Water Budget Rates
What do EVMWD’s new water budgets and rates mean for you and Elsinore Eddie? Background Like other water agencies across California, EVMWD is faced with dwindling water supplies and rising costs as the state endures its third year of drought. EVMWD and many other agencies are adopting new water budgets designed to manage the state’s precious water supply and encourage customers to conserve water. What are Water Budgets? A water budget is a monthly amount of water allocated to you for efficient indoor and outdoor uses at your property. Just as you budget your finances, a water budget gives you a monthly target so you can be most efficient with the water that you use.Customers will get an indoor and outdoor budget, adjusted seasonally. Why use Water Budgets? Rate structures using water budgets are a very fair way to encourage ef efficient water use and discourage water waste. In simple terms, those who use water efficiently both indoors and outdoors -- those
who stay within their budget -- will pay less than customers who are inefficient or wasteful.  | Meet Elsinore Eddie Elsinore Eddie is a typical customer of EVMWD. His yard is well-kept with grass, shrubs and a section of native plants. The size of the area he waters is about 4,700 square feet or about 60% of his property. The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District knows Elsinore Eddie needs enough water to care for his family of four and landscaping, so the district has designed a new rate structure that will provide plenty of water for both and encourage efficiency at the same time. Basically, Eddie and EVMWD customers who use water efficiently, both indoors and outdoors, will pay the lowest rates. |
Conservation Budget | | Higher Rates for Excessive use |
Summer rates are in effect May through September; winter rates are in effect October through April. These numbers are based on the average EVMWD customer, Elsinore Eddie. Like nearly 20,000 other customers, his home sits on a parcel that is .18 acres or about 7,840 square feet. |
