City of Port St. Lucie Utility Systems – Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water
Port St. Lucie
Population reference
Approximately 230,000 residents in the rapidly growing City of Port St. Lucie; the municipal Utility Systems Department provides water, wastewater, and reclaimed-water service to residential and commercial accounts.
Billing detail
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Official destination
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- Billing frequency
- Monthly. Bills are rendered monthly and a monthly base facility charge/readiness-to-serve fee applies even when the account records no usage.
- Rate structure
- Increasing/inclining consumption tiers billed in thousand-gallon increments to promote conservation, plus fixed monthly base facility charges for water, wastewater, and reclaimed water. The City's FY2025-26 budget and customer guide state that the water rate increased for the fiscal year while sewer rates remained the same; the current rate schedule controls the exact 2026 dollar amounts.
- Residential cost reference
- The City’s current customer-service guide illustrates an average monthly combined water-and-sewer bill of approximately $93.19 before optional processor fees. Actual 2026 cost varies by meter size, water tier, sewer cap, reclaimed-water service, base facility charges, and usage; the City notes that 5,000–7,000-gallon usage can cross different thousand-gallon tiers.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Wastewater is calculated from metered water usage, while sewer-only accounts pay a flat sewer rate. Residential sewer charges are capped at 8,000 gallons of metered water use. A monthly base facility charge remains due regardless of usage, so a customer who is away or uses no water still receives the fixed service component.
- Meter reading
- The City bills from water-meter readings in thousand-gallon increments and may estimate a bill after severe weather when a reading cannot be obtained. Its FY2025-26 budget states that Utility Systems is transitioning to advanced ultrasonic meters, which use sound waves and have fewer mechanical parts than traditional meters. The public customer pages do not promise a universal hourly AMI transmission interval or a single meter-read calendar for every route.
- New-account deposit
- For a home with existing City service, the City requires a $70 deposit for water-only service or $180 for combined water-and-sewer service, with government-issued identification and the complete service address. Deposits are refunded after a satisfactory payment record for 18 months. The City’s pages do not state a universal credit-check waiver; commercial and new-construction accounts can have different deposits and connection fees.
- Activation or transfer fee
- Routine next-business-day turn-on or turn-off has no additional charge; same-day service adds $50. A customer moving between City properties can transfer by phone only after outstanding charges at the old location are paid. New construction and well/septic conversion work uses separate fee worksheets, so meter/connection charges may exceed the ordinary residential deposit.
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7 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
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Primary verification routes
- City of Port St. Lucie Utility Systems – Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water public website ↗
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- invoicecloud.com reference ↗
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- EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System ↗
Federal background on public water-system records and their limitations.