City of Blaine Utility Billing
City of Blaine municipal water, sewer, stormwater and sanitation service area
Population reference
70,220 people (EPA SDWIS queue estimate for MN1020006)
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
- Residential water, sewer and stormwater are billed quarterly. Commercial water and sewer may be billed monthly or quarterly; water is billed for the prior months' usage.
- Rate structure
- Quarterly residential flat service fee plus increasing usage tiers and a quarterly State water-test fee. The 2026 schedule lists a $13.07 service fee, $3.82 per 1,000 gallons for 0-24,000 gallons, $5.03 for 24,001-75,000, $6.01 for 75,001-150,000 and $7.23 above 150,000, plus a $3.81 State water-test fee. Summer lawn watering and sprinkling restrictions can materially change usage.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the 2026 quarterly residential water rates, 5,000 gallons per month (15,000 gallons quarterly) costs about $70.37 per quarter, or $23.46 per month averaged, including the $13.07 service and $3.81 State test fees. At 7,000 gallons monthly (21,000 quarterly), it is about $93.29 per quarter, or $31.10 monthly averaged. Sewer, garbage and stormwater are additional.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Residential sewer is a flat quarterly charge per dwelling unit: $106.46 per quarter, with a $53.23 senior/disabled rate for qualifying hardship customers. Commercial sewer uses a minimum plus consumption above the threshold, and apartments are charged per unit. No residential winter-average calculation is stated because the residential sewer charge is flat rather than tied directly to water intake.
- Meter reading
- Blaine bills prior months' usage on a quarterly residential cycle and does not identify the universal meter fleet or read route in the reviewed pages. The rate page provides usage tiers and billing-cycle definitions but no verified AMI/AMR transmission schedule.
- New-account deposit
- The reviewed Blaine fee schedule does not publish a standard residential water-service deposit or credit-check waiver. It does list construction/hydrant-meter deposits, including $450 for a small hydrant meter and $5,000 for a large meter, which are not ordinary residential account deposits.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The 2026 fee schedule lists $150 plus State surcharge for a new or altered sewer/water utility system hookup, while account-specific residential activation and transfer fees were not published. Customers should contact Utility Billing at (763) 785-6141.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
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Minnesota
39%
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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 Blaine Utility Billing public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (MN1020006) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID MN1020006.