Bartow County Water Department
Bartow County Water Department service area, including the County and applicable Cartersville service district areas
Population reference
70,243 people (EPA SDWIS queue estimate for GA0150001)
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. The 2026 residential consumption schedule lists monthly service charges and monthly water, wastewater and irrigation consumption tiers.
- Rate structure
- Increasing block residential water tiers plus meter-size monthly service charge and applicable area/pressure fees. Effective February 1, 2026, residential consumption is $7.09 per 1,000 gallons for 1,000-5,000 gallons, $8.85 for 6,000-8,000, $10.63 for 9,000-15,000 and $14.16 at 16,000 gallons and above. The 5/8 x 3/4-inch meter has a $10.75 water service charge and separate $12.25 water-system high-service-area and low-pressure-sewer maintenance fees where applicable.
- Residential cost reference
- For a standard 5/8 x 3/4-inch account using 5,000 gallons, the usage charge is about $35.45 plus the $10.75 monthly water service charge and any applicable area fees, before sewer and other charges. At 7,000 gallons, the block schedule yields about $53.15 before fixed and other charges. Actual bills include sewer, service-area, low-pressure and applicable tax/connection components.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- The 2026 schedule charges wastewater at $7.09 per 1,000 gallons for all consumption levels, plus a 5/8 x 3/4-inch sewer service charge of $10.75 per month and, where applicable, a $12.25 low-pressure sewer maintenance fee. Irrigation is separately metered and charged under its own water tiers, preventing irrigation usage from automatically entering the domestic sewer calculation.
- Meter reading
- The Bartow customer portal permits customers to analyze and download water usage and review account history. The reviewed official pages do not specify AMI/AMR hardware or a fixed read interval; the portal is the verified source for account-specific consumption.
- New-account deposit
- The 2026 schedule lists a $50 account deposit for a 5/8 x 3/4-inch water connection, $50 for 3/4-inch fire-flow meter, $75 for 1-inch and higher deposits increasing by meter size. The schedule also lists a $25 account activation fee. No credit-check waiver or residential deposit-return period is published; fire-hydrant meter deposits are separate and can be $2,000.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The 2026 Bartow County schedule lists a $25 account activation fee for water and sewer connection tables and a $15 account transfer fee. Same-day service is $50. Portal users can start or stop service, and the department can confirm account-specific connection and Cartersville capacity fees.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Georgia
45%
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
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
- Bartow County Water Department public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (GA0150001) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID GA0150001.