City of Long Beach Water/Sewer Administration

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

City of Long Beach Water/Sewer Administration operates as a municipal department serving Long Beach. 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 minimum-plus-tiered conservation structure. The ordinary minimum is $79.32 for 12,000 gallons, then $6.61 per 1,000 gallons; higher usage tiers apply from 12,001-150,000, 150,001-300,000, 300,001-600,000, and above 600,000 gallons.. Bills are generated quarterly. the water/sewer administration states that all water meters are read quarterly and water/sewer bills are issued quarterly on actual readings; 2026 due dates are january 30, april 30, july 31, and october 30., and a typical residential cost reference is Approximately $26.44 per month for water at or below the 12,000-gallon quarterly minimum, before the sewer percentage and any other municipal charges, using the City’s published $79.32 quarterly minimum.. 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

Sewer charges are 79.65% of total water consumption under the City’s published water and sewer schedule. Because both components are billed quarterly from meter readings, a typical residential bill combines the water minimum or tiered usage with the corresponding sewer percentage.

Meter and infrastructure notes

The City states that all water meters are read quarterly and bills are based on actual readings. It also maintains records of meters and sells electronic reading devices required in homes, but the reviewed page does not identify a specific AMR/AMI transmission schedule.