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WaterSet by connection chargeCitation CCWD Ordinance 2026-01, dated March 25, 2026

CCWD water capacity charge - Copper Cove

Levied by Calaveras County Water District on new development in Calaveras County (unincorporated). Collected other: all fees paid prior to installation of service; the rate applied is the rate in force at the application date.

What one house pays

$15,730

This fee is not in Calaveras County (unincorporated)'s published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Copper Cove. The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$86,316
Adjustment
Adjusts yearly · ENR construction cost index
what the document says

ENR-CCI annual (20-cities average, December to December)

Next expected change
1 Jul 2027

The record

Why it exists

“Fee must be reasonably related to and attributable to the cost of infrastructure and improvements made necessary to serve new development”

HDR, "Water and Wastewater Capacity Charge Study", Board Meeting March 9, 2022, slide 4 "Basis for Establishing Capacity Charges" / Legal Requirements, PDF p. 50 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“The updated capacity fees include both buy-in costs for recovery of the cost of prior construction of existing assets previously built and financed by CCWD and buy-up costs for future water and wastewater facility improvements that are necessary for expansion and to increase capacity to serve new future customers.”

Agenda Item, March 9, 2022, Damon Wyckoff, Director of Operations, "FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS", PDF p. 43 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“Water Capacity Connection Fee Rate Schedule ... Effective Dates | Ebbetts Pass | West Point | Copperopolis | La Contenta/Jenny Lind — July 1, 2022 | 8,828 | 13,775 | 14,143 | 13,617”

"Calaveras County Water District Capacity and Connection Fee Schedule, effective 7/1/2023", p. 2; the Copper Cove water charge is carried in the column headed "Copperopolis" · source document ↗
When it was adopted

2006-09-27

“WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District (District) adopted Ordinance No. 2006-03 on September 27, 2006, and;”

Ordinance No. 2022-__ "AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2006-03 SCHEDULE A REVISING OF WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY CHARGES", first recital, as attached to the March 9, 2022 board packet, PDF p. 44 · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Ordinance No. 2006-03

“WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Calaveras County Water District (District) adopted Ordinance No. 2006-03 on September 27, 2006, and;”

Ordinance No. 2022-__ "AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2006-03 SCHEDULE A REVISING OF WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY CHARGES", first recital, as attached to the March 9, 2022 board packet, PDF p. 44 · source document ↗
When it is paid

other: all fees paid prior to installation of service; the rate applied is the rate in force at the application date

“It is important to keep in mind that all fees are to be paid prior to the installation of services and that the District is to inspect all work.”

"New Development & Cost to Serve", retrieved 2026-09-10 · source document ↗
Who collects it

Calaveras County Water District, the agency that levies it

“A one-time charge that is collected from new customers or developers when they connect to an existing system or increase the demand on the system.”

"Capacity Fees 2026", retrieved 2026-09-10 · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“Residential customers who require a 1-inch meter to comply with state-mandated fire sprinkler system flow requirements will be charged the same capacity fees as customers with 5/8-inch meters. Customers requiring meters larger than 1-inch to meet state-mandated fire sprinkler system flow requirements must pay full capacity fees.”

"Schedule A Capacity Charges", Capacity Charge Table 1, Table 1 Notes, note 3, attached to Ordinance No. 2022-__, PDF p. 46 · source document ↗
How it changes

“To allow for the 60-day timeframe prescribed by Government Code Section 66017, the new fees adopted by this Ordinance shall take effect on May 8, 2022.”

Ordinance No. 2022-__, Section 4, "Publication/Effective Date", PDF p. 44 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

Applies toBasisEffectiveAmount
water, 5/8 inch meter per EDU 1 Jul 2026 $15,730
the line this rate was read from

“Schedule A, Capacity Charge Table 1 — Service Area | Water | Sewer — | 5/8\" Meter | Per SFDE — Copper Cove | 15,730 | 16,425”

"Calaveras County Water District Adjustments to Fee Schedules, As of July 1, 2026", Schedule A, Capacity Charge Table 1 · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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