City and County of Broomfield Water Utilities and Utility Billing
Broomfield and the City and County of Broomfield water service area
Population reference
Approximately 79,174 residents in Broomfield based on the July 1, 2025 Census estimate. The City and County operates water, sewer, water-reclamation, and stormwater enterprise funds; the exact current drinking-water connection count was not stated on the reviewed billing pages.
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. Current water statements are billed monthly, with a monthly base meter charge and metered usage charge. Sewer winter averages are recalculated at the end of March and the updated amount appears beginning in April.
- Rate structure
- Increasing block residential tiers with a monthly meter base charge. Effective February 1, 2026, a single-family account has a $42.45 monthly base charge; usage is $2.75 per 1,000 gallons for 0–5,000 gallons, $4.39 for 6,000–9,000 gallons, and $6.22 above 10,000 gallons. Actual meter readings are rounded down to the nearest 1,000 gallons. Outside-Broomfield usage is charged at the separate published outside rate, and drought or reclaimed-water charges may apply to qualifying accounts.
- Residential cost reference
- At 7,000 gallons per month, the published single-family water charge is approximately $64.18 ($42.45 base plus 5 x $2.75 plus 2 x $4.39), before sewer, stormwater, and other services. A typical combined bill depends on the winter sewer average and the property’s ERU; using one ERU at the $25.04 sewer minimum and no unverified stormwater estimate gives a planning subtotal around $89.22 per month before sanitation and other charges.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Broomfield’s February 1, 2026 sewer schedule charges the greater of Average Winter Consumption (AWC) at $6.26 times AWC or the Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) charge of $25.04 times ERU, with a minimum of $25.04 per dwelling unit. New accounts pay a flat $37.56 per month per ERU until a winter average is established. AWC uses four monthly bills between November 1 and March 31, typically November–February or December–March depending on the billing cycle; the resulting average is reevaluated at the end of March and appears on April statements.
- Meter reading
- Broomfield uses AMR with radio transmitters attached to water meters. Handheld or vehicle-mounted receivers wake the ERT, collect the identification number and current reading, and upload the data to the billing system at the end of the day. The ERT normally sleeps between reads, and batteries are expected to be serviced approximately every ten years; meters must remain accessible. The city’s leak page also provides guidance for investigating abnormal use.
- New-account deposit
- The current Broomfield customer-service and rate pages do not publish a universal residential startup deposit, credit-check waiver, or deposit-return schedule. Water-license and sewer-license charges apply to development/connection situations, and commercial or prior-balance requirements may be account-specific.
- Activation or transfer fee
- Broomfield provides a Final Reading/Transfer of Service request and advises that water normally remains active during transitions unless the City says otherwise. The reviewed customer-facing pages do not publish a routine residential activation or transfer fee; new construction, water-license, sewer-license, and system-development charges are separate.
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How documentation coverage compares
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100%
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68%
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50%
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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
- City and County of Broomfield Water Utilities and Utility 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.