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City of Pleasanton <br />2025 Water Rate Study <br /> <br />Water Resources Economics <br />14 <br />Figure 1-7: Bi-Monthly Water Bills at Very High Usage Comparison <br /> <br />1.10 PROPOSED DROUGHT RATES <br />PROPOSED DROUGHT RATES <br />The City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) consists of six stages of drought, which all require <br />different levels of usage reduction by the City’s customers. When customers reduce their usage at each <br />stage, the City’s rate revenues from variable charges are directly impacted. Drought rates are a tool for <br />the City to effectively respond to water shortage emergencies while maintaining financial sufficiency and <br />operational reliability. Drought rates are designed to recover the costs of drought, which include the loss <br />of variable revenues and any difference (savings) in water supply costs. <br /> <br />The City has elected to provide a water usage allotment of 8 ccf per bill for all customers. The drought <br />allotment recognizes that usage reductions are more difficult for customers that are already using low <br />amounts of water during non-drought conditions. Table 1-13 shows the proposed drought rates in each <br />stage for the four-year period, which are incremental charges in addition to the City and Zone 7 variable <br />charges shown in Table 1-8 for all usage over 8 ccf per bi-monthly bill. <br /> <br />Table 1-13: Proposed Drought Rates <br />Line Drought Rates (over <br />8 ccf of usage) Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 <br />1 Effective 1/1/2026 $0.44 $1.02 $1.84 $3.08 $5.18 $9.54 <br />2 Effective 1/1/2027 $0.51 $1.18 $2.12 $3.55 $5.96 $10.98 <br />3 Effective 1/1/2028 $0.56 $1.28 $2.29 $3.84 $6.44 $11.86 <br />4 Effective 1/1/2029 $0.61 $1.39 $2.48 $4.15 $6.96 $12.81 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />