City of Brea Utility Billing / Water Division

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

City of Brea Utility Billing / Water Division operates as a municipal department serving City of Brea, Orange County; PWS CA3010002. Customers should use the provider’s current account-specific bill and official customer-service instructions as the final authority for deadlines, balances, and service requests.

The published water-rate framework is described as Monthly fixed meter charge plus increasing block commodity tiers, billed in hundred-cubic-foot units (CCF). For a typical 5/8-, 3/4-, or 1-inch meter, the published fixed charge is $20.59 per month. Single-family commodity tiers are $3.30 per CCF for units 1–10, $4.31 for 11–20, $5.69 for 21–30, and $6.67 above 30. The City’s published water-rate page labels these commodity rates effective on bills dated June 2023; no newer commodity table was located in the reviewed current materials. Brea says its water supply is imported from Metropolitan Water District and Cal Domestic Water Company.. Bills are generated monthly. utility bills are due on the 20th of the month. the city’s payment page warns that paymentus transactions made before 5:00 p.m. pacific time post the same business day, while payments after 5:00 p.m. post the next business day and may incur a late charge when submitted after 5:00 p.m. on the due date., and a typical residential cost reference is Using the City’s published 5/8-inch fixed charge of $20.59 and the first commodity tier, 5,000–7,000 gallons is approximately 6.68–9.36 CCF and produces about $22.04–$30.89 in water-use charges, or roughly $42.63–$51.48 for water. Adding the published single-family sewer charge of $13.31 and the separate residential urban-runoff charge of $2.98 effective January 1, 2026 gives an estimated combined water/sewer/runoff equivalent of approximately $58.92–$67.77 per month, before trash, street sweeping, taxes, or account-specific charges. The estimate uses the City’s still-published 2023 water commodity schedule and should be refreshed if Brea adopts a newer commodity rate.. These descriptions are useful planning benchmarks; actual charges can change with meter size, usage, sewer averaging, local taxes, drought stages, or account-specific fees.

Wastewater and sewer calculation

Brea’s residential sewer charge is a fixed monthly charge based on service and meter category rather than a published winter-average or clean-water-consumption formula. The published single-family charge for 5/8-, 3/4-, 1-, and 1.5-inch meters is $13.31 per month; 2- and 3-inch residential meters are $28.47, and multifamily service is $8.34 per dwelling unit. Commercial sewer charges vary by meter size and category. A separate residential urban-runoff charge of $2.98 per month became effective January 1, 2026; it is not a wastewater-volume charge.

Meter and infrastructure notes

Brea’s rate page states that meters are read approximately every 30 days and bills are based on the meter reading period. The Water Division describes field meter-reading and customer-care visits, but the reviewed official materials do not identify an AMI/AMR vendor, hourly transmission capability, or a universal route calendar. The published evidence supports a roughly monthly meter-reading cycle; smart-meter functionality should be treated as unverified unless the City confirms it for the specific account.