Sewer Service Rates & Fees

Residential Billing

Residential customers are billed bimonthly. Bills are due upon receipt and considered delinquent after 30 days. 1.5% will be added if bill is not paid within 30 days; $3 or 5% of unpaid balance, whichever is greater will be added when an account is issued a shut-off notice.

Flat Rates

Rates effective July 1, 2023. 

Commercial, Industrial & Miscellaneous Premises

Flat Rate

For non-residential accounts, there shall be a flat rate assessed every billing cycle during which normal billing takes place, regardless of the amount of sewage discharged, in the amount of $29.25 per bimonthly period to defray billing and sewer system administration costs.

Commercial customers are billed monthly. Bills are due within 30 days. 1.5% will be added if bill is not paid within 30 days; $3 or 5% of unpaid balance, whichever is greater will be added when an account is issued a shut-off notice.

Volumetric Charge

For each commercial, industrial, or miscellaneous premises, a charge for each one hundred cubic feet (HCF) of water used per billing cycle shall be charged as follows:

1 HCF = 100 Cubic Feet = 748 Gallons

Rates effective July 1, 2023.

Institutional Property

Commercial Property

Monitored Sites

Non-Monitored Sites

Notes
These industrial customers are subject to sewer charge adjustments based on their sewer volumes, as indicated in their Sewer Flow Adjustment Agreements.

Rate for City of San Jose

For properties known as North McCarthy Properties:

• $555 bimonthly for any discharge up to 75,000 gallons per day (maximum flow)
• Excess flow charge of $100 for each 1,000 gallons per day in excess of the maximum flow or part thereof