City of Compton Water Department / Municipal Utilities Billing
Compton
Population reference
74,877 people in the EPA queue; Compton's official Water Services page describes approximately 80,000 people and 14,500 residential, commercial, and industrial connections, covering about 80% of the city.
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. Compton's current water-rate page states that Class A and Class B water charges are billed monthly by 100 cubic feet (HCF) billing units.
- Rate structure
- Two-tier increasing block structure. Class A customers, including single-family residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal accounts, receive the first 20 HCF at $2.67/HCF and usage above 20 HCF at $3.09/HCF. Class B multi-family accounts receive 10 HCF per condo/apartment at the first-tier rate before the second tier; a meter-size minimum and a $21.17 monthly capital-improvement charge also apply under the published schedule.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the published 3/4-inch minimum of $30.54, the $21.17 monthly capital-improvement charge, and approximately 6.684 HCF for 5,000 gallons at the $2.67 first-tier rate, the water subtotal is about $69.56; adding the City's 10% users tax produces an illustrative water-only total of about $76.52 before any other municipal utility services. The current page still labels the underlying schedule as beginning July 1, 2014, so customers should confirm any adopted 2026 amendment.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- The reviewed Compton Water Department rate page publishes water charges and the capital-improvement charge but does not expose a separate current sewer/wastewater rate or winter-average formula. The municipal utility bill may include other services, but the public water schedule should not be used to infer a sewer charge; customers should ask Municipal Utilities Billing for the applicable wastewater calculation.
- Meter reading
- Compton states that it operates about 14,500 service connections and meters water by monthly 100-cubic-foot billing units. The reviewed public pages do not identify an AMI/AMR vendor, remote transmission interval, or physical-reading route schedule; customers can request consumption history and a high-consumption inquiry through the online system.
- New-account deposit
- Residential water service requires a minimum $200 prepayment, refundable only when the account is closed. Fireline and landscape accounts also require a minimum $200 prepayment. Multi-family, commercial, industrial, and institutional service requires a minimum $300 prepayment that remains with the account until closure or delinquency; the public page does not describe a credit-check waiver.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
California
67%
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 Compton Water Department / Municipal Utilities Billing 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.