AWWA Manual M1 2012

Comprehensive guidance manual for setting water utility rates, fees, and charges. Principles of Water Rates, Fees, and Charges, Fifth Ed. Provides total rate structure information to water utility managers and water boards. M1 consolidates information from four previous AWWA rate manuals: – Manual M1, Water Rates, Fourth Edition, determining costs of water service to customer classes and recovering those costs with the proper rate structure – Manual M26, Water Rates and Related Charges, Second Edition, connection charges, service extensions, system development charges, fire protection, wholesale rates, and miscellaneous charges – Manual M34, Water Rate Structures and Pricing, Second Edition, guidance on rate structures – Manual M35, Revenue Requirements, methods for determining revenue requirements for both investor-owned and government owned utilities