Payment research · dataset 2026.08
Payment options for City of Austin Water & Wastewater (Austin Water)
This page identifies provider-specific public payment information without accepting payments or asking for account credentials.
Provider-published destination
Official online route identified
Confirm the utility name, service address, balance, processing date, funding method, and final fee on the external page before submitting. US Water Bill Pay cannot see or post the transaction.
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Payment research for this provider
The compiled notes distinguish confirmed channels from details the public material did not expose. Fields containing only an unavailable-information marker are grouped in the research record below.
- Payment platform
- Paymentus for no-login Quick Payment; City of Austin Utilities Online Customer Care for registered account management
- Phone payment number
- 1-833-375-4919 for Paymentus Quick Payment by phone; 512-494-9400 is City of Austin Utilities Customer Care for account help and payment assistance
- Pay-by-text
- Austin does not publish a text-to-pay keyword enrollment flow for utility bills. Paymentus supports a cash-at-checkout workflow in which the customer opens the Quick Payment portal, chooses Cash, enters the service ZIP code, selects a participating retailer, and receives a barcode by text or email. The barcode is account-specific, retailer-specific, valid for 24 hours, and must be scanned at checkout; the customer then pays cash and receives a receipt. This is a barcode delivery method rather than a confirmed SMS command-based recurring payment program.
- Mail-in payment address
- City of Austin Utility Customer Service, P.O. Box 2267, Austin, TX 78783-2267. Mail payments may be personal check, cashier’s check, or money order. Customers should include the bill payment stub and should not mail cash.
- In-person payment
- City of Austin Utilities accepts cash, personal or cashier’s checks, and money orders at two walk-in Utility Customer Service Centers: North, 8716 Research Blvd., Suite 115, Austin, TX 78758, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; and South, 1901 W. William Cannon Drive, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78745, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Authorized pay stations include ACE Cash Express, CVS, Dollar General, H-E-B, Office Depot, Randalls, Regions Bank, Walgreens, Walmart/Woodforest, and Western Union locations; they generally require a bill or Paymentus barcode and may charge handling fees of approximately $0.75–$2.95. Drop boxes are at 625 E. 10th Street, 505 Barton Springs Road, 8716 Research Blvd. Suite 115, and 1901 W. William Cannon Drive Suite 100. Drop-box payments accept checks and money orders, not cash; after-hours deposits post on the next business day and may take 3–5 business days, and a drop box must not be used after a nonpayment disconnection notice.
- Digital payment methods
- Paymentus displays Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, electronic check/ACH, PayPal, PayPal Credit, Venmo, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. Registered City of Austin Utilities customers can also use bank-account Autopay and paperless billing. Paymentus Quick Payment can be made online or by phone without login; transaction limits and fees apply.
- Online convenience fees
- $2.79 per residential Paymentus Quick Payment and $8.95 per commercial Paymentus Quick Payment, according to the City’s published Quick Payment fee table. The portal posts the payment immediately or the same day. The City also offers fee-free bank-draft/eCheck or ACH options in its payment guidance, while third-party retail cash locations may add their own handling fee.
Directory comparison
Payment-information visibility
| Measure | This provider | Texas | National index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usable payment URL identified | Yes | 73% | 73% |
| Fee or no-fee amount disclosed | Yes | 25% | 15% |
| Payment fields documented | 8 of 8 | — | — |
This comparison measures directory documentation, not payment quality, cost, or provider performance.
Research record
Broad public detail found
8 of 8 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
100%
Primary verification routes
- City of Austin Water & Wastewater (Austin Water) public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- Provider-published payment destination ↗
External account or guest-payment route; verify the provider name before entering information.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (TX2270001) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID TX2270001.