City and County of Broomfield Water Utilities and Utility Billing

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

City and County of Broomfield Water Utilities and Utility Billing operates as a municipal department serving Broomfield and the City and County of Broomfield water service area. 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 Increasing block residential tiers with a monthly meter base charge. Effective February 1, 2026, a single-family account has a $42.45 monthly base charge; usage is $2.75 per 1,000 gallons for 0–5,000 gallons, $4.39 for 6,000–9,000 gallons, and $6.22 above 10,000 gallons. Actual meter readings are rounded down to the nearest 1,000 gallons. Outside-Broomfield usage is charged at the separate published outside rate, and drought or reclaimed-water charges may apply to qualifying accounts.. Bills are generated monthly. current water statements are billed monthly, with a monthly base meter charge and metered usage charge. sewer winter averages are recalculated at the end of march and the updated amount appears beginning in april., and a typical residential cost reference is At 7,000 gallons per month, the published single-family water charge is approximately $64.18 ($42.45 base plus 5 x $2.75 plus 2 x $4.39), before sewer, stormwater, and other services. A typical combined bill depends on the winter sewer average and the property’s ERU; using one ERU at the $25.04 sewer minimum and no unverified stormwater estimate gives a planning subtotal around $89.22 per month before sanitation and other charges.. 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

Broomfield’s February 1, 2026 sewer schedule charges the greater of Average Winter Consumption (AWC) at $6.26 times AWC or the Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) charge of $25.04 times ERU, with a minimum of $25.04 per dwelling unit. New accounts pay a flat $37.56 per month per ERU until a winter average is established. AWC uses four monthly bills between November 1 and March 31, typically November–February or December–March depending on the billing cycle; the resulting average is reevaluated at the end of March and appears on April statements.

Meter and infrastructure notes

Broomfield uses AMR with radio transmitters attached to water meters. Handheld or vehicle-mounted receivers wake the ERT, collect the identification number and current reading, and upload the data to the billing system at the end of the day. The ERT normally sleeps between reads, and batteries are expected to be serviced approximately every ten years; meters must remain accessible. The city’s leak page also provides guidance for investigating abnormal use.