All residential and commercial customers located within the City's service area have a water meter that measures the amount of water transferred from the City water main into the customer's plumbing system. The water meter is usually located in a meter box in a small concrete vault near the street or curbside. Your meter registers water use in cubic feet (CF) where one cubic foot equals 7.48 gallons.

    Each month, your meter is read by one of 9 meter readers who work for the City's Customer Service department. The previous reading is subtracted from the current reading to determine the amount of water used. Currently, in addition to the monthly fixed charge, all customers are billed a commodity charge of $.83 per CCF or $.83 for every 748 gallons of water used. This covers the cost to purchase and treat the water which you use.