Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) Water and Wastewater Services

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) Water and Wastewater Services operates as a public water authority serving Brownsville and surrounding BPUB water and wastewater service areas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. 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 tiers with a monthly meter-size customer-service charge, and different inside-city versus outside-city schedules. The current public rate table is labeled effective October 15, 2025: for a residential meter 3/4 inch or less inside city, the monthly service charge is $16.28; consumption is $2.67 per 1,000 gallons for 0–3,000, $2.96 for 3,001–9,000, $3.65 for 9,001–16,000, and $5.51 above 16,000. BPUB's approved schedule separately lists a 5% water and 5% wastewater adjustment effective January 1, 2026, but the public table does not display a post-adjustment dated table; customers should verify the amount on the current bill.. Bills are generated monthly. bpub's bill guide provides a 12-month water and wastewater usage history, and the bill estimator describes the recurring residential bill as monthly; the printed statement controls the exact meter period and due date., and a typical residential cost reference is Using the current official table labeled October 15, 2025 for an inside-city residential meter 3/4 inch or less, 5,000 gallons is approximately $30.21 water ($16.28 service charge plus 3,000 gallons at $2.67 and 2,000 at $2.96) plus $34.82 wastewater ($10.57 service charge plus 5,000 gallons at $4.85), or about $65.03 before city fees, taxes, a possible resaca fee, or any 2026 adjustment. At 7,000 gallons the same published schedule is about $80.65 combined. BPUB's approved schedule says both water and wastewater rise 5% January 1, 2026, but no updated public table was exposed; these figures should therefore be treated as a transparent baseline, not a guaranteed 2026 invoice.. 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

Inside-city residential wastewater has a monthly 3/4-inch-or-less service charge of $10.57 and consumption blocks of $4.85 per 1,000 gallons for 0–7,000 gallons and $5.32 above 7,000. BPUB states that wastewater volume is typically estimated from the customer's water consumption. During high outdoor-watering months, a customer may request a wastewater cap adjustment; the current public page does not publish a winter-average formula or a universal cap amount.

Meter and infrastructure notes

BPUB's current bill guide shows actual water and wastewater meter readings, a 12-month usage graph, and an 'Estimated' indicator when an actual read was not obtained. BPUB's March 2026 customer-portal announcement says the new portal will be enhanced with Advanced Metering Infrastructure integration and more detailed, near-real-time consumption data, while the homepage advertises smart meters for accurate billing. The current public materials do not state that all water meters already transmit hourly data or publish a universal physical-reading schedule, so the rollout should be treated as active modernization rather than confirmed complete AMI coverage.