Huntsville Utilities Water Department
Huntsville and Madison County service area
Population reference
310,107 people (EPA SDWIS active CWS PWS AL0000882)
Billing detail
Partial public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
Provider-specific research notes are displayed separately from fields that contain only an unavailable-information marker. Read qualifiers in each note and verify current account terms with the provider.
- Billing frequency
- Monthly; account statement controls the period.
- Rate structure
- Metered water and sewer charges with residential rate tiers; sewer rates increased by $1 annually beginning in 2026 under the City's adopted infrastructure plan.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- If Huntsville Utilities approves a water leak adjustment, the sewer overage adjustment is automatically made; water that may have entered the sanitary sewer is not eligible for sewer adjustment.
- Meter reading
- The Huntsville utility app provides daily usage information for some accounts; the reviewed pages did not identify one universal AMI/AMR vendor or interval.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
57%
overview fields with research notes
Alabama
35%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
Coverage measures what this directory documented. It does not measure service quality, affordability, or regulatory compliance.
Research record
Partial public detail found
4 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
57%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Residential cost reference
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
“Not confirmed” means the directory did not identify a dependable public statement. It does not mean the provider has no policy or option.
Primary verification routes
- Huntsville Utilities Water Department public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (AL0000882) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID AL0000882.