City of St. Petersburg Utility Accounts – Water, Wastewater and Reclaimed Water
St. Petersburg and City-served portions of Pinellas County
Population reference
The City water utility primarily serves St. Petersburg’s approximately 260,000 residents and associated residential, commercial, reclaimed-water, and wholesale accounts; a current water-only account total is not stated on the public billing pages. City code also provides for a 25% outside-city surcharge on applicable water/wastewater charges.
Billing detail
Broad public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
Provider-specific research notes are displayed separately from fields that contain only an unavailable-information marker. Read qualifiers in each note and verify current account terms with the provider.
- Billing frequency
- Monthly water-use billing under the City Code. The City charges monthly base and volume rates for potable water, wastewater, reclaimed water, and stormwater-related utility services.
- Rate structure
- FY2026 potable water uses a meter-size base charge plus Tampa Bay Water cost recovery and an inverted/increasing block volume rate. For a 5/8- or 3/4-inch meter, the current code lists an $11.00 base charge, a Tampa Bay Water component of $2.64 per 1,000 gallons, and single-family blocks of $4.19 per 1,000 gallons for the first 3,500 gallons and $6.48 for the next 3,500, with additional tier rules for higher consumption. Outside-city charges may carry a 25% surcharge, and irrigation/reclaimed-water accounts use separate schedules.
- Residential cost reference
- The City’s FY2026 financial presentation gives a representative low-usage 2,000-gallon monthly bill of $24.89 potable water and $50.31 wastewater before stormwater, sanitation, and other bill components. A 5,000-gallon household will be higher because the first 3,500 gallons use the lower inverted block and the next 1,500 move into the $6.48 block; the current public comparison does not publish one exact combined 5,000-gallon total.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- St. Petersburg bills wastewater as a separate monthly utility component with its own base and volume charges; the City’s FY2026 example lists $50.31 wastewater for a low-usage 2,000-gallon residential bill. Reclaimed-water and irrigation-only accounts are separately charged and do not receive the same wastewater treatment as potable-water consumption. Leak adjustments can reduce water charges for qualifying involuntary use and may also address associated wastewater under the City’s account-adjustment rules.
- Meter reading
- The City bills and reads water service monthly. Public customer guidance uses the meter dial/flow indicator for leak checks and the current code does not identify a universal AMI vendor or hourly transmission schedule. Customers can request a meter reread for $24.28; inaccessible-meter reinspection is $60.69, and the City’s water modernization materials should be checked for future smart-meter deployment.
- New-account deposit
- The City Code requires a deposit as determined for the service category, but the current public pages reviewed do not provide one universal residential water-only dollar amount. The exact deposit depends on service, meter size, customer/account status, and possibly outside-city conditions; applicants should obtain the amount from Utility Accounts before activation. Reinstallation of an existing meter and new activation expressly state that a deposit may also be required.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The FY2026 new-account activation charge is $36.41 plus any required deposit. Ordinary turn-on/turn-off is $30.34, with a $24.28 after-hours add-on where applicable. Water-service installation requests are coordinated through Water Resources at 1650 3rd Avenue North, while Utility Accounts handles account establishment and customer records.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
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Florida
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 St. Petersburg Utility Accounts – Water, Wastewater 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.