Regional San customers pay a monthly rate for wastewater
conveyance and treatment services. Instead of receiving a
separate bill, our monthly charge appears on customers’ sewer
collection utility bill. Depending on the location of a
customer’s home or business in our service area, there are four potential sewer
collection utilities including the Sacramento Area Sewer
District, City of
Sacramento,
City of West Sacramento, or City of
Folsom.
In March 2017, our Board of Directors approved a five-year rate
increase plan, which included incremental annual rate increases
through Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, to help pay for the mandated
EchoWater Project.
Regional San worked diligently to implement various cost-saving
measures, including controlling project costs and securing a
low-interest loan to help fund the EchoWater Project. As a
result, in May 2019, our Board rescinded previously
approved rate increases for the last three years of the five-year
rate increase plan (FY 2019, FY 2020, and FY 2021). That means
rates will stay at current levels through June 30,
2022.
New Environmental Regulations Require Higher Levels of Wastewater Treatment
In response to the decline of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta ecosystem and concerns over ammonia, nitrates and pathogens, a series of tough new water quality requirements were imposed on us by the State of California through our discharge permit. Significant upgrades to our wastewater treatment plant must be completed by 2021–2023. These upgrades, known as the EchoWater Project, are expected to cost about $1.7 billion to build and approximately $50 million in additional yearly operations and maintenance costs.
While funding the EchoWater Project has required several years of gradual rate increases, residential rates will now remain steady at the current level through June 30, 2022.
Category
Current Rate
Single-Family Residential
$37.00/month for each
single-family residence
Multi-Family Residential
$27.75/month for each
multi-family dwelling unit
Age-Restricted
Residential
Developments
$22.20/month for each
age-restricted dwelling unit
We are currently in the midst of the largest upgrade to our wastewater
treatment plant since its inception. These upgrades—known as the EchoWater Project—must be completed and operational by 2023, and the construction cost alone is between $1.5 and $2.1 billion.
MAY 2019 UPDATE: In March 2017, our Board of Directors approved a five-year rate increase plan, which included incremental annual rate increases through Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, to help pay for the mandated EchoWater Project. Regional San worked diligently to implement various cost-saving measures, including controlling project costs and securing a low-interest loan to help fund the EchoWater Project. As a result, in May 2019, our Board rescinded previously approved rate increases for the last three years of the five-year rate increase plan (FY 2019, FY 2020, and FY 2021). That means rates will stay at current levels through June 30, 2022.
Rates for Residential and Commercial Customers Per single-family dwelling unit
Rate
Effective
Date
Proposed
Increase
Proposed
Monthly Rate Per Single Family
Dwelling Unit
This pie chart shows the portion of the current Regional San
monthly basic rate (for single-family residential) that is
needed to pay for the existing treatment process versus the
amount needed to pay for the EchoWater Project.
This page includes our rate history since 2005. From 2011 through 2018, a series of rate increases were necessary to build the EchoWater Project, which is a major upgrade of the treatment plant to comply with mandatory Discharge Permit requirements.
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