WATERBURY WATER DEPARTMENT
Waterbury, Watertown, Prospect, and Wolcott
Population reference
Approximately 107,271 people in the SDWIS system estimate; Waterbury Water states that its regional system serves more than 125,000 people and 26,000 service connections across Waterbury, Watertown, Prospect, and Wolcott.
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
- The rate schedule sets water service charges quarterly while the department bills consumption through its utility-billing system; the reviewed public page does not state one universal bill-generation interval for every account.
- Rate structure
- Uniform volumetric water charge plus a quarterly service charge by meter size. Effective July 1, 2026, water is $3.50 per CCF, a 5/8-inch meter service charge is $12.00 per quarter, and larger meters pay $120.00 per quarter; one CCF equals 748 gallons.
- Residential cost reference
- For a 5/8-inch residential account using approximately 6,000 gallons per month (about 8.02 CCF), water is roughly $28.08 in usage plus $4.00 monthly equivalent of the $12 quarterly service charge, or $32.08. Adding sewer use at $2.472/CCF and sewer CRC at $1.481/CCF produces approximately $63.79 combined water/sewer before other taxes or charges.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Effective July 1, 2026, Waterbury sewer charges are $2.472 per CCF for sewer use plus a $1.481-per-CCF Capital Recovery Charge. At 8.02 CCF, sewer is approximately $31.71; the reviewed schedule does not describe a winter average, so the direct consumption formula is used for this estimate.
- Meter reading
- The reviewed Waterbury pages describe more than 26,000 service connections and current water-quality/operations programs but do not identify residential AMR/AMI technology or publish a universal read schedule.
- New-account deposit
- No current standard residential startup deposit or credit-waiver rule was published on the reviewed Water Department page.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The current budget lists a $75 permit/inspection fee for new service and service repairs, but it does not establish a universal residential account activation or transfer charge. Customers should confirm the applicable service-order charge with Billing & Collections.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Connecticut
52%
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
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
- WATERBURY WATER DEPARTMENT public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (WATERBURY) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID WATERBURY.