Seminole County Water and Sewer Utility

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

Seminole County Water and Sewer Utility operates as a public water authority serving Seminole County Southeast unincorporated water and sewer 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 water tiers plus fixed monthly ERC charge and separate sewer, irrigation and reclaimed-water schedules. Single-family water is $15.65 per month fixed, then $1.38 per 1,000 gallons for 0-10,000, $2.29 for 10,001-15,000, $4.15 for 15,001-20,000, $6.69 for 20,001-30,000, $9.62 for 30,001-50,000 and $13.03 above 50,000. A 4% utility tax applies in the unincorporated County.. Bills are generated monthly. the faq describes the monthly bill due day and estimates meter reads approximately every 29-35 days., and a typical residential cost reference is At 5,000 gallons, the published single-family water schedule yields $22.55 monthly before the 4% unincorporated-county utility tax ($15.65 fixed plus $6.90 usage). At 7,000 gallons it yields $25.31 before tax. Sewer adds $24.86 fixed plus $5.91 per 1,000 gallons up to 15,000, so a 5,000-gallon water-and-sewer estimate is approximately $77.50 before tax and other charges; actual jurisdiction and ERC details vary.. 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

Residential sewer is based on water usage and charged only through the first 15,000 gallons each month. The published single-family sewer schedule is $24.86 per month fixed plus $5.91 per 1,000 gallons up to the 15,000-gallon cap; sewer stops being charged above 15,000. Residential irrigation and reclaimed-water meters are separately billed and are not assessed the domestic sewer charge in the same way.

Meter and infrastructure notes

Seminole County uses Automatic Meter Reading devices that can be read by drive-by collection without direct contact. The FAQ states that meters are read approximately every 29-35 days; inaccessible or failed meters may be estimated from recent history. Customers can view three years of billing history and consumption through Click2Gov.