City of Devine Municipal Utilities / Utility Department
Devine
Population reference
Approximately 4,800 residents served by the City of Devine municipal water and wastewater utility.
Billing detail
Broad public detail found
Official destination
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- Billing frequency
- Monthly; meters are read around the 15th and water, sewer, and garbage payments are due by the 15th.
- Rate structure
- Fixed base plus volumetric rate. For the published residential 5/8- or 3/4-inch schedule, the base is $38.14 inside city limits and $134.23 outside; water usage is $5.06 per 1,000 gallons through 130,000 gallons, $5.31 from 130,001–180,000, and $5.47 above 180,001. The City also publishes 2025 water/sewer rate changes with higher base values; confirm the currently adopted schedule.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the published residential base of $38.14 plus $5.06 per 1,000 gallons, 5,000–7,000 gallons produces an indicative water subtotal of $63.44–$73.56. Sewer adds a $23.57 minimum plus $3.25 per 1,000 gallons above 1,000, but residential sewer is winter-averaged, so the combined current bill depends on the established average.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Residential sewer is based on the average of December, January, and February metered water billing for the year; the new sewer rate appears on the March bill. The published residential schedule lists $23.57 for the first 1,000 gallons and $3.25 per 1,000 gallons above 1,000. New customers use monthly water usage for the first three months, then move to the winter average.
- Meter reading
- Meters are read around the 15th of every month. The current City page does not identify AMI/AMR hardware, vendor, or transmission interval.
- New-account deposit
- Deposits vary by status: homeowner water $40 and sewer $20; non-city homeowner $50/$50; renter $150/$150; homeowner over 62 $20/$10; renter over 62 $25/$12.50; business $50/$50; active military $50/$50; housing-authority renter $75/$50; contractors/new construction $225/$225. Deposits are due before connection.
- Activation or transfer fee
- A realtor inspection account requires a $10 turn-on and $10 turn-off fee. Transfers cost $10 per service on the next month's bill; transfer requests are picked up at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. weekdays, and more than seven days of overlapping service may require an extra deposit.
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Research record
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7 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
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Primary verification routes
- City of Devine Municipal Utilities / Utility Department public website ↗
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- EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System ↗
Federal background on public water-system records and their limitations.