VENTURA WATER DEPARTMENT
Ventura
Population reference
Approximately 113,500 people served by the Ventura Water Department system.
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
- Residential water and wastewater accounts are billed on recurring monthly meter cycles; the current smart-meter program is intended to provide more consistent billing dates.
- Rate structure
- Metered tiered water pricing with a fixed meter charge and volume charges divided into Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3. The City’s bill calculator states that the adopted new water and wastewater rates took effect July 1, 2026; the calculator uses monthly usage in hundred cubic feet and the customer’s meter size/type.
- Residential cost reference
- Ventura’s official 2026 bill calculator is the controlling estimate tool for a 5,000–7,000-gallon household because the exact amount changes with meter size, customer class, and the July 1, 2026 tier schedule. City materials describe an average single-family customer using 8 HCF as the benchmark and report that the new combined bill increase is approximately $20 per month; use the live calculator rather than a stale static figure.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Wastewater is billed through a fixed charge plus a flow charge. The current July 1, 2026 calculator presents those two components separately and uses monthly HCF usage and customer classification; it does not describe a winter-average sewer formula on the billing page.
- Meter reading
- Ventura is deploying advanced smart meters using wireless radio transmission. The Web Connect tracker provides daily or near-real-time usage, leak alerts, and in some accounts hourly visibility; the project eliminates routine vehicle-based reads and supports more consistent billing dates.
- New-account deposit
- No current 2026 residential startup-deposit amount or credit-check waiver rule was published on the reviewed Ventura billing pages.
- Activation or transfer fee
- No current 2026 activation or account-transfer fee was published on the reviewed billing page; Ventura’s smart-meter project says upgraded meters expedite service starts, but the service-order price must be confirmed with Customer Care.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
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
7 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
100%
Primary verification routes
- VENTURA WATER DEPARTMENT 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.