City of Big Spring Water / Utility Billing Office
Big Spring municipal water, wastewater, and sanitation service area in Howard County
Population reference
Approximately 28,000 municipal utility residents and customers; the current City page does not expose a separate PWS population figure.
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 water, wastewater, sanitation, and environmental-fee billing; the current City service page describes monthly rates.
- Rate structure
- Inside-city residential water uses a base charge by meter size plus increasing usage bands. The City information sheet lists a $30 5/8-inch base, $1.50 for 0–2,000 gallons, $3.75 for 3,000–10,000, $5.25 for 11,000–20,000, $5.51 for 21,000–50,000, and $5.78 above 50,000; outside-city rates are double.
- Residential cost reference
- At approximately 6,000 gallons inside City limits, water is about $45 using the published $30 base plus the $3.75 usage band; sewer and sanitation are billed separately and are not fully exposed in the current indexed page.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- The Water Office bills wastewater and sanitation with water service, but the current accessible City page does not expose the complete residential sewer formula or winter-average rule.
- Meter reading
- Water Office personnel read service meters and compute monthly bills, but the current City page does not identify AMR/AMI hardware, vendor, transmission interval, or route calendar.
- New-account deposit
- Residential deposits range from $50 to $150 based on a soft credit check; commercial deposit is $75. Deposits are due at application. The current City page does not expose the full refund or interest rule.
- Activation or transfer fee
- A $7.50 service activation fee is added to the first month's bill. Transfer requests must be submitted in person to the Water Billing Office; a separate transfer fee is not stated.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
Texas
68%
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
- City of Big Spring Water / Utility Billing Office 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.