons

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2013 Tax Lien Sale – 25,000 + properties – are YOU on it?

RPZ Valves - What is this notice we just got in the mail about
backflow prevention devices?

So….
Why do YOU need
New York Water Management?

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