Do Your Own Math

Water and sewer rates for businesses

What a laundromat, car wash, restaurant, hotel or office pays per unit of water and sewer in large US cities, copied from each utility's own published rates, with the date and the source.

Read this first. This page is arithmetic on the utility's own published rates. It is not an audit, a quote, a bill or advice, and we are not your utility. Your real bill can include charges we leave out (listed on each page), rates change, and the utility's bill and rate ordinance always prevail. Check your own bill or ask your utility before you decide anything. Changing nothing is a valid result.

Cities

New York CityEffective 1 July 2026 (fiscal year 2027, 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2027)ChicagoEffective 1 June 2026HoustonEffective 1 April 2026PhiladelphiaEffective 1 September 2026San AntonioEffective Consumption on or about 1 January 2026San DiegoEffective 1 January 2026DallasEffective Fiscal year 2027 rate sheet (FY27)PhoenixEffective Water volume charges effective 1 March 2025; sewer schedule effective July 2026

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