HomeMy WebLinkAboutService (Water) Connection Fee Increase 01.2020.pdfDEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH
DATE: June 26, 2019
TO: Community Water Supply Financial/Accounting Officials
FROM: Sandeep Burman, Manager
Drinking Water Protection Section
Minnesota Department of Health
PHONE: 651-201-4647
SUBJECT: Service Connection Fee Increase
The Minnesota Legislature has approved an increase in the drinking water service connection
fee from $6.36 to $9.72, effective January 1, 2020. This is the annual fee you have been
charging your drinking water system customers and passing through to the Minnesota
Department of Health (MDH) since the fee was established in 1993 per Minnesota Statute
144.3831.
Revenue from this fee is used to fund activities of MDH's Drinking Water Protection Program
related to maintaining compliance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and protecting the
health of all Minnesotans. These activities include sanitary surveys, sample collection and
analysis, compliance determination, source water protection, enforcement, and various
technical assistance services.
The fee amount has not changed since 2005. With expectations for federal regulations
continuing to be expanded, program expenses have been exceeding the revenue generated by
the fee. In order to continue providing the services necessary to help water utilities provide
safe drinking water, an increase in the fee was needed.
The invoice you will receive from us for the January through March 2020 billing period will
reflect the change in the fee. We are alerting you to this change now so you can account for
the change in your annual budget planning, and to notify residents accordingly.
We appreciate your continued partnership in providing safe and sufficient drinking water for
eve-ryone, everywhere in Minnesota.
If you have any questions about the fee, please contact me.
Minnesota Department of Health
Drinking Water Protection Section
625 North Robert Street
PO Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
651-201-4700
health@state.mn.us
www.health.state.mn.us
06/26/19
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