Municipal Department
City of Inver Grove Heights Water Utility
Serving Inver Grove Heights
Population served
34,189 people (EPA SDWA queue estimate for MN1190014)
State system code
FIPS 27
Billing frequency
Quarterly; the City’s 2026 sample utility bill is explicitly identified as a quarterly bill for a single-family residential customer.
Provider briefing
How this utility’s billing works
City of Inver Grove Heights Water Utility operates as a municipal department serving Inver Grove Heights. 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 Base water charge plus volume-related usage charge, with separate sanitary-sewer and stormwater components. The City states that 2026 water bills increased 10%, while sanitary sewer base rates increased 5% and sewer volume rates 3%; the current detailed tables are linked from the official bill page.. Bills are generated quarterly; the city’s 2026 sample utility bill is explicitly identified as a quarterly bill for a single-family residential customer., and a typical residential cost reference is The City’s 2026 sample quarterly bill uses 18,000 gallons and shows $79.58 water, $127.43 sewer, and $41.07 stormwater, $248.08 total per quarter. That equals about $82.69 per month for all three components, or about $69.00 per month for water and sewer before stormwater; a 5,000-7,000-gallon monthly water-only estimate is not directly published.. 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
Sanitary sewer has a base rate and a volume-related rate tied to measured water consumption. The City explains that it pays the Metropolitan Council a treatment charge for each thousand gallons used and passes the applicable local base and volume charges through the quarterly utility bill; no winter-average formula was exposed.
Meter and infrastructure notes
The 2026 fee schedule identifies Mag/Iperl meters and radio heads, indicating radio-equipped meter infrastructure for at least applicable installations. The reviewed City pages do not state whether all residential accounts are AMR/AMI, the transmission interval, or the quarterly read schedule.
Emergency water support
Report a leak or water emergency
A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed City water and sewer pages provide billing and City Hall contacts but do not label a separate 24/7 water-main emergency number.
Official starting point
Choose the right next step
Reading this profile
A practical reference for Inver Grove Heights
City of Inver Grove Heights Water 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.
If your issue is urgent, start with the provider’s emergency number or official payment route rather than waiting for an email response. Keep a written record of calls, confirmation numbers, notice dates, and documents you submit.