City of Bradenton Utilities Customer Service – Water, Sewer and Reclaimed Water
City of Bradenton
Population reference
The City reports utility billing services for approximately 15,000 customers. The service area is the City of Bradenton, with city and outside-city rate schedules and reclaimed-water customers handled through the municipal utility billing 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
- Monthly. Bradenton states that utility bills are produced within a 28–32 day billing schedule and that accounts are due within 20 days of the billing date.
- Rate structure
- FY2026 water uses a customer/base charge tied to meter size and location plus increasing block volume rates. Inside city limits, the published schedule charges $2.34 per 1,000 gallons for the first 3,000 gallons and $5.19 per 1,000 gallons over 3,000; outside city limits the corresponding rates are $2.92 and $6.49. The rate sheet also provides separate sewer, reclaimed-water, stormwater, franchise, tax, and meter-size charges and the City maintains a one-day-per-week irrigation restriction during the current regional water-shortage order.
- Residential cost reference
- For an inside-city 3/4-inch-style base-charge example using 5,000 gallons, the FY2026 water component is approximately $43.16 when the $25.76 customer charge shown in the rate sheet is combined with three thousand gallons at $2.34 and two thousand at $5.19. The official rate sheet's wastewater base/volume line must be applied to the customer's sewer class; the City does not publish one universal all-services 5,000-gallon total because meter size, sewer class, stormwater, reclaimed water, and taxes vary.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Bradenton bills water and sewer on the same monthly utility statement but displays the components separately. The FY2026 rate sheet supplies separate sewer connection and monthly charges, including volume-based sewer rates and possible strength surcharges for BOD or suspended solids above domestic limits. The City code also authorizes a 200% excess-use drought surcharge during a formally declared water-shortage emergency on consumption above 70% of the customer's prior three-month average. No universal winter sewer-average formula is stated on the current Bradenton customer pages.
- Meter reading
- Bradenton reads and inspects water meters every 28–32 days, matching the monthly billing schedule. If a City employee suspects a leak, the customer may receive a door knock or blue hang tag. The public customer pages do not identify an AMI vendor, hourly cellular interval, or universal smart-meter rollout; the operationally documented method remains periodic meter reading and inspection.
- New-account deposit
- All new standard residential accounts require an initial $150 payment: a $135 refundable water-account deposit plus a $15 non-refundable service fee. The City states that water accounts can only be established by property owners and requires a completed application, proof of settlement/deed, and government-issued identification. Deposits are credited to the account on closure or after 24 months of on-time payment history and are not transferable between accounts. A further deposit after nonpayment is calculated from the six-month average bill times two months plus $15.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The standard new-account transaction is $15 administrative/service fee plus the $135 refundable water deposit. The FY2026 fee schedule describes a $15 administrative charge for turning water on/off or obtaining final/start meter readings when account holders change. After-hours service is $75, and a new-service request after 3:00 p.m. is handled the following business day; emergency after-hours calls may carry overtime.
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100%
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National index
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 of Bradenton Utilities Customer Service – Water, Sewer and Reclaimed Water 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.