Commissioners of Public Works of the Town of Summerville
Summerville Commissioners of Public Works service area, Dorchester and Berkeley counties, South Carolina
Population reference
81,750 people
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. Bills are due within 30 days of the bill date; the July 1, 2026 rate increase begins appearing on monthly bills in August 2026.
- Rate structure
- Uniform monthly base charge by meter size plus a volumetric charge per 1,000 gallons, with different in-town and out-of-town rates. Effective July 1, 2026, a 5/8- or 3/4-inch meter has a $12.00 in-town or $15.00 out-of-town base, and water usage is $2.65 or $3.31 per 1,000 gallons respectively.
- Residential cost reference
- For a 6,000-gallon monthly residential customer, the CPW's 2026 comparison gives a combined water/sewer total of $57.40 in town and $71.73 out of town. The comparison is a benchmark rather than a guarantee because meter size, service area, and other charges can differ.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Residential sewer is a flat monthly rate with no included volume: $29.50 in town or $36.87 out of town effective July 1, 2026. Commercial sewer also has a $29.50/$36.87 base plus a metered-water volumetric charge of $3.80 in town or $4.75 out of town per 1,000 gallons.
- Meter reading
- All water services are metered. If a reading cannot be obtained, CPW calculates the bill from average consumption; the reviewed materials do not identify AMI/AMR technology or a remote-transmission schedule.
- New-account deposit
- A $100.00 new-service deposit is listed in the CPW rules and applications. The published material does not state a credit-check waiver or on-time-payment release schedule.
- Activation or transfer fee
- A $30.00 SCPW account-origination fee applies per meter for multiple-meter accounts. The rules do not state a separate residential transfer amount.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
South Carolina
30%
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
- Commissioners of Public Works of the Town of Summerville 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.