System Development Charges are “tap fees” imposed on new customers who “tap” into our water system.
A. Single Family Residential
Applicability: Licenses for single family residential treated water taps within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water's service areas, including special contracts.* System Development Charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
| Treated Water | ||
|---|---|---|
| Inside Denver | Outside Denver | |
| Base charge per resident household units that are served through a single tap |
$2,240 | $3,140 |
| Charge per square foot of gross lot size | $0.45 | $0.64 |
B. Multi Family Residential
Applicability: Licenses for multifamily residential treated water taps within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water's service areas, including special contracts.* System Development Charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
| Treated Water | ||
|---|---|---|
| Inside Denver | Outside Denver | |
| Base charge for a duplex or the first two household units that are served through a single tap |
$6,970 | $9,760 |
| Charge for each additional household unit above two units that are served through a single tap |
$1,380 | $1,930 |
C. Irrigation-Only
Applicability: An SDC for any license supplying potable or non-potable irrigation-only service will be based on one of the following methods, but will not be less than the SDC for the size of tap to be installed.
1) the size of the entire licensed property, or
2) the volume of water to be taken on an annual basis
D. All Other
Applicability: Licenses for all other treated and non-potable water taps within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water service areas, including special contracts.* System Development charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
| Treated Water | Non-Potable Water | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tap Size | Inside Denver | Outside Denver | Inside Denver | Outside Denver |
| 3/4" | $5,650 | $7,920 | $4,050 | $5,670 |
| 1" | $14,760 | $20,660 | $10,820 | $15,140 |
| 1 1/2" | $31,220 | $43,710 | $23,500 | $32,910 |
| 2" | $57,650 | $80,710 | $43,200 | $60,480 |
| 3" | $108,560 | $151,980 | $83,190 | $116,470 |
| 4" | $154,130 | $215,780 | $116,100 | $162,550 |
| 6" | $237,610 | $332,650 | $186,870 | $261,620 |
| 8" | $323,260 | $452,560 | $257,640 | $360,690 |
| 10" | $444,960 | $622,940 | $328,400 | $459,770 |
| 12" | $481,760 | $674,460 | $399,170 | $558,840 |
E. Special Contracts, Fixed Volume Contracts, and Large Volume Customers
Applicability: Special contracts, fixed volume contracts, and customers using large volumes of water within the City and County of Denver and Denver Water's service areas. System Development Charges are due and payable prior to issuance of a license to the customer.
| Treated Water | Non-Potable Water | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre Foot Conversion ($/AF) |
Inside Denver | Outside Denver | Inside Denver | Outside Denver |
| Inside Combined Service Area |
$10,370 | $14,520 | $7,430 | $10,400 |
| Outside Combined Service Area |
$18,410 | $13,190 | ||
* Note: There are several distributor contracts and water service agreements that contain negotiated tap ratio conversions per acre foot and some agreements that contain negotiated, and in some cases, prepaid system development charges. These contracts will continue to be administered utilizing the System Development Charge calculations and/or tap ratio conversions specified in each of these contracts. Tap credit pools shall continue to be administered in a manner consistent with the applicable water service agreement and Denver Water Operating Rules.