City of San Buenaventura (Ventura Water)
Ventura
Population reference
113,500
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. Ventura's AMI program replaced the former longer manual-reading cycle and the current rate tables apply charges to each monthly billing period.
- Rate structure
- Increasing block water tiers plus a monthly meter-size service charge. Rates effective July 1, 2026 for single-family residential customers are $4.66/HCF for 0-6 HCF, $7.62 for 7-12 HCF, and $10.83 above 12 HCF; a 3/4-inch service charge is $21.28 monthly. One HCF equals 748 gallons.
- Residential cost reference
- At 6,000 gallons (about 8.02 HCF) with a 3/4-inch meter, the FY2026-27 water estimate is about $65.95: $21.28 service charge plus six HCF at $4.66 and about 2.02 HCF at $7.62. Adding the listed single-family wastewater fixed charge of $18.43 and approximately 8.02 HCF at the $6.80 flow charge gives an estimated combined water/wastewater total of about $138.92 before other fees.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Single-family wastewater is billed with a monthly fixed charge of $18.43 and a $6.80/HCF flow charge subject to a 10-HCF monthly cap. The rate table treats water and wastewater as separate components on the monthly utility bill; irrigation or other classifications can follow different rules.
- Meter reading
- Ventura has deployed Advanced Metering Infrastructure smart meters. Customers can view daily or hourly water use through Web Connect and receive leak-detection notifications; the current public pages do not state a universal transmission interval beyond those customer-facing readings.
- Activation or transfer fee
- FY2026-27 lists $108 for new service turn-on and meter unlock, $45 when no field visit is required, and $75 for same-day service. These are service-initiation charges; the applicable amount depends on field work and timing.
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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
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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
- New-account deposit
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Primary verification routes
- City of San Buenaventura (Ventura Water) 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.