INDEPENDENCE PWS
INDEPENDENCE
Population reference
120000 people (EPA SDWIS 2026Q2 active CWS estimate for MO1010399)
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 combined utility bill for electricity, water, and sewer.
- Rate structure
- Monthly base charge plus metered commodity charge per CCF, with a standard 200-cubic-foot allowance under the residential water schedule. The City’s 2026 example uses a 5/8-inch meter, 6 CCF water consumption, a $20.16 base fee, $30.54 volume charge, and $12 regulatory fee; rates are subject to the City’s current ordinance schedule.
- Residential cost reference
- The City’s 2026 example for a residential 5/8-inch meter using 6 CCF (about 4,494 gallons) shows $62.70 for the water component before the updated July 1, 2026 sewer schedule. The corresponding post-July-1 example is $68.78 for water at 6 CCF; the combined bill also includes sewer and other municipal utilities.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Sewer combines a monthly base fee, a variable volume charge based on water consumption, and a $12 monthly regulatory fee. Effective January 1, 2026, the standard inside-city public-system residential base is $20.16 and the volume charge is $5.09/CCF; the City’s rate page states that effective July 1, 2026 the base becomes $22.58 and volume charge $5.70/CCF. Seniors receiving Social Security or age 62+ with retirement benefits may receive a $1/month sewer discount.
- Meter reading
- The City uses physical meter readings and permits customers to submit a marked reading card or phone a reading. After three successive estimated reads, staff make a special effort to obtain an actual reading; the reviewed rules do not identify AMI/AMR transmission intervals.
- New-account deposit
- The customer-service rules calculate a required deposit from the estimated average two-month bill or a stated minimum, with the exact residential amount depending on account class and credit circumstances. The reviewed extract did not expose the complete residential table or refund timing.
- Activation or transfer fee
- Customers establish, transfer, or cancel service through Utility Customer Service at (816) 325-7930 or the online request. The reviewed current public pages did not state a current dollar activation/transfer fee.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Missouri
40%
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
- INDEPENDENCE PWS public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (MO1010399) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID MO1010399.