Newport Utilities Board
Newport and surrounding Newport Utilities service area
Population reference
34,925 people (EPA SDWA queue estimate for TN0000500)
Billing detail
Partial public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
Provider-specific research notes are displayed separately from fields that contain only an unavailable-information marker. Read qualifiers in each note and verify current account terms with the provider.
- Billing frequency
- Monthly. Newport Utilities’ bill breakdown describes a monthly bill calculation, and the utility’s published residential rate schedule states that bills under the schedule are rendered monthly.
- Rate structure
- Rate-class-based monthly water charge, with residential inside-city and outside-city classes and a base service charge plus usage charge. Water customers are assigned a rate class based on service location and consumption; the reviewed official page does not expose the complete current dollar table in text.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Sewer customers are billed from their wastewater rate class and water usage. Newport Utilities’ bill breakdown identifies a sewer service charge and sewer usage charge, but the reviewed page does not expose the complete current residential formula or winter-average method.
- Meter reading
- Newport Utilities’ SmartHub and bill-breakdown pages provide usage and account history, but the reviewed official materials do not identify the water-meter technology or exact residential reading/transmission schedule.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
57%
overview fields with research notes
Tennessee
43%
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
Partial public detail found
4 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
57%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Residential cost reference
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
“Not confirmed” means the directory did not identify a dependable public statement. It does not mean the provider has no policy or option.
Primary verification routes
- Newport Utilities Board public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (TN0000500) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID TN0000500.