Lakeway Municipal Utility District
City of Lakeway and a portion of the Village of the Hills
Population reference
More than 4,200 water customers and more than 3,000 wastewater customers; the district’s customer count places the system above the requested service threshold, although the exact resident population is not published.
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
- Bi-monthly. Bills are mailed or emailed around the first of every even-numbered month, due on the 20th, and meters are remotely read at the beginning of odd-numbered months.
- Rate structure
- Increasing block tiers with a drought-stage surcharge at high usage. FY 2026 in-district standard 5/8-inch water base is $33 monthly; volume rates are $2.50 per 1,000 gallons through 15,000, $3.25 through 30,000, $5.06 through 50,000, $7.08 through 80,000, $9.35 through 100,000, and $11.94 above 100,000. Stage 2 drought rates increase the tiers above 30,000 gallons.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $84.00 per month at 6,000 gallons in-district before the TCEQ regulatory fee, calculated from the $33 monthly water base, $27 wastewater base, $2.50/1,000-gallon water charge, and the $2.50/1,000-gallon wastewater winter-average charge. LMUD reports an average water user of 10,849 gallons pays about $51.97 per month for water alone.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Wastewater has a $27 in-district monthly base and $2.50 per 1,000-gallon volume rate. LMUD uses winter averaging: it compares water usage for November–December with January–February, uses the lower amount unless one is zero, and applies a minimum of 2,000 and maximum of 30,000 gallons per billing cycle. New customers are assigned 12,000 gallons per two-month cycle until a history exists. The wastewater volume charge remains fixed for the following fiscal year while potable-water charges vary each cycle.
- Meter reading
- LMUD meters are read remotely at the beginning of every odd-numbered month, with bills issued in the first week of the following even-numbered month. WaterSmart provides hourly or daily usage tracking and alerts, indicating electronically read smart-meter infrastructure; the exact AMI vendor is not published.
- New-account deposit
- For an in-district standard 5/8-inch meter, LMUD publishes a $200 security deposit; deposits can be avoided with 12 months of previous good credit on file or a satisfactory-credit letter from another utility. The deposit is automatically refundable after 12 months of timely payments or upon termination after the final reading, subject to the service contract. Larger-meter, out-of-district, and water-plus-wastewater deposits are higher.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The district charges a nonrefundable service fee for customers with an existing meter; the current public fee schedule should be used for the exact amount. Tap/connection fees are $1,200 for a standard 5/8-inch water tap and $1,200 for an existing 5/8-inch wastewater connection, with larger meters and new installations charged more. The ordinary transfer administration fee is not publicly documented.
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100%
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68%
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50%
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Documented
100%
Primary verification routes
- Lakeway Municipal Utility District 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.