DC WASA TO HOST A PUBLIC HEARING ON CHARGES

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) Board of Directors will host a public hearing to seek comments on:

A change in the retail rate for sanitary sewer service (decreased from $3.47 to $3.31 per one hundred cubic feet [Ccf]) for customers, and

The implementation of an Impervious Surface Area Charge* of $1.24 per month per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) for all properties in the District of Columbia.

This unbundling of the sewer charge is an equitable way to recover the costs of a federally mandated $2.2 billion project to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and Rock Creek. With this new billing structure, the cost of the CSO control program is removed from the volumetric retail sewer charge and reflected in a separate Impervious Surface Area ** Charge.

If approved, these billing adjustments will become effective May 1, 2009. In the first year, all residential customers would be charged one (1) ERU while all non-residential property owners would be assigned ERUs based upon the total amount of impervious surface on each lot.

DC WASA WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! WEDNESDAY,

February 18, 2009 • 6:30 - 8:30pm

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

777 North Capitol Street, NE(Within walking distance of Union Station)

Each individual or representative of an organization who wishes to present testimony at the public hearing is requested to furnish his or her name, address, telephone number and name or organization (if any) by calling (202) 787-2330 or emailing the request to Lmanley@dcwasa.com no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2009. Presentations by individuals will be limited to five (5) minutes. Those by representatives of an organization are limited to ten (10) minutes.

For more information, please call (202) 787-2330 or visit our website http://www.dcwasa.com/.

* This charge applies to all DC WASA customers and all other property owners in the District of Columbia.** Impervious areas are man-made surfaces that cannot be easily penetrated by water such as rooftops, paved driveways, patios, and parking lots.