City of Hereford Water Services / Finance Water Office
Hereford municipal water and wastewater service area in Deaf Smith County
Population reference
Approximately 15,000 municipal residents; the current City Water Services 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
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. City code states that water meters are read and water/sewer bills rendered monthly as services accrue.
- Rate structure
- Metered water billing under the City rate schedule with separate inside/outside-city and customer classifications; the current indexed Water Services page does not expose all 2026 numerical tiers.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- City code includes wastewater usage based on the average of the immediately preceding December, January, and February actual water consumption for each residential unit; the indexed text lists $1.41 per 1,000 gallons for that sewer component. Commercial and industrial sewer rates are 1.5 times inside-city rates.
- Meter reading
- City code requires all water meters to be read monthly; the current public page does not identify AMR/AMI hardware, vendor, or transmission interval.
- New-account deposit
- An older official residential agreement lists a $75 residential deposit per unit; commercial/industrial deposits are based on prior average minimum water usage and service type under City code. Confirm the current 2026 amount with Water Services.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The current accessible page does not expose a numerical activation or transfer fee. ACH draft authorization must be submitted at least two days before the bill due date.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
Texas
68%
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
Broad public detail found
6 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
86%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Residential cost reference
“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
- City of Hereford Water Services / Finance Water 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.