City of Miami Beach Utility Billing – Water, Sanitary Sewer, Stormwater and Waste
Miami Beach
Population reference
Approximately 83,000 residents and utility-account customers within the City of Miami Beach
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. The replacement utility portal describes monthly billings, monthly due dates, usage detail, and payment scheduling before the monthly due date.
- Rate structure
- Increasing block conservation structure composed of a monthly base facility charge, metered consumption charge, and Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department wholesale pass-through. The FY2025–26 schedule increases the wholesale water pass-through by $0.0675 per thousand gallons (2.81%) and the wholesale sewer pass-through by $0.7257 per thousand gallons (19.05%); unit prices increase as consumption rises.
- Residential cost reference
- The City’s FY2025–26 sample for a 3/4-inch residential meter using 5,000 gallons per month is $30.14 for water and $75.51 for sanitary sewer, or $105.65 combined before any separately billed stormwater or waste charges. This is the City’s published representative monthly water/sewer cost, not a universal all-services bill.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Sanitary sewer billing combines a meter-size base facility charge, a consumption charge based on metered water use, and the Miami-Dade WASD wholesale sewer treatment/disposal pass-through. At 5,000 gallons per month on a 3/4-inch residential meter, the FY2026 sample is $10.11 base, $25.50 consumption, and $39.90 WASD pass-through, totaling $75.51. The public schedule does not describe a winter averaging formula.
- Meter reading
- The replacement portal provides account-level water and sewer usage by meter and lets customers monitor usage history, but the City’s public customer pages do not specify whether the installed fleet is AMI, AMR, or manually read, nor do they publish an hourly transmission interval. Bills are monthly and the portal exposes current and past meter usage; customers should keep meter access available for service orders and final readings.
- New-account deposit
- A refundable utility deposit is required under the City’s utility account policy, but the current public 2026 portal pages do not expose the residential dollar schedule. The accessible City deposit/collections procedure explains that the deposit is held against unpaid service charges and is refunded less outstanding charges when the account closes; customers should confirm the current amount by account class, meter, occupancy, and credit/ownership status with Utility Billing before service is connected.
- Activation or transfer fee
- New connection and service-disconnection requests can be submitted through the current Utility Portal. The public page requires an executed HUD statement or recorded warranty deed plus valid photo identification for a new owner service request; tenant/change forms are available for authorized account changes. A current universal residential activation or transfer dollar fee is not displayed on the public portal pages and should be confirmed with Utility Billing.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Florida
60%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
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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 Miami Beach Utility Billing – Water, Sanitary Sewer, Stormwater and Waste 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.