Charlotte County Utilities Department
Charlotte County, including Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda service areas
Population reference
173,820 people (EPA SDWIS active CWS PWS FL5084100)
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; bills are rendered at approximately 30-day intervals and are due when rendered.
- Rate structure
- Base facility charge plus increasing gallonage tiers. The 2026 rate schedule is effective for bills rendered on or after April 1, 2026 and applies a 3.50% increase; emergency gallonage rates are separately listed.
- Residential cost reference
- At 5,000 gallons, the 2026 5/8-inch residential schedule shows a $26.77 base facility charge plus the first-tier gallonage rate of $6.84 per 1,000 gallons, or approximately $60.97 water before sewer, customer charge, and other services. Exact total depends on the adopted sewer schedule.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Charlotte County bills water and sewer as separate service lines with base facility charges and gallonage charges. Fixed costs continue even when no water is used; sewer and water line items are calculated from the current adopted schedule and billed usage.
- Meter reading
- The County bills monthly and reads consumption in 1,000-gallon increments. Advanced-metering planning includes remote/on-demand reads, leak detection, and consumption alarms, but the reviewed current customer pages do not establish universal AMI deployment or hourly transmission.
- Activation or transfer fee
- A $45 one-time first-bill charge covers account setup, a representative turn-on or meter read, and generation of the first bill. Ownership/name-change forms are available; other connection fees vary by service.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
Florida
60%
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
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
“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
- Charlotte County Utilities Department public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (FL5084100) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID FL5084100.