How is the sewer portion of the bill calculated?
For residential accounts SAWS bases residential sewer billing on the average monthly use of water during three complete consecutive billing periods from mid-November through mid-March. Since water is mostly used indoors during the cooler months and likely ends up processed at SAWS treatment plants through the sewer system; this amount serves as the basis for winter averaging. Customers who do not have a winter record of water usage or an interim average will be billed an unaveraged or unmetered residential charge of $20.52 for inside city limits. Customers who do not have a winter records of water usage or an interim average will be billed an unaveraged or unmetered residential charge of $24.62 for outside city limits. For general accounts Sewer service charges are computed from water usage schedules for all metered connections.
For residential accounts SAWS bases residential sewer billing on the average monthly use of water during three complete consecutive billing periods from mid-November through mid-March. Since water is mostly used indoors during the cooler months and likely ends up processed at SAWS treatment plants through the sewer system; this amount serves as the basis for winter averaging. Customers who do not have a winter record of water usage or an interim average will be billed an unaveraged or unmetered residential charge of $21.61 for inside city limits. Customers who do not have a winter records of water usage or an interim average will be billed an unaveraged or unmetered residential charge of $25.93 for outside city limits. For general accounts Sewer service charges are computed from water usage schedules for all metered connections.
