Municipal Department
City of Blaine Utility Billing
Serving City of Blaine municipal water, sewer, stormwater and sanitation service area
Population served
70,220 people (EPA SDWIS queue estimate for MN1020006)
State system code
FIPS 27
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.
Provider briefing
How this utility’s billing works
City of Blaine Utility Billing operates as a municipal department serving City of Blaine municipal water, sewer, stormwater and sanitation service area. 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 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.. Bills are generated 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., and a typical residential cost reference is 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.. 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
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 and infrastructure notes
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.
Emergency water support
Report a leak or water emergency
Blaine emergency phone (763) 427-1212 after hours. Utility Billing is (763) 785-6141, and the reviewed rate page directs billing questions to utilityrequests@blainemn.gov.
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Reading this profile
A practical reference for City of Blaine municipal water, sewer, stormwater and sanitation service area
City of Blaine Utility Billing 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.