City of Port Lavaca Utility Billing Department

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

City of Port Lavaca Utility Billing Department operates as a municipal department serving Port Lavaca. Customers should use the provider’s current account-specific bill and official customer-service instructions as the final authority for deadlines, balances, and service requests.

The published water-rate framework is described as Increasing block tiers under the February 10, 2026 rate sheet. Residential water has a base charge for 0–2,000 gallons, then per-1,000-gallon tiers for 2,001–5,000, 5,001–25,000, and over 25,000 gallons; inside- and outside-city schedules differ.. Bills are generated monthly. the account is billed approximately 15 days before the due date and the bill combines water, sewer, and garbage charges., and a typical residential cost reference is The February 2026 schedule lists a residential water base of $50 for 0–2,000 gallons, plus $9.90 per 1,000 gallons for 2,001–5,000 and $10.52 per 1,000 gallons for 5,001–25,000. That implies approximately $79.70 at 5,000 gallons and $100.74 at 7,000 gallons before sewer and garbage; the complete combined estimate depends on the published sewer schedule and customer location.. These descriptions are useful planning benchmarks; actual charges can change with meter size, usage, sewer averaging, local taxes, drought stages, or account-specific fees.

Wastewater and sewer calculation

The 2026 City rate sheet publishes separate residential sewer base and volumetric tiers, with inside- and outside-city rates. The reviewed accessible text does not expose the full sewer table or a winter-average calculation, so the exact wastewater component should be read from the adopted rate sheet.

Meter and infrastructure notes

Port Lavaca says meters are read approximately on the same date each month, normally in a meter box near the curb. DROPCOUNTR provides customer usage monitoring; the reviewed sources do not identify the AMI/AMR vendor or transmission interval.