City of Paris Water Utility Billing Division

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

City of Paris Water Utility Billing Division operates as a municipal department serving Paris and the City of Paris water, wastewater, and residential solid-waste service area in Lamar County, including Reno-area customers served by the system. 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 Meter-size base charge including the first 200 cubic feet, followed by a uniform volumetric rate per 100 cubic feet for additional consumption. The current 3/4-inch example lists a $14.82 base including 200 cubic feet and $5.46 per 100 cubic feet over the base; larger meters have different schedules.. Bills are generated monthly. the city code renders water/sewer bills monthly, generally on or about the same day each month. the current water utility billing page states that the bill is due 14 days from the billing date and becomes subject to a penalty after 21 days., and a typical residential cost reference is For a 3/4-inch account using 6,000 gallons (approximately 802 cubic feet), current published examples imply water of about $47.69: $14.82 base plus roughly 602 cubic feet at $5.46 per 100 cubic feet. If the winter sewer average is also 802 cubic feet, sewer is about $116.82: $29.39 base plus roughly 602 cubic feet at $14.52 per 100 cubic feet. Adding the $18.08 residential refuse charge and 8.25% sales tax on refuse yields an illustrative combined total near $184.08 before payment fees; the City’s current page notes that displayed rate examples may be date-specific, so the bill controls.. 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

Sewer is not separately metered; the City uses treated-water consumption. The winter average uses November, January, and February consumption, deliberately excluding December, and fixes sewer volume for 12 months; the updated average is typically placed on the March water bill. For a 3/4-inch meter the published example uses a $29.39 base including 200 cubic feet and $14.52 per 100 cubic feet over that amount. The City states that the methodology lets customers irrigate in summer without paying sewer treatment charges on that irrigation water.

Meter and infrastructure notes

The Water Utility Billing Division performs meter reading, rereads, billing, collections, initiation, transfer, and termination, and the City calculates water charges from actual meter measurement. The reviewed current pages do not disclose whether current residential meters are AMR or AMI, the vendor, transmission interval, or route calendar; the exact read technology and schedule are therefore not publicly stated pending a current City specification.