City of Galesburg Water Division
Galesburg
Population reference
31,620 people (EPA SDWA queue estimate for IL0950200)
Billing detail
Broad 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; City code states that water bills are issued monthly and are payable by the due date printed on the statement.
- Rate structure
- Uniform volumetric water charge per 100 cubic feet plus a monthly meter/facility charge; inside-city and outside-city rates differ, with outside-city water charged at twice the inside rate under the reviewed code.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $41.28 for water alone for a typical inside-city 5/8-inch meter using 6,000 gallons per month: about $18.26 monthly facility charge plus approximately $23.02 at $2.87 per 100 cubic feet. A complete water/sewer/refuse total was not verified because the current sewer schedule was not exposed in the reviewed pages.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- The reviewed Galesburg water code and payment pages did not expose the current residential sewer calculation or winter-average method. Sewer and refuse charges may be billed with the utility account, but the exact 2026 formula is recorded as unverified.
- Meter reading
- The code provides for actual meter readings and estimated bills when a reading is unavailable. It also allows customer-requested rereads and paid data logging, but the reviewed material did not identify AMR/AMI or a fixed route schedule.
- New-account deposit
- The City requires a deposit before activation equal to three months of the current minimum monthly water, sewer, and refuse bill, rounded to the nearest $5. The deposit may be used for delinquency and is refunded at discontinuance after outstanding amounts are deducted; additional deposits can be required after repeated late payments or bankruptcy.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The initial water-service turn-on charge is $27. The reviewed code did not state a separate name-transfer fee.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Illinois
30%
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
- City of Galesburg Water Division public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (IL0950200) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID IL0950200.