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| Telecommunications & Utilities |
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| For years,
Wichita has been globally recognized for our highly
advanced communications infrastructure. Whether your
employees are working from home or the office, our region
offers a seamless network for all of your information
transfers. Six long distance landline carriers have
chosen to establish local points-of-presence here, with
hundreds of employees maintaining the Wichita area network.
A sophisticated infrastructure, combined with our location
in the Central Time Zone, puts Wichita at the top of
the chart for communications capabilities. |
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Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Unique telecommunications
characteristics:
- Nearly all of Wichita's business areas are equipped
with fiber optic and are hosted by three competing
networks (Cox Business Services, SBC and TelCove).
- A ranking by Intel in 2003 put Wichita in the top
15% of the most "unwired" metro areas in
the nation.
- All services are available in Wichita - from traditional
switched and centrex-based dial tone services to self-healing
SONET networks, frame relay and Advanced Intelligence
Networks.
- In 2001, Yahoo Internet Life ranked Wichita 40th
among U.S. cities in web usage (the only city on the
list with a population under one-half million).
- It typically takes only one to two weeks for business
broadband installation, with all types of access available,
including dial-up telephone modems to high-speed cable
modems, DSL, wireless broadband and satellite.
- Six competing long distance landline carriers are
stationed in Wichita - AT&T, Birch Telecom, Gabriel
Communications, MCI, Sprint and Wiltel, with one long
distance point-of-presence (Sprint PCS).
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Electricity
| Provider |
Westar
Energy |
| Fuel Sources |
Coal - 62% |
| Natural Gas-Fueled Oil - 28% |
| Nuclear - 10% |
| Capacity |
6,000 Megawatts |
| Reserves |
1,080 Megawatts (18%) |
| Reliability |
99.976%
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outages generally occur in residential
(non-business) areas |
Large commercial-industrial rates
are generally in the 4.5-6.0 cent per kwh range. It
is not necessary to qualify for economic development
incentives to obtain such a rate. Providing more specific
rate estimates requires information such as total kwh
consumption, load factor (8 vs. 24 hour per day operation
for example) and determination of equipment ownership
(rate often lower if customer owns transformers, etc.).
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Natural
Gas
Large volume
customers purchasing open market commodity gas can obtain
transportation (delivery) rates in the range of $0.05
to $0.07 per Therm (equivalent to $0.50 to $0.70 per
MCF). It is not necessary to qualify for economic development
incentives to obtain such a rate.
Two providers
service the Wichita metro area:
Kansas
Gas Service
Aquila
Networks
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| Water
& Sewer
| Water Plant |
Sewer Plant |
| Maximum Capacity - 160 mgd |
Primary-Trickle Filter / Secondary-Activated
Sludge |
| Average Consumption - 56 mgd |
Maximum Capacity - 59 mgd |
| Peak Demand - 118 mgd |
Present Load - 43 mgd |
| Storage capacity - 50 mg |
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- mgd = million gallons per day
Water
Rate Summary
Retail Volume
Charge (per 1,000 gallons)
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Inside City Limits |
Outside City Limits |
| Up to 110% AWC |
$0.74 |
$1.17 |
| 111% to 310% AWC/Fire |
$2.66 |
$4.20 |
| Above 310% AWC |
$4.00 |
$6.31 |
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AWC = Average Winter Consumption
Note:
Using well water and/or impounded runoff water for grounds
maintenance could help maintain fairly level demand
and lower rates. However, using runoff water in this
manner has no bearing on the Storm Water Unitily fee
(see below - applies inside Wichita city limits only).
Monthly
Meter Charge - varies by line diameter
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Inside City Limits |
Outside City Limits |
| 12" Water Line |
$29.68 |
$46.90 |
Sewer
Rate Summary
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Inside City Limits |
Outside City Limits |
| Volume
Charge
(per
1000 gallons) |
$1.47 |
$2.32 |
| Monthly
Meter Charge for
12" sewer line
(varies by line diameter) |
$136.48 |
$215.64 |
Fire
Protection
Wichita's
fire water system is separate and isolated from the
domestic water system. Charges are based on availability
(not usage) and vary by line diameter.
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Inside City Limits |
Outside City Limits |
| 12" Fire Line |
$15.73/month |
$24.86/month |
ISO
Fire Protection Class
| Inside Wichita City Limits |
3 |
| Other Sedgwick County Cities |
varies (3,4,6,9) |
| Rural Sedgwick County |
7 |
Storm
Water Utility
Provider: Wichita
Storm Water Utility
Storm Water
Utility maintains Wichita's storm water drainage system.
This fee only applies to facilities within the Wichita
city limits - originally or annexed. The fee is based
on an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) - the average
amount of impervious area on a residential property
(roof, driveway, etc.). One ERU is equivalent to 2,139
square feet and is charged $1.50 per month. Fees on
commercial and industrial property are based on impervious
area (building, parking lot, etc.). A business with
21,390 square feet of impervious area (10 ERUs) would
be billed $15.00 per month. As a larger example, a one
million square foot building would incure a monthly
storm water drainage charge of $701. The Utility fee
is generally billed monthly in the water and sewer bill.
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