Ask The City – How is My Water Bill Calculated?

Could you explain how my water bill is calculated?

A residential customer billing is calculated as follows:

All base charges are billed for the current month and are:

1) Garbage collection (based on the number of kitchen units) $10.48/kitchen unit

2) Garbage disposal (based on number of kitchen units) $3.20/kitchen unit

3) Sewer base $12.60 for every account hooked up to city sewer services

4) Water base (based on the size of meter at the location)

¾” meter $19.40 (most common size in residences)

1” meter $30.60

1 ½” meter $55.50

2” meter $86.20

5) Mosquito control $2.57

All consumption charges are billed for the preceding month to enable use of reads from the water meters:

1) Water consumption

Single family residences are billed on the tiered rate system (one unit equals 1000 gallons)

Units 1-3 $3.10/unit

Units 4-6 $3.74/unit

Units 7-15 $4.53/unit

Units 16-and up $5.57/unit

Multi-family residences are billed at $3.10/unit

2) Sewer residential (the water consumption from January, February and March are averaged to calculate the winter average) $3.23 x winter average

Additional information can be found on the City of Laramie’s website.

Questions can also be directed to Utility Billing at 721-5222.

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