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The base charge covers the cost of reading and inspecting meters, servicing customer accounts, and billing. It is based on a cost per day, reflecting the number of days in the service period.

In 2006, the City Council suspended the Portland Water Bureau's multi-tier block rate structure for water volume. The Bureau will maintain a single unit rate for water volume through Fiscal Year 2009-2010 in order to simplify the rate structure and contribute to the success of the water and sewer utilities billing system implemented in April 2006.

Effective Fiscal Year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010): All water volume usage will be at the single rate of $2.44 per "unit" or ccf (one hundred cubic feet of water).

Note: one ccf = 748 gallons

Total base charge:	Fiscal Year 2009-2010 July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010
Monthly billing	$0.7377 per day
Bi-Monthly billing	$0.3688 per day
Quarterly billing	$0.2459 per day

Total base charges per billing cycle:	Fiscal Year 2009-2010 July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010
Monthly account charge for 30 days	$22.13
Bi-Monthly account charge for 60 days	$22.13
Quarterly account charge for 90 days	$22.13

Fire protection services, combination domestic and fire protection services, and services equipped with backflow or check metering devices located in City-owned vaults are billed a daily charge based on meter size as follows:	Fiscal Year 2009-2010 July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010
5/8" and 3/4"	$.8304/day
1"	$.9101/day
1 1/4" and 1 1/2"	$1.1093/day
2"	$1.5453/day
3" and greater	$2.1035/day