City of Fort Smith Utility Department - Water Utilities
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Population reference
86,209 people
Billing detail
Broad public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
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- Billing frequency
- Monthly. The city describes monthly water and sewer bill charges, with separate base and volume components.
- Rate structure
- Increasing block tiers measured in CCF: residential water is $2.28/CCF for 1-5 CCF, $2.96/CCF for usage above 5 through 15 CCF, and $3.35/CCF above 15 CCF, plus the meter-size base fee. One CCF equals 748 gallons.
- Residential cost reference
- About $113.50 for 7,000 gallons before sanitation and taxes, using the published 9.36 CCF conversion, a 5/8- or 3/4-inch water base of $4.97, tiered water volume, a $4.50 sewer base, and $8.45/CCF sewer volume; actual bills also include the city's sanitation charge.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Residential sewer has a $4.50 base and $8.45 per CCF. For April-October, the city uses the lower of actual current water use or the average monthly water usage from the prior November-March winter period, limiting the impact of outdoor irrigation on sewer charges.
- Meter reading
- The reviewed city pages describe monthly metered usage and CCF billing but do not identify a universal AMI/AMR technology or hourly transmission schedule. The monthly bill and utility meter record remain authoritative.
- New-account deposit
- Fort Smith code provides that a utility deposit associated with an account having at least 24 consecutive months of payment history without a late charge may be applied as a credit. The reviewed pages did not expose the current startup deposit amount or credit-check waiver rule.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
Arkansas
39%
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
Broad public detail found
6 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
86%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Activation or transfer fee
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Primary verification routes
- City of Fort Smith Utility Department - Water Utilities public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System ↗
Federal background on public water-system records and their limitations.