Lake County Department of Utilities - West Sub-District Water System

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

Lake County Department of Utilities - West Sub-District Water System operates as a public water authority serving Western Lake County, including the Lake County Department of Utilities West Sub-District. 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 Quarterly minimum-or-volume metered charges. Water is $4.68 per 100 cubic feet for the first 1,200,000 cubic feet per quarter, $3.51 above that, with a $42.12 quarterly minimum. Residential sewer is generally subject to a $94.08 quarterly minimum; business sewer is $4.48 per 1,000 gallons or the applicable unit minimum.. Bills are generated quarterly for the standard water/sewer billing presentation: bills show the number of days in the cycle, sewer is charged in three-month increments, and the county generally reads meters every three months, estimating intervening quarters when necessary., and a typical residential cost reference is Approximately $49.16 per month for the standard LCDU residential minimums: the County’s rate page gives a typical water example of $53.40 per quarter at 1,200 cubic feet/approximately 9,000 gallons, plus the $94.08 quarterly sanitary-sewer minimum, totaling $147.48 quarterly or $49.16 monthly. Actual usage, district, and municipal sewer arrangement can change the amount.. 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

LCDU residential sanitary sewer is generally the greater of the metered charge or the $94.08 quarterly minimum, with the minimum comprising operation/maintenance and $33.55 debt service. The County provides a reduced minimum for qualifying unoccupied properties after at least three months of terminated water service and required supplier certification; sewer service may be exempt only when the connection is cut and capped. Some municipal sewer systems are merely billed by LCDU and use their own rates.

Meter and infrastructure notes

LCDU meter readers use handheld computers, downloading readings to the billing system at the end of each day. Standard meters are generally read every three months; intervening quarterly bills may be estimated from history and reconciled to the next actual read. Outside reading devices can be installed for inside meters at no additional charge.