Since the late 1990s, the City has increased water rates annually in order to avoid large increases that may occur on an unpredictable schedule like those that have taken place in several neighboring municipalities. The increase is necessary to cover operating costs for providing some of the safest, best-tasting water in the nation, and to maintain the city's water distribution infrastructure.

The following rates for the period of 07-2023 through 06-2024 represent a 6.9% increase from last year.

Basic Fee For Availability

Fee: $21.05

All consumers shall be charged a basic fee for availability of water to premise notwithstanding any usage of water. The basic availability fee serves to provide resources for the maintenance and replacement of the system infrastructure.

Water & Sewer Service Rates

The water and sewer service fee provides resources for the procurement, treatment, and delivery of water and the initial reclamation of wastewater. (Sewer lines 15 inches or more in diameter are operated by Fox Metro and Fox Metro is responsible for wastewater treatment.)

Total (Inside City Limits) Residential Fee

Fee: $6.20 per centum cubic foot

Total (Inside City Limits) Non-Residential

Fee: $6.15 per centum cubic foot

Total (Outside City Limits) Residential

Fee: $12.40 per centum cubic foot

Total (Outside City Limits) Non-Residential

Fee: $12.30 per centum cubic foot

Stormwater Management Fee

Fee: $6.90

A fee is hereby imposed upon all consumers to whom water service is provided by the city for the purpose of funding various projects related to drainage improvements, flood relief and stormwater management in the city.

Environmental Disposal Fee

Fee: $8.82

The environmental refuse disposal fee provides resources for the disposal of;

1. Unlimited unbundled brush from the first week in April through the first week in November each Year,
2. Leaves during a designated 8-week period each year,
3. Natural Christmas trees.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-Mandated Long-Term Control Plan Fee

Fee: $5.85

A fee is hereby imposed upon all consumers to whom water service is provided by the city for the purpose of funding various projects associated with the city's long-term control plan (LTCP) so as to comply with the mandatory standards promulgated by the United States EPA for the management of discharges from the city's combined sewers.

Hydrant Meter Water Service Rate

Fee: $9.10 per centum cubic foot