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Payment channels

Pay City of Corona Utilities Department – Water Division

Use the provider’s verified online, telephone, mail, or counter instructions. Check the final confirmation screen for the amount, processing date, and any transaction fee before submitting.

Primary online route

Use the official payment portal

The direct portal is the fastest route when it is available. The provider identifies its payment gateway as WaterSmart is identified for the customer usage and hourly-data portal; the separate online payment gateway vendor is not disclosed in the reviewed City material.. Never enter account credentials into a lookalike site reached through an unsolicited message.

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Telephone payment

Phone IVR

(951) 736-2321. Customers can speak with Customer Care Monday–Thursday 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. or select automated-system option 1, which is available 24 hours a day. The phone route accepts MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Visa, or e-check.

Have your account number and payment instrument ready. Follow the provider’s recorded prompts and retain the confirmation number.

Alternative channels

Mail, text, and in-person payment instructions

Pay by text

Corona does not publish a keyword-based text-to-pay enrollment program or an SMS short code. Customers can create a MyAccount.CoronaCA.gov profile, enable paperless e-bills and automatic bill pay, and use the City’s official account or phone system. The City’s public text-alert and scam-warning materials are communications only; they do not authorize payment by text, Zelle, or an unsolicited caller.

Mail-in address

The City’s public bill-payment page does not publish a separate lockbox address for ordinary remittances; it directs customers to use the payment envelope and remittance address printed on the utility bill. The Utility Billing Division’s published correspondence address is City of Corona, Utility Billing Division, P.O. Box 950, Corona, CA 92878-0950, which is also the official mailing address for water-budget variance forms. Customers should use the address printed on the current bill for payment processing and the P.O. Box 950 address for variance or billing correspondence.

Counters, drop boxes, and office hours

The Customer Care counter is on the first floor of Corona City Hall, 400 S. Vicentia Avenue, Corona, CA 92882, open Monday–Thursday 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; City Hall is closed Fridays, weekends, and major holidays. A payment drop box is in the City Hall parking lot at the same address. Payments received by the City’s posted cutoff are processed the same business day; payments after the cutoff, or on Friday, weekends, or holidays, post on the next business day. Customers can also pay through Western Union agent locations, where Western Union charges its own fee, or cash at any 7-Eleven using the barcode on the bill through PayNearMe, with a $2.99 convenience fee.

Accepted digital instruments

What you can use online

The MyAccount portal and Autopay accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover. The phone system also accepts those cards and e-check. Autopay can draw from a designated checking account or credit card. PayNearMe supplies a cash barcode payment at 7-Eleven, and Western Union provides an agent-based payment route with its own fee. Corona specifically warns that it does not accept Zelle for water bills and that customers should reject unsolicited payment demands.

2026 transaction pricing

Convenience fees

The exact online card convenience fee is not published on the current City payment page. Corona does publish a $2.99 PayNearMe cash convenience fee and says Western Union charges its own fee; the card/e-check amount in the official portal is not publicly stated and should be confirmed before payment. The City’s automated phone and online pages state that payment-transaction fees may apply depending on the channel.

Fees can vary by payment type, channel, account class, and processor terms. The checkout screen is the final fee disclosure.

Payment guidance

Choose the payment channel that fits your deadline

The safest payment path is the one published by City of Corona Utilities Department – Water Division and matched to the account information on your bill. Online portals are convenient, but telephone, mail, counter, and drop-box options may follow different posting schedules and may use different fees.

For a routine payment, save the final confirmation page or IVR number and check when the transaction will post. For a same-day shut-off notice, do not assume that submitting a card payment automatically stops a field order; ask the provider what amount and confirmation are required.

Never send your account number, password, card details, or bank information to Water Ledger. Those details belong only on the provider’s verified payment channel or at an authorized counter.