AWARE, Newsletter, March 2000, Page 2

STEWARTSTOWN WATER AUTHORITY (SWA) WATER OPTIONS ANALYSIS

	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3	Option 4	Option 5
	Sell Water System to York Water Co.	Do Nothing	Use Existing Wells and Buy Bulk Water from Red Lion Municipal Authority (RLMA)		Use Existing Wells and Buy Bulk Water from York Water Co.
Assurance of Long Term Water Supply	Excellent	Unacceptable	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Assurance of Good Quality Water	Excellent	Acceptable w/ periodic quality problems	Acceptable w/ periodic quality problem (SWA); RLMA excellent	Acceptable w/ periodic quality problem (SWA); RLMA excellent	Acceptable w/ periodic quality problem (SWA); York Water Co. excellent
Capital Investment Required by SWA	$0	NA	$1.0 million payment towards $4.0 million pipeline	$1.5 million payment towards $4.0 million pipeline	$1.2 million payment; Stewartstown bids contract for pipeline
Regulated by PUC	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO
SWA Base Rate – 03/10/2000	NA	$6.45	$6.45	$6.45	$6.45
Increase Cost/1000 Gallons for Bulk Water Purchase	NA	NA	$3.75	$3.25	$1.89
Total $/1000 Gal.	$3.16 (and $8.15/month meter charge)	$6.45	$10.20	$9.70	$8.34

Costs are per 1000 gallons of water used
All costs/1000 gallons received DIRECTLY from C.S. Davidson (Red Lion Engineer); York Water Company engineer and Stewartstown Water Authority Rates (year 2000)

Average water usage per SWA (DEP Usage report 1998) is 13,800 Gallons per quarter per household/connection.

Bulk water – Stewartstown retains employees and system: base rate remains the same or decreases evenly for all bulk water purchases; any reduction in costs would reduce the $6.45 base rate (SWA), not the bulk water costs.

For example of quarterly costs calculation, visit the AWARE website www.southernyorkcounty.com/org/AWARE or contact AWARE at P.O. Box 276, Stewartstown, PA 17363 or e-mail at AWARE@NFDC.net

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