Municipal Department
City of Venice Water Department
Serving Venice
Population served
31,358 people (EPA SDWA queue estimate for FL6581901)
State system code
FIPS 12
Billing frequency
Monthly; the residential rate schedule uses monthly readiness charges and monthly consumption charges.
Provider briefing
How this utility’s billing works
City of Venice Water Department operates as a municipal department serving Venice. Customers should use the provider’s current account-specific bill and official customer-service instructions as the final authority for deadlines, balances, and service requests.
The published water-rate framework is described as Increasing block tiers by 1,000 gallons. Single-family water has a $27.06 monthly readiness charge, then $5.85 per 1,000 gallons for 0–2,000, $9.02 for 2,001–5,000, $11.27 for 5,001–10,000, and $14.07 above 10,000.. Bills are generated monthly; the residential rate schedule uses monthly readiness charges and monthly consumption charges., and a typical residential cost reference is Approximately $112.45 per month for a single-family home using 6,000 gallons: $77.09 water ($27.06 readiness plus tiered usage) and $35.36 sewer ($28.35 readiness plus $8.48 per 1,000 gallons). This excludes the separately listed $4.33 water-billing and $1.68 wastewater-billing charges if those appear on the customer account.. These descriptions are useful planning benchmarks; actual charges can change with meter size, usage, sewer averaging, local taxes, drought stages, or account-specific fees.
Wastewater and sewer calculation
Single-family sewer has a $28.35 monthly readiness charge plus an $8.48 per-1,000-gallon consumption charge. Multi-unit, condominium/mobile-home, commercial, reclaimed, irrigation, and stormwater charges use separate schedules.
Meter and infrastructure notes
A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed Venice rate and payment pages do not identify AMR/AMI technology or the meter-read schedule.
Emergency water support
Report a leak or water emergency
A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. Utilities customer service is 941-486-2626, but the reviewed page did not identify a dedicated 24/7 leak or main-break hotline.
Official starting point
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Reading this profile
A practical reference for Venice
City of Venice Water Department is listed here as a municipal department. The profile separates account actions—such as paying a bill or requesting service—from explanatory material about rates, meters, wastewater, leaks, and delinquency.
Because utility rules can vary by account class, meter size, service address, billing date, and local ordinance, treat the published bill and current provider website as the final authority. Use this profile to locate the correct channel and prepare better questions for customer service.
If your issue is urgent, start with the provider’s emergency number or official payment route rather than waiting for an email response. Keep a written record of calls, confirmation numbers, notice dates, and documents you submit.