CHAPTER V 



THE NEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION 

 FORM OF RATE 



No one shall draw water without a writing from Caesar, and no one 

 shall draw more than has been granted. Frontinus.* 



This form of rate, drawn by the committee composed of 

 Charles R. Bettes, Philander Betts, A. E. Blackmer, A. W. Cudde- 

 back, James L. Tighe, and the writer, was presented tb the 

 Association in preliminary form on September 9, 1914, in final 

 form on March 8, 1916, and it was adopted by vote of the Asso- 

 ciation after extended discussion on November 6, 1916. 



The committee state that in preparing the schedule it was the 

 intention to embody the most useful features of the Cofnn report 

 to the Association which preceded it by ten years and which it 

 recognized as excellent in principle; but the new form is arranged 

 to diverge less from current practice so that it may be adopted 

 with a minimum disturbance to existing rates and conditions. 

 The committee suggested that the form be considered as an ideal 

 to be approached whenever meter rates are being revised and to 

 be incorporated in whole or in part as might be found feasible 

 or advantageous in such new rates. 



The schedule recognizes the principle of the sliding scale 

 and provides three rates. These rates are not fixed, but are 

 left to be determined for each case as may be necessary to pro- 

 vide the required revenue. 



The quantities of water per annum, per quarter or per month 

 to which the three rates are applicable are defined an,d are made 

 uniform by the schedule. 



In addition a service charge is provided. The service charge 



* Water Supply of Rome, translated by Clemens Herschel, 1899, p. 75. 



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