City of Puyallup Utility Billing and Water Division
Puyallup
Population reference
94,520
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
- Monthly for City utility customers since November 2023. Water meters are read automatically every hour via radio telemetry. Sewer charges use actual water consumption during the winter billing period and a consumption average for summer bills.
- Rate structure
- Increasing-block residential water commodity charges plus a meter service charge. The official 2025 table lists 5/8-inch service at $14.38 per month and residential usage tiers of $3.14 for the first 500 cubic feet, $4.26 for 501-1,200 cubic feet and $5.70 above 1,200 cubic feet; the City states that effective February 1, 2026 water rates increased 2.4% plus a 6% catch-up increase, so the 2026 PDF should control the exact current amounts.
- Residential cost reference
- The City states that 2026 water rates rose 2.4% plus a 6% catch-up increase and sewer rates rose 2.4% plus a 4% catch-up increase. Using the 2025 published schedule as the base, 7,000 gallons is about 936 cubic feet and produces an estimated 2026 water/sewer bill around $160 before stormwater and landfill charges; the exact 2026 table was not machine-readable in the live fetch, so the bill should be verified against the current CSS statement.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Sanitary sewer is based on actual water consumption for bills dated November 16-May 15, while the City uses a consumption average for the summer period. The published 2025 table uses a $26.28 monthly sewer service charge and $7.94 per 100 cubic feet, and the average is formed from winter bills; the City's 2026 schedule applies the announced sewer increase and catch-up adjustment.
- Meter reading
- All Puyallup water meters are read automatically every hour by a radio telemetry system. The online portal exposes consumption history, and the City uses winter actual consumption and summer average consumption for sewer billing.
- New-account deposit
- The reviewed City utility-billing pages do not publish a universal residential startup deposit. Development/connection fee schedules list construction-related meter-set and tapping charges, while ordinary start service requires the owner or tenant to email the service address, move/purchase date, name, billing address and phone information.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
overview fields with research notes
Washington
51%
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
- Activation or transfer fee
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Primary verification routes
- City of Puyallup Utility Billing and Water Division 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.