City of Santa Clara Water and Sewer Utilities
Santa Clara
Population reference
130,746
Billing detail
Partial 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; Santa Clara’s 2026 water schedule is a monthly quantity and minimum-meter rate schedule, and the municipal utility bills water and sewer services as recurring utility charges.
- Rate structure
- Uniform metered potable-water quantity charge plus a minimum monthly meter rate that includes a consumption allowance. Effective July 1, 2026, Rate W-1 charges $11.09 per HCF and the 5/8 x 3/4-inch minimum monthly meter rate is $29.78; separate fire-service and cross-connection charges apply where relevant.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $103.00 for a typical 5/8 x 3/4-inch water-and-volume calculation at 5,000 gallons if the minimum includes the first allowance and the remaining 1,256 gallons are billed at $11.09/HCF: $29.78 minimum plus about $18.59 volume, with sewer and other charges additional. The City’s adopted utility bill must be used for the final total.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Santa Clara’s WSRAP page states that residents are charged a flat sewer rate, while water is billed by HCF. The reviewed current utility pages do not reproduce the full 2026 sewer dollar schedule; the sewer discount applies to that fixed sewer charge and the water discount applies to the first 12 HCF of billed water usage.
- Meter reading
- The reviewed Santa Clara pages publish water-rate schedules and utility contact information but do not identify a universal AMI/AMR technology or meter-reading interval for all municipal accounts.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
71%
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
5 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
71%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
“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 Santa Clara Water and Sewer 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.