City of Daytona Beach Utilities – Water and Wastewater
City of Daytona Beach
Population reference
Approximately 75,000 city residents are in Daytona Beach's municipal service area; the City operates water and wastewater utility billing for residential, multifamily, and commercial accounts within the City 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 cycle billing. The City reads water meters and bills customers monthly; if a read cannot be obtained, the bill may be estimated and reconciled when an actual read becomes available.
- Rate structure
- Metered monthly base fee plus increasing block water-consumption tiers, with rates varying by customer class and meter/service size. The City's current Utility Billing page links a Water & Sewer Rates 25/26 schedule. The indexed official schedule text shows a single-family residential base fee of $9.07 and water consumption tiers of $5.17 per 1,000 gallons for 0–7,000 gallons, $6.47 for 7,001–14,000, and $8.06 above 14,000; the live 25/26 PDF should be treated as controlling if the City has updated those amounts. Wastewater, reuse, stormwater, and other charges are separately scheduled.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the indexed City residential schedule as a transparent benchmark, a single-family account using 5,000 gallons has a water-only charge of approximately $34.92 before wastewater, stormwater, taxes, and other fees: $9.07 base plus five 1,000-gallon units at $5.17. The City links a current 2025/26 water-and-sewer rate PDF, but its browser-readable page does not expose the complete wastewater table; therefore a falsely precise FY2026 combined total is not supplied.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Wastewater is billed as a separate metered service under the City's Water and Sewer Rates schedule and is not simply represented by the water charge. Daytona Beach Code allows a sewer-only abatement once every 12 months when a qualifying leak's water did not enter the sanitary sewer; the adjustment applies to the overcharged sewer component only. The current customer pages do not publish a universal winter-average or flat-percentage formula, so customers must use the City's current rate schedule and adjustment review.
- Meter reading
- All water meters are read on monthly cycle billing. If a read cannot be obtained, Daytona Beach estimates the bill and later performs a true-up when an actual read is available. The City's public materials also provide a manual meter-reading/leak-check procedure; they do not identify a universal AMI vendor or hourly transmission interval. The City has a separate smart-meter project reference, but current customer billing guidance still describes monthly reads and estimation fallback.
- New-account deposit
- For same-day activation, the City requires a deposit by noon Monday–Friday, excluding holidays. The amount varies by meter size or service line and is refundable when the account is closed. The official FAQ also states that commercial accounts require an advance security deposit and a nonrefundable administrative fee; the current public pages do not give one universal residential dollar amount or a standard credit-check waiver formula.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The City portal supports start, stop, and transfer service. Same-day activation requires the deposit by 12:00 noon on a business day; the deposit varies by meter/service-line size. The indexed public FAQ does not publish a universal residential activation or transfer dollar fee, while commercial applications may include a nonrefundable administrative fee. Customers should confirm the applicable service-order amount with Utility Billing.
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How documentation coverage compares
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100%
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60%
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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 Daytona Beach Utilities – Water and Wastewater 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.