Lake County Department of Utilities - West Sub-District Water System
Western Lake County, including the Lake County Department of Utilities West Sub-District
Population reference
78,379 people (EPA CWS estimate for Lake County West Water Subdistrict)
Billing detail
Partial 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 for the standard water/sewer billing presentation: bills show the number of days in the cycle, sewer is charged in three-month increments, and the County generally reads meters every three months, estimating intervening quarters when necessary.
- Rate structure
- Quarterly minimum-or-volume metered charges. Water is $4.68 per 100 cubic feet for the first 1,200,000 cubic feet per quarter, $3.51 above that, with a $42.12 quarterly minimum. Residential sewer is generally subject to a $94.08 quarterly minimum; business sewer is $4.48 per 1,000 gallons or the applicable unit minimum.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $49.16 per month for the standard LCDU residential minimums: the County’s rate page gives a typical water example of $53.40 per quarter at 1,200 cubic feet/approximately 9,000 gallons, plus the $94.08 quarterly sanitary-sewer minimum, totaling $147.48 quarterly or $49.16 monthly. Actual usage, district, and municipal sewer arrangement can change the amount.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- LCDU residential sanitary sewer is generally the greater of the metered charge or the $94.08 quarterly minimum, with the minimum comprising operation/maintenance and $33.55 debt service. The County provides a reduced minimum for qualifying unoccupied properties after at least three months of terminated water service and required supplier certification; sewer service may be exempt only when the connection is cut and capped. Some municipal sewer systems are merely billed by LCDU and use their own rates.
- Meter reading
- LCDU meter readers use handheld computers, downloading readings to the billing system at the end of each day. Standard meters are generally read every three months; intervening quarterly bills may be estimated from history and reconciled to the next actual read. Outside reading devices can be installed for inside meters at no additional charge.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
71%
overview fields with research notes
Ohio
41%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
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Research record
Partial public detail found
5 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
71%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
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Primary verification routes
- Lake County Department of Utilities - West Sub-District Water System 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.