Liberty Utilities New York - Lynbrook Water System
Lynbrook and neighboring Long Island communities served by Liberty New York Water
Population reference
220,000 people (EPA SDWIS PWS ID NY2902835; 2026 active CWS record).
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. Liberty's bill explainer identifies monthly water use and the water-service charge by meter size; budget billing recalculates the average each month using available history.
- Rate structure
- Regulated New York Public Service Commission tariff pricing, consisting of a flat water-service charge based on meter size, consumption charges, system-improvement charges, special franchise and other taxes, and any approved surcharges. Liberty filed a 2026 rate request; until approved, the current tariff and Lynbrook schedule control.
- Residential cost reference
- Liberty's 2026 rate-request page reports that the requested increase for an average Lynbrook residential customer using 8,000 gallons monthly would be $27.77, but the request is not itself the current approved bill. A defensible 5,000-7,000 gallon 2026 total requires the approved Lynbrook tariff, meter charge, taxes, and any system-improvement surcharge.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- The reviewed Liberty New York Water materials concern regulated water service and do not establish a universal wastewater billing formula for the Lynbrook system. Sewer, if separately billed, is governed by the local sewer provider rather than Liberty's water tariff.
- Meter reading
- Liberty is installing smart meters in its New York systems; the current AMI FAQ describes near-real-time usage data, alerts, and leak benefits after replacement. If a meter cannot be read, the bill may be estimated from the same period in the prior year and later corrected by an actual reading. The reviewed pages do not promise one rollout date or hourly interval for every Lynbrook account.
- New-account deposit
- Under the New York regulated tariff, deposits may apply to seasonal, short-term, temporary, nonresidential, delinquent, or recently terminated accounts; the maximum is generally twice average monthly usage. Public-assistance, SSI, elderly, blind, and disabled applicants receive specified deposit protections, and authorized deposits may be paid in installments. The reviewed pages do not state one universal Lynbrook residential startup amount.
- Activation or transfer fee
- Liberty offers move-in and move-out service-order routes, but the reviewed current pages do not expose one universal activation or transfer fee. Customers should schedule through MyAccount or call 1-877-426-6999 and confirm any regulated service charge.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
New York
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
- Liberty Utilities New York - Lynbrook Water System public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (NY2902835) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID NY2902835.