Municipal Department
City of Poway Water and Sewer Utility
Serving Poway
Population served
49,888 people (EPA SDWA queue estimate for CA3710015)
State system code
FIPS 06
Billing frequency
Bi-monthly. Poway assigns customers to one of four cycles, sends bills every other month, and lists a due date approximately 11 days after mailing plus a later past-due date.
Provider briefing
How this utility’s billing works
City of Poway Water and Sewer Utility operates as a municipal department serving Poway. 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 As of January 21, 2026, Poway replaced residential tiered commodity rates with a uniform treated-water charge. A 5/8-inch meter has an $81.54 bi-monthly service charge and treated water is $8.21 per unit, with one unit approximately 748 gallons; recycled water is $6.96 per unit. Water rates include a San Diego County Water Authority pass-through component.. Bills are generated bi-monthly. poway assigns customers to one of four cycles, sends bills every other month, and lists a due date approximately 11 days after mailing plus a later past-due date., and a typical residential cost reference is Approximately $165 per month averaged over a two-month bill for a 5/8-inch account using 5,000-7,000 gallons per month, combining the $81.54 bi-monthly water fixed charge, $8.21 per unit treated water, $33.36 bi-monthly wastewater charge, and $5.30 per unit single-family wastewater commodity charge. Actual bills vary by meter size and winter wastewater average.. 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
Bi-monthly wastewater uses a $33.36 service charge plus a residential single-family commodity charge of $5.30 per unit in the 2026 schedule. Each year Poway recalculates wastewater using the prior three years of winter water use, excluding the current winter season, with the revised rate appearing on March or April bills.
Meter and infrastructure notes
All connections are metered and billed bi-monthly. Poway’s 2025 urban-water plan says the City is investigating system-wide remote AMI feasibility; the current published position therefore does not verify that AMI is deployed citywide.
Emergency water support
Report a leak or water emergency
A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. Customer Services at 858-668-4401 is the published utility contact, but a separate 24/7 emergency water line was not verified.
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A practical reference for Poway
City of Poway Water and Sewer Utility is listed here as a municipal department. The profile separates account actions—such as paying a bill or requesting service—from explanatory material about rates, meters, wastewater, leaks, and delinquency.
Because utility rules can vary by account class, meter size, service address, billing date, and local ordinance, treat the published bill and current provider website as the final authority. Use this profile to locate the correct channel and prepare better questions for customer service.
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