Billing Rates

Residential Rates

All residential customers are billed quarterly standard service charges for water, sewer, storm water, recycling, and state assessment, in addition to the usage charges for the actual water and sewer used. If you are connected to the city water and sewer system, but don’t use any water for a particular billing period, you will still receive a billing for the standard service charges. The only way to not have to pay these charges is to have the city actually dig up the water connection to the home at your own expense.

Calculate Water Usage

To calculate your usage for water and sewer, we measure the flow of water to your home through the water meter. During the winter months we bill the usage for both water and sewer according to your meter reading.

In the summer months, in recognition of the extra water usage outside that doesn’t flow through the sewer, we use your winter average water usage to calculate your sewer maximum. This maximum is applied to your account so that when you reach your sewer maximum, you are not charged for usage beyond that amount for the sewer portion of your billing.

2025 Residential Utility Rates

*per quarter standard service charge

***Consumption fee is billed per thousand gallons

Per City Code 801-803, any amount due for utility services in excess of 90 days shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection with real estate taxes.
 
 Per City Code 801-803, each quarterly billing for utility services that are not paid when due shall incur a penalty charge of 10% of the amount past due.

For more information regarding utility billing rates, contact the utility billing department.

Commercial Rates

All non-residential customers are billed quarterly standard service charges for water, sewer, storm water, and state assessment, in addition to the usage charges for the actual water and sewer used. In addition, multi-unit properties are billed for recycling by the number of units on the property.

For commercial accounts, the quarterly standard service charge for both water and sewer is dependent on the size of the meter at the property. Below is a list of the standard charges for different meter sizes by service for non-residential accounts.

2025 Commercial Standard Service Charge

2025 Commercial Utility Rates

*per quarter standard service charge

***Consumption fee is billed per thousand gallons

2025 Non-Residential Storm Drainage Rate

To find out the size of your property, go to our online mapping system. For more information regarding utility billing rates, contact the utility billing department.