City of Fort Myers Utility Billing – Water and Wastewater

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

City of Fort Myers Utility Billing – Water and Wastewater operates as a municipal department serving City of Fort Myers. 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 FY2026 inside-city residential water uses increasing tiers by meter size, with a 5/8-inch meter tiered at 0–4,000 gallons, 4,001–8,000, 8,001–12,000, and above 12,000. Rates are $5.40, $10.79, $16.19, and $21.58 per 1,000 gallons. The 5/8-inch monthly readiness-to-serve charges are $11.81 water and $21.83 sewer. All-class sewer usage is $15.64 per 1,000 gallons, and the water/ready-to-serve component is subject to a 10% utility tax. Outside-city rates and larger-meter tier thresholds differ.. Bills are generated monthly. the city's standard operating policy says utility bills are sent monthly and payment is due 14 days from the billing date., and a typical residential cost reference is For a 5/8-inch inside-city single-family account using 5,000 gallons, the FY2026 illustrative bill is approximately $148.65 before any separate stormwater or other charges: water consumption is $4,000 at $5.40 plus $1,000 at $10.79, or $32.39; water readiness-to-serve is $11.81; sewer is $78.20 at $15.64 per 1,000 gallons plus $21.83 sewer readiness-to-serve; and the 10% tax on water consumption plus water readiness-to-serve adds approximately $4.42. The City formula is consumption × water rate + consumption × sewer rate + both readiness charges + applicable utility tax.. 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

Fort Myers bills sewer usage from the installed water-meter reading. For FY2026 inside-city residential accounts, all classes use $15.64 per 1,000 gallons and a 5/8-inch sewer readiness-to-serve charge of $21.83; the schedule also provides larger-meter charges and single-family maximum provisions. The public City formula adds water consumption, sewer consumption, both readiness-to-serve charges, and the 10% utility tax on water and water readiness-to-serve. The City does not publish a universal winter-average sewer formula on the current rate sheet.

Meter and infrastructure notes

Fort Myers uses radio-transmitted water-meter reading. The City says the meter emits a radio signal every four seconds and the drive-by reading system captures it as the reader passes the meter. Traditional bills are monthly, and the online account/WaterSmart portal provides usage information, rankings, and leak alerts. The public pages do not state an hourly customer-facing transmission history beyond the four-second radio transmission behavior.