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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.
Category | Bimonthly Charge (Flat Rates) |
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Single Family Per Dwelling Unit | $128.44 |
Multi-Family Per Dwelling Unit | $97.96 |
Mobile Home Parks Per Dwelling Unit | $84.42 |
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.
Property Type | Bimonthly Charge (Flat Rate) |
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Commercial, Industrial & Miscellaneous Premises | $29.25 |
Volumetric Charge
For each commercial, industrial, or miscellaneous premises, a charge for each one hundred cubic feet (HCF) of water used per billing cycle shall be charged as follows:
1 HCF = 100 Cubic Feet = 748 Gallons
Rates effective July 1, 2023.
Institutional Property
Property Type | Volumetric Charge ($ per HCF of water used per billing cycle) |
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Schools/Colleges | $11.58 |
Commercial Property
Property Type | Volumetric Charge ($ per HCF of water used per billing cycle |
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Motels/Hotels | $5.64 |
General Office | $6.92 |
City of Milpitas | $5.59 |
Service Stations | $5.61 |
Eat/Drink Establishments | $10.88 |
Convalescent Hosp/Daycare | $5.45 |
Personal Services, Laundries | $4.97 |
Electrical/Electronic | $6.82 |
Machinery Manufacture | $9.92 |
Monitored Sites
Property Type | Volumetric Charge ($ per HCF of water used per billing cycle) |
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Rocktenn (Jefferson Smurfit) | $10.79 |
T. Marzetti Co. | $11.17 |
Prudential Overall Supply | $9.88 |
Evoqua Water Technologies | $6.40 |
Elmwood Rehabilitation | $7.78 |
Linear Technology | $6.62 |
DS Waters of America | $5.38 |
Magic Tech & Headway Tech | $7.73 |
Non-Monitored Sites
Property Type | Volumetric Charge ($ per HCF of water used per billing cycle) |
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Lucky Pure Water | $4.95 |
Milpitas Materials | $4.95 |
Union Pacific | $7.85 |
Cisco | $6.82 |
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