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WaterSet by special district feeCitation CVWD Code Ch. 3.05 App. A-14, Table A-14-3 (Ord. 1399.18 s. A-14, 2025); levied under CVWDC 3.05.140

CVWD Water Demand Offset Fee

Levied by Coachella Valley Water District on new development in Palm Desert. Collected prior to the district issuing the first meter.

What one house pays

$1,392

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

Share of Palm Desert's total: 7%

Total one-time fees here: $20,934

Adjustment: Adjusts only when the board sets a new amount
what the document says
by ordinance of the CVWD Board of Directors - App. A-14, CVWDC 3.05.130 and 3.05.140 name no index, no formula and no automatic adjustment. [no index named]

The record

Where it applies

CVWD residential customers; assessed per meter by meter size

“The standard service connection for the district consists of a one-inch service line with a three-quarter-inch meter.”

CVWD Code s. 3.05.130(C) - sources the meter size for the prototype from the levying instrument · source document ↗

When it is paid

prior to the district issuing the first meter

“The water system backup facilities charge and water demand offset fee are two separate charges that are assessed on a one-time basis.”

CVWD Code Ch. 3.05 App. A-14, opening sentence; CVWDC 3.05.140(C) gives the timing · source document ↗

Every published rate

Every rate below applies to single-family detached.

Applies to	Basis	Effective	Amount
3/4 inch meterthis home	per DU	—	$1,392
“Water Demand Offset Fee. See CVWDC 3.05.140. The water demand offset fee is $1,918/acre-foot per year. ... Single-Family Residential (1.0 EDU). For residential customers, the water demand offset fee is assessed on a per meter basis by meter size as shown in Table A-14-3 below. The three-quarter-inch meter fee is based on an average annual demand of 0.7259 AFY multiplied by the unit fee ($1,918/AFY). Table A-14-3. \| Meter Size (inches) \| Amount ($/unit) \| 3/4 \| $ 1,392 \| 1 \| $ 2,320 \|” CVWD Code Ch. 3.05 App. A-14, Table A-14-3, as amended by Ord. 1399.18 s. A-14 (2025); code current through Ord. 1443 · source document ↗

Source documents

–Adopting resolution not found
–Nexus study not found
–Annual fee report (AB 1600) not found
–Published fee schedule not found
–Official boundary map not found
↗Source used for the rates

Not found means we couldn’t locate it, not that it doesn’t exist. Every linked document is archived here, so a dead link isn’t a dead citation.

Where this comes from

Facts with a quoted source: 2 of 10 record fields
How sure we are: High
Read on: 21 Sep 2026
Kind of document: code
Levying agency: CVWD
Jurisdiction: Palm Desert

What “high” means, and what this fee rests on

High: We read this straight from the document that sets the fee: the city's ordinance, the council resolution, or the official fee schedule. This is the strongest kind of source, because the number and the rule come from the agency that charges it, in its own words.
Medium: We read this from an official document, but not the one that sets the fee. It might be a staff report, a study the fee was based on, or another agency's summary of it. These are usually right, but they can lag behind a change or describe a fee differently from the document that sets it. We also use medium when the agency's own documents disagree with each other.
Low: We could not find this in a current official document. It may come from an older version of the schedule, a secondary source, or from how the agency appears to apply the fee in practice. Treat it as a lead and check with the agency before relying on it.
Derived: Not read from a document at all. Filled in from the type of fee, such as which law authorizes it. Shown separately so it is never mistaken for a quotation.

On this page

Where it applies · HighCVWD Code s. 3.05.130(C) - sources the meter size for the prototype from the levying instrument
When it is paid · HighCVWD Code Ch. 3.05 App. A-14, opening sentence; CVWDC 3.05.140(C) gives the timing

The same four levels, on the Methodology page.

Cite this page

Source: Development Fee Index, via DevFeeFinder · retrieved 21 Sep 2026

Development Fee Index, “CVWD Water Demand Offset Fee, Palm Desert”. Figures retrieved 21 Sep 2026 from the documents listed above.

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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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