Arlington County Water-Sewer Utilities
Arlington County
Population reference
215,000 people (EPA SDWIS PWS ID VA6013010; 2026 active CWS record).
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
- Quarterly for single-family and duplex residential accounts; water, sewer, trash, and recycling appear on the quarterly bill. Multifamily and commercial accounts have different billing schedules and base-charge units.
- Rate structure
- Quarterly residential base charge plus increasing-block water usage pricing and sewer usage pricing capped at winter consumption. Effective July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027, water base is $17.51 quarterly, water use is $4.73 per thousand gallons below 9,000 and $7.57 above, and sewer use is $10.48 per thousand gallons capped at winter level.
- Residential cost reference
- For a 5,000-7,000 gallon monthly residential household, the July 2026 rates produce about $23.65-$33.02 water usage monthly equivalent plus $5.84 quarterly water base monthly equivalent, before sewer, trash, and recycling. Sewer usage is $52.40-$73.36 monthly equivalent when the winter cap does not bind, plus $4.66 quarterly sewer base monthly equivalent; exact combined bills use the winter cap and solid-waste charges.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Residential sewer is metered through water consumption but capped at the customer's winter consumption level. The July 2026-June 2027 sewer usage rate is $10.48 per thousand gallons, with a $13.98 quarterly sewer base charge; the customer is billed the lower of current water use and the winter-cap basis for sewer volume.
- Meter reading
- Arlington bills residential accounts quarterly from meter readings. The reviewed pages do not identify one universal AMI vendor or interval; customers should keep the meter accessible and use Customer Self-Service to monitor usage.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The new account fee is $40. Customer Self-Service supports account and service requests; the reviewed pages do not state a separate universal transfer fee.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
Virginia
52%
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
- New-account deposit
“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
- Arlington County Water-Sewer Utilities public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (VA6013010) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID VA6013010.