Community Systems
Dear Community Systems Customer:
Comments and questions about Loudoun Water’s Community Systems rate proposal received during the public comment period and a public hearing held on January 5, 2012, requested the board reconsider its proposal due to its financial impact and a perceived lack of transparency by Loudoun Water.
While all legal requirements for public notice were met, five workshops were held that were open to the public, and a detailed letter was sent to every Community System customer, the board determined that, as a courtesy to the customers, a summary document detailing the proposal should be made available to the public prior to a vote.
Found below is a link to the summary document detailing the original proposal to Loudoun Water’s Board of Directors and its Community Systems customers for review prior to our February board meeting. It was written by Municipal & Financial Services Group, the firm which conducted the original rate review. Also found below is a link to the summary document message sent to all Community System customers who have given their emails to Loudoun Water.
A vote on a revised rate proposal for only 2012 was deferred to Loudoun Water’s February board meeting, to be held February 9, 2012, at 3 p.m. at Loudoun Water’s Administration Building, 44865 Loudoun Water Way, in Ashburn.
The public comment period on the proposal for 2012 remains open and Loudoun Water will take comments in writing until February 9, 2012. If you would like to make comments about the review or the linked documents, email Mike McGill, Manager of Community Relations, at mmcgill@loudounwater.org. These comments will be added to ones we have already received and will be presented to our board for review.
Loudoun Water
Loudoun Water Community Systems Report Jan. 26, 2012
Email to Community Systems Customers Jan. 26, 2012
Transmittal Letter to Loudoun Water Board Jan. 26, 2012
Beacon Hill
Courtland Rural Village
Village Green at Elysian Heights
Lenah Run
Raspberry Falls
Selma Estates
The Reserve at Rokeby Farm
What Are Community Systems? Community Water and Wastewater Systems are free standing water and waterwater systems whereby water may be supplied to a rural village or hamlet by its own community well and wastewater may be treated in the village/hamlets by the village's own packaged treatment facility. Highly treated wastewater (effluent) is discharged in most cases on site or, in a few cases, to local streams/rivers. Community system capacities are limited in nature and may not be designed to provide all of the amenities offered by the central system, such as fire flow and lawn watering. Such amenities would be cost prohibitive and/or unsustainable for these financially self-supporting, rural groundwater systems. Your water systems must be managed prudently. To that end, each Community has a permitted capacity that should not be exceeded. The permitted capacity for each Community works out to approximately 500 gallons per day per house (some systems are slightly higher, some are slightly lower). The median daily winter water use (water use inside the home) of all of our Community Systems customers is approximately 170 gallons per day. Following the target daily use of 500 gallons per day per home to meet permitted capacity that leaves approximately 330 gallons of water for lawn watering. For that reason, Loudoun Water recommends against landscapes with high water requirements in Community Systems.
Letter and comparison charts for January 5, 2012 Public Hearing on Community Systems rates
Frequently Asked Questions
Community Systems Rate Methodology
Community Systems Water and Wastewater rates (Courtland receives Central water and Community Systems wastewater)
Annual Water Quality Report
Community Systems NewsLeak, Spring 2009
Community Systems NewsLeak, Summer 2009
Citizen Advisory Group Meeting Summary (June, 09)
Citizen Advisory Group Meeting Summary (July, 09)
Community Systems NewsLeak, Fall 2009
Community Systems NewsLeak, Winter 2010
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