Effective October 1, 2024, the District of Columbia shall be charged the Fire Protection Service Fee (Fee) of Seventeen Million Five Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($17,575,000) each fiscal year for fire protection service, including, but not limited to the delivery of water flows for firefighting as well as inspecting, maintaining, and upgrading public fire hydrants in the District of Columbia, plus the cost of fire hydrant inspections performed by the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
The Fee may be examined every three years to determine if the Fee is sufficient to recoup the actual costs for providing this service.
In the event the actual costs are not being recouped, the District of Columbia shall pay the difference and the Fee will be appropriately adjusted pursuant to the rulemaking process.
In the event the costs paid by the District of Columbia exceed DC Water's actual costs, the Fee shall be adjusted pursuant to the rulemaking process.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 21, r. 21-4103