City of Huntington Beach Municipal Utility Services – Water Department
City of Huntington Beach
Population reference
201,000 residents served by active CWS CA3010053, with 48,914 residential meter connections listed by California Drinking Water Watch; the registry identifies CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH as an active Orange County community water system.
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.
- Rate structure
- Uniform metered commodity pricing plus a basic meter charge and a capital-facilities charge. The City’s water-management materials define one billing unit as 748 gallons and describe the components as a basic monthly meter charge, water-usage/commodity charge, and capital-facilities charge. The exact current 2026 residential dollar schedule was not exposed in the public pages reviewed; rates are adopted or adjusted by City Council resolution.
- Meter reading
- The entire Huntington Beach system is metered, with consumption expressed in 748-gallon billing units. The City’s MyMeter portal provides usage tracking, comparisons against prior periods and weather conditions, water-related alerts, and paperless statements. City planning materials state that meters and registers are periodically replaced, typically every 15 to 20 years, but the current public materials do not identify a specific AMI vendor, universal read interval, or route calendar.
- New-account deposit
- The municipal code requires all water applicants to deposit a City Council-established guarantee for water bills, fines, and penalties, but the current public code page does not show the 2026 dollar amount. The City Treasurer may waive the deposit after a creditworthiness showing. When service ends, the deposit is returned without interest if no amounts remain unpaid, with any delinquency deducted before refund.
- Activation or transfer fee
- No charge is made for transfer caused by a change of ownership or occupancy under municipal code section 14.12.100. A temporary customer-requested water turnoff restored to service carries a $5 charge. The current public fee schedule also lists same-day and after-hours turn-on charges for new or restored service; customers should confirm the applicable 2026 resolution before scheduling.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
57%
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
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
- Billing frequency
- Residential cost reference
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
“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
- City of Huntington Beach Municipal Utility Services – Water Department public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- csd.ca.gov reference ↗
Public URL preserved in the compiled record. Confirm its publisher, date, and applicability before relying on it.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (CA3010053) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID CA3010053.