Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA)
Suffolk County, Long Island
Population reference
1,100,000 people (EPA SDWIS PWS ID NY5110526; 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
- Quarterly. SCWA explains that seasonal irrigation can make an October bill high because it reflects summer use, and its rate schedule expresses charges per quarter.
- Rate structure
- Quarterly fixed service charge plus metered consumption in CCF. The published schedule lists a $34.33 quarterly service charge, a standard $1.866 per CCF rate through 120 CCF per quarter, and a conservation rate of $2.694 per CCF on usage above 120 CCF for meters up to one inch; larger meters use separate thresholds.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $37.70 per month before the Water Quality Treatment Charge when the household uses 5,000 gallons per month: 5,000 gallons is about 6.68 CCF, so one quarter is about 20.05 CCF and falls below the conservation threshold. The published $34.33 quarterly service charge plus usage at $1.866/CCF yields about $113.16 per quarter, or $37.72 monthly, before the published $20 quarterly treatment charge, taxes, or other applicable items.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- SCWA is a drinking-water authority and its published household rate schedule is for water service; it does not establish a universal sewer calculation for every Suffolk County municipality. Wastewater, if applicable, is billed by the local sewer district or municipality and may use a separate flat, metered, or seasonal formula.
- Meter reading
- SCWA bills quarterly and maintains meters and remote-reading devices; the schedule says meters and remote reading devices remain SCWA property. The reviewed pages do not state a universal hourly AMI transmission schedule, but customers can use bill usage history and SCWA's high-bill tools to diagnose readings.
- New-account deposit
- SCWA may require a deposit equal to one-half of the estimated annual bill as security. The schedule also requires a $30 customer initiation fee for a change of responsibility; deposit amounts and guarantees vary by service application and property.
- Activation or transfer fee
- $30 customer initiation fee for a change of responsibility, in addition to other water-related fees. Restoration/move-in is $60 during listed business hours or $200 after hours, Sundays, and holidays.
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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
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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
- Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (NY5110526) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID NY5110526.