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EMWD Water Financial Participation Charge

Levied by Eastern Municipal Water District on new development in Perris. Authorized under the Gov. Code Sec. 66013 where the charge is for water or sewer capacity; otherwise the district's own enabling act (Health & Safety Code / Pub. Resources Code, by district type).

What one house pays

$7,738

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot.

Share of Perris's total
11%
Total one-time fees here
$70,490
Adjustment
Not recorded

The record

Why it exists

“Domestic Water System Facilities Financial Participation Charge ("Capacity Charges"/"Connecting Fees") is to provide a source of funds to finance: (1) water main facilities larger than 12-inches in diameter; (2) booster pumping plants; (3) storage tanks; and (4) Improvement District and General District system facilities, as necessary to meet the additional service requirements necessitated by community growth and to distribute the costs fairly among those who create the need for additional facilities.”

EMWD Administrative Code, printed 7/30/24, s. 5.307(a), code p. 325 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“FPCs, sometimes referred to as "connection fees," are collected to pay for planned and existing water and wastewater facilities. • Individuals are required to buy in to these capital facilities. • This buy-in process may include paying toward debt associated with existing facilities. • Some capital facilities include: o Pipelines o Pumping Stations o Wastewater Treatment Plants o Sewage Transmission Lines o Freshwater Connections o Sewage Lift Stations”

Frequently Asked Questions: Financial Participation Charges and Water Supply Development Fee, 1/2026, p. 2, "What are Financial Participation Charges (FPCs)?" · source document ↗
Where it applies

“Eastern Municipal Water District and the City of Perris entered into a Transfer Agreement for the transfer of ownership of the City of Perris Water and Sewer systems. As of the transfer date of October 15, 2024, the City of Perris shall transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Eastern Municipal Water District, and Eastern Municipal Water District shall accept and assume from the City of Perris all customer-related information owned by or otherwise controlled by the City of Perris and used in connection with the Utility Systems”

Consolidated Schedule of Rates, Fees, and Charges, updated 7/15/2026, p. 29, "WATER SYSTEM – PERRIS TRANSFER" · source document ↗
When it was adopted

1979-03-14 (by reference only)

“Existing Development Within Improvement Districts: All properties, improved with an existing structure, located within an operating District improvement district providing retail domestic water service prior to the effective date of Resolution 1639 (March 14, 1979), shall be exempt from paying Capacity Charges. Such an exemption shall be applicable whether or not they were receiving domestic water service prior to March 14, 1979.”

EMWD Administrative Code, printed 7/30/24, Title 5 Art. 3 s. 5.307(g)(1), code p. 329 · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Resolution 1639 | NOT FOUND as an affirmative imposing text

“Existing Development Within Improvement Districts: All properties, improved with an existing structure, located within an operating District improvement district providing retail domestic water service prior to the effective date of Resolution 1639 (March 14, 1979), shall be exempt from paying Capacity Charges. Such an exemption shall be applicable whether or not they were receiving domestic water service prior to March 14, 1979.”

EMWD Administrative Code, printed 7/30/24, Title 5 Art. 3 s. 5.307(g)(1), code p. 329 · source document ↗
Who collects it

Eastern Municipal Water District, the agency that levies it

“The sponsor/developer must agree to pay the full adjusted amount of such charges prior to District's acceptance of the facilities and provision of service to the involved unit(s).”

Consolidated Schedule of Rates, Fees, and Charges, updated 7/15/2026, p. 62, closing note to "Other Sewer Connection Fees" · source document ↗
Who is exempt

“Development to be exempted from Payment of Connection fees: ... (3) Agricultural Use, as defined by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Administrative Code, including site specific agricultural operational use and/or functions relative to the product or byproduct of the site use, shall be exempt from paying Capacity Charges. (4) New Recycled water meters, including those that are supplied with potable water sources on an interim basis, shall be exempt from paying capacity charges. (5) ADUs converted from existing space and JADU's shall not be considered to be a new residential use and shall be exempt from connection fees or capacity charges.”

EMWD Administrative Code, printed 7/30/24, s. 5.307(g), code p. 329 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

Not automatic: the name limits it to a developer who donated storage. Not deducted here.

“Other Water Connection Fees and Credits | Area | Rate as of 1/1/2025 | Rate as of 1/1/2026 || Developer Donated Storage Credit | ($1,247/EMS) | ($1,287/EMS)”

Consolidated Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges, updated 7/15/2026, "Other Water Connection Fees and Credits", p. 60 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

RateBasisEffectiveAmount
General District
this homeunverified per EDU 1 Jan 2026 $7,738

“Water Financial Participation Charge | Area | Rate as of 1/1/2025 | Rate as of 1/1/2026 ... General District | $7,498/EMS | $7,738/EMS”

Consolidated Schedule of Rates, Fees, and Charges, updated 7/15/2026, p. 59, "CONNECTION FEES — Water Connection Fees: — Water Financial Participation Charge" · source document ↗

3 superseded rates on file for this fee and are not shown: they are kept so a figure quoted from an older schedule can still be traced.

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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