Warren County, VA Article III Shenandoah Shores Mandatory Connections and Use

[Adopted 9-15-2009]

§ 179-17 Mandatory water connection within Shenandoah Shores Sanitary District.

A. Wherever the property line of any structure or other user of water within the Shenandoah Shores Sanitary District is located within 200 feet of a central water supply and distribution system owned and operated by the Shenandoah Shores Cooperative Water Association (SSCWA), or its successors, for which a well is, or is to be, constructed to provide potable water, the owner shall connect to the SSCWA water system and shall not thereafter use any privately owned individual well for its water supply.

B. SSCWA shall provide a suitable service line to deliver water from its distribution line(s) to the property line of the owner and/or tenant of the property and shall place a stopcock and a water meter on the service pipe near the property line. All meters shall be the property of SSCWA. The owner and/or tenant shall be responsible for all charges after the meter has been set.

C. Properties upon which privately owned, individual wells have been established prior to the implementation date of this article may continue to be used by the owners thereof and may be deepened, repaired or otherwise maintained until and unless they become chemically or bacteriologically contaminated as determined by the Virginia Heath Department or by independent testing and analysis and need to be replaced, at which time the owners thereof shall connect to the central water supply and distribution system as described and mandated in Subsection A above.

§ 179-18 Violations and penalties.

Any person within the boundaries of the Shenandoah Shores Sanitary District who uses private well water, or allows or causes the use of private well water, in violation of any provision of this Article III after publication of notice pursuant to § 21-118 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, shall be subject to the following penalties:

A. For the first offense, violators shall receive a written warning and notice to abate within a reasonable period of time, delivered in person or posted by a representative of Warren County.

B. For the second and subsequent offenses, violators shall be fined $50, the fine to be imposed on the violator's next water bill.

C. Each notice of violation by a person shall be counted as a separate violation by that person, irrespective of the location at which the violation occurs.

§ 179-19 Connection and consumption rates and fees.

A. Basic connection fee. The basic connection fee covers installation of the water meter and partial payment for backup facilities. Payment for connection shall accompany the application for connection as follows:

(1) The basic connection fee for a new single-family dwelling served by the central water supply system of the SSCWA shall be $3,500, plus the payment of a one-time membership fee in Shenandoah Shores Cooperative Water Association of $1,500.

(2) The basic connection fee for an existing single-family dwelling served as of the effective date of this article by an individual private well shall be $1,750.

B. Consumption and use charges. All users and consumers of SSCWA water shall be billed quarterly the following charges:

(1) For all consumption and use up to 16,000 gallons per quarter as metered at the individual connection: $87.50 per quarter.

(2) For all consumption and use of at least 16,001 gallons but not exceeding 26,000 gallons per quarter as metered at the individual connection there shall be a surcharge of $0.00657 per gallon so consumed and used.

(3) For all consumption and use above 26,001 gallons per quarter as metered at the individual connection there shall be a surcharge of $0.008 per gallon so consumed and used.