City of Newark Department of Water & Sewer Utilities
Newark and regional North Jersey communities supplied from the Newark watershed and water system
Population reference
The City of Newark states that its publicly owned Department of Water & Sewer Utilities delivers more than 80 million gallons per day and serves approximately 400,000 residents plus industrial and commercial facilities dependent on Newark water. Newark’s Pequannock plant supplies an estimated 350,000 customers across the North Jersey region.
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, approximately every 30 days for residential and commercial customers.
- Rate structure
- Incremental rate structure based on actual daily consumption (ADC). Newark calculates total consumption from the water-meter reading, divides by the number of days in the billing period, and applies conservation-oriented water and sewer tiers. Sewer is not separately metered and is based solely on the water consumption. The current reviewed 2026 customer pages explain the structure but do not expose the complete current dollar tariff table.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Newark states that sewer is not metered independently; wastewater charges are based solely on the customer’s measured water consumption. Total consumption is divided by the billing-period days to derive actual daily consumption, and the incremental rate structure then charges water and sewer according to the resulting tier. Outdoor water use such as landscaping, pools, car washing, and power washing can raise both the water and sewer charges because the system cannot automatically exclude that consumption.
- Meter reading
- Newark bills approximately every 30 days and uses a computerized system that estimates residential consumption from comparable household usage when weather, inaccessible meters, or questionable changes prevent an actual reading. The My Water Account portal displays yearly, monthly, and daily usage and supports meter-reading or replacement requests. The reviewed pages do not identify a universal AMI/AMR transmission interval or meter vendor.
- New-account deposit
- The reviewed current Newark customer pages do not publish a standard residential startup deposit amount or a credit-check waiver/return schedule. Newark’s official rate-and-charge code permits a suitable deposit to guarantee payment, while separate development and meter work has published 2026 application, inspection, tap, and meter prices. Customers should confirm account-specific deposit requirements with Billing Customer Service before service begins.
- Activation or transfer fee
- Routine residential activation and transfer fees are not stated on the reviewed current customer pages. Newark’s code provides a $125 re-establishment fee when an existing water account has remained inactive for more than 90 consecutive days, while new-construction or main-connection work has separate 2026 application, inspection, tap, and meter charges. Customers should confirm the premise-specific activation or transfer amount with Newark Water and Sewer.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
New Jersey
44%
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
6 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
86%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Residential cost reference
“Not confirmed” means the directory did not identify a dependable public statement. It does not mean the provider has no policy or option.
Primary verification routes
- City of Newark Department of Water & Sewer Utilities public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System ↗
Federal background on public water-system records and their limitations.