Payment channels

Pay City of Mission Utility Billing / Water and Wastewater Utilities Department

Use the provider’s verified online, telephone, mail, or counter instructions. Check the final confirmation screen for the amount, processing date, and any transaction fee before submitting.

Primary online route

Use the official payment portal

The direct portal is the fastest route when it is available. The provider identifies its payment gateway as Municipal Online Payments. Never enter account credentials into a lookalike site reached through an unsolicited message.

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Telephone payment

Phone IVR

1-833-277-0389; automated system requires the account number and service address and charges $1.25 per transaction.

Have your account number and payment instrument ready. Follow the provider’s recorded prompts and retain the confirmation number.

Alternative channels

Mail, text, and in-person payment instructions

Pay by text

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed Mission utility pages publish paperless billing, bank draft, online/phone payment, and the MyMission311 reporting path, but do not publish a text-to-pay keyword or enrollment process.

Mail-in address

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The current Mission utility page lists the physical Utility Billing office at 1201 E. 8th Street, Mission, TX 78572, a payment drop box, online/phone payment, HEB, and Walmart, but does not publish a separate mail-remittance or lockbox address.

Counters, drop boxes, and office hours

Utility Billing is at Mission City Hall, 1201 E. 8th Street, Mission, TX 78572, open Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The payment drive-through is open Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; the page states cash/check service and requires the water bill, while its FAQ also says Master or Visa debit/credit cards can be used. A night drop box northwest of the drive-through accepts checks and money orders only, not cash. Current customers may also pay at HEB or Walmart if the account is current.

Accepted digital instruments

What you can use online

Checking-account bank draft, online Municipal Online Payments, and automated phone payment by card or electronic check. City Hall card payment incurs a 5% fee; online and phone payments carry a $1.25 fee. The drive-through FAQ identifies Master or Visa debit/credit cards, while the main hours notice emphasizes cash and checks.

2026 transaction pricing

Convenience fees

$1.25 per automated phone payment and $1.25 per Municipal Online Payments transaction; in-person City Hall credit-card payments carry a 5% fee. The City does not state a separate ACH bank-draft fee.

Fees can vary by payment type, channel, account class, and processor terms. The checkout screen is the final fee disclosure.

Payment guidance

Choose the payment channel that fits your deadline

The safest payment path is the one published by City of Mission Utility Billing / Water and Wastewater Utilities Department and matched to the account information on your bill. Online portals are convenient, but telephone, mail, counter, and drop-box options may follow different posting schedules and may use different fees.

For a routine payment, save the final confirmation page or IVR number and check when the transaction will post. For a same-day shut-off notice, do not assume that submitting a card payment automatically stops a field order; ask the provider what amount and confirmation are required.

Never send your account number, password, card details, or bank information to Water Ledger. Those details belong only on the provider’s verified payment channel or at an authorized counter.

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