Gainesville Regional Utilities - Water and Wastewater
Gainesville Regional Utilities water service area, including Murphree Water Treatment Plant system
Population reference
195,768 people (EPA SDWIS active CWS PWS FL2010946)
Billing detail
Partial 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; GRU describes recurring monthly bank drafts and monthly utility billing options.
- Rate structure
- Monthly fixed meter charge plus increasing-block volumetric rates, with different surcharges and utility taxes by service area. The FY2026 water change took effect October 1, 2025 and increased water rates by 1%; wastewater increased 1.75%. The prior published residential water schedule used $2.47 per 1,000 gallons for 1,000-4,000 gallons, $3.87 for 5,000-12,000, and $6.04 above 12,000, plus a meter-size customer charge; FY2026 exact values should be read from the adopted Appendix of Fees.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the pre-FY2026 published 5/8-inch customer charge of $9.45 and the 5,000-12,000-gallon water tier of $3.87 per 1,000 gallons, the water-only component at 5,000 gallons was about $28.80 before the FY2026 1% increase, wastewater, taxes, and other services. The current 2026 combined total depends on the adopted Appendix, service area, and wastewater use.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- GRU bills wastewater as a separate utility service; the FY2026 adopted change increased wastewater rates 1.75%. The reviewed pages did not expose a universal winter-average formula for residential accounts, so the account bill and current rate appendix control the calculation.
- Meter reading
- GRU operates remote-metering and AMI programs, and its FY2026 materials link to a meter-reading schedule and remote-metering information. The system supports leak-detection notifications and remote service actions; the reviewed pages did not state a single universal water read interval for all accounts.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
71%
overview fields with research notes
Florida
60%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
Coverage measures what this directory documented. It does not measure service quality, affordability, or regulatory compliance.
Research record
Partial public detail found
5 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
71%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
“Not confirmed” means the directory did not identify a dependable public statement. It does not mean the provider has no policy or option.
Primary verification routes
- Gainesville Regional Utilities - Water and Wastewater public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (FL2010946) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID FL2010946.