RACINE WATERWORKS

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

RACINE WATERWORKS operates as a municipal department serving RACINE. 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 Declining block volumetric tiers by cubic feet, plus a meter-size service charge, a direct public-fire-protection charge by meter size, and applicable household hazardous-waste or other utility charges. The City’s published water table lists a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch meter service charge of $22.30 quarterly, volume at $3.11 per 100 cubic feet for the first 15,000 cubic feet per quarter, $2.68 for the next 185,000 cubic feet, and $2.41 above 200,000 cubic feet. Retail customers in Racine and named surrounding communities also receive a direct PFP charge; the current PFP page lists $17.19 quarterly for a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch meter.. Bills are generated quarterly for standard city of racine water and wastewater billing, with some rate tables also displaying monthly equivalents. the 2026 payment-process faq states the relocation did not change customers’ existing cycles or bill dates, and the wastewater page expressly states quarterly billing., and a typical residential cost reference is Using the City’s published residential schedule and a typical 5/8-inch meter, an in-city household using 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per month is approximately $31.87 to $40.19 per month for water, service charge, direct public-fire-protection charge, and the published quarterly household hazardous-waste item converted to a monthly equivalent. Adding City of Racine sewer at the published 2025 rate of $2.89 per 748-gallon ccf, the $31 quarterly residential sewer capital charge shown in the 2026 fee schedule, and stormwater at approximately $200.87 annually, produces an indicative combined water, sewer, and stormwater range of approximately $78 to $95 per month. Exact bills vary by billing cycle, meter size, sewer jurisdiction, and the 2026 annual sewer approval.. 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

City of Racine residential sewer is billed quarterly from the home or business water-meter reading, so lower water use reduces the usage component. The published City of Racine Class I rate is $2.89 per ccf, where one ccf is 748 gallons, plus a fixed quarterly capital charge; the 2026 fee schedule lists the residential sanitary sewer surcharge at $31 quarterly. A separate household hazardous-waste charge appears on the bill. Summer sewer rates are based on winter usage, and surrounding communities may use their own flat quarterly residential charges or village sewer schedules.

Meter and infrastructure notes

Meters are owned, furnished, and installed by the Racine Water Utility or an approved contractor and must remain accessible for reading, inspection, and servicing. The filed rules do not identify AMI or AMR technology or a universal calendar date. If a meter cannot be read, the bill is marked and calculated from an estimate or minimum charge; when read again, the succeeding bill reconciles the prior period, and more than three consecutive estimated or minimum bills are permitted only in unusual cases. Meter failure is otherwise billed from the prior-year average or another equitable estimate.