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Payment channels

Pay Fort Worth Water 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 Smart Energy Water (the MyH2O portal identifies Smart Energy Water as its platform provider). Never enter account credentials into a lookalike site reached through an unsolicited message.

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Telephone payment

Phone IVR

(817) 392-4477, automated payment system available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; select option 2 for the automated payment prompts. Select option 1 for a 24/7 water emergency.

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

Fort Worth publishes SMS text notifications for new bills and account alerts through MyH2O, but it does not publish a text keyword or SMS reply-to-pay enrollment path. Register at the MyH2O portal or app, enable paperless billing/communication preferences, and choose email and/or SMS notifications; the portal's payment action still requires an online card or bank-draft transaction.

Mail-in address

Fort Worth Water, P.O. Box 961003, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0003. Customers should use the return envelope and payment stub, make checks or money orders payable to Fort Worth Water Department, and never mail cash. The City separately lists P.O. Box 870, Fort Worth, TX 76102 for correspondence and bill-adjustment documentation.

Counters, drop boxes, and office hours

Walk-in customer assistance is available at New City Hall, 100 Fort Worth Trail, 5th Floor, Fort Worth, TX 76102, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., excluding City holidays; the call center is open 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The City accepts cash, checks, money orders, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, and Visa/Mastercard-logo debit cards at the customer-service location. A 24-hour drop box is on the walkway in front of New City Hall and accepts only checks or money orders. Authorized Fidelity Express locations in Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Johnson, and Dallas counties accept cash only, charge a location-specific processing fee, and normally post the payment the next business day.

Accepted digital instruments

What you can use online

MyH2O web and mobile-app payments by Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, Visa/Mastercard-logo debit card, ACH/electronic bank draft, recurring autopay, and one-time payment without registration. The portal also provides payment history and paperless-billing controls. Fort Worth's current FAQ says monthly water-bill card payments are free; the separate 2.5% fee applies to certain development and permitting services, not ordinary water-bill payments.

2026 transaction pricing

Convenience fees

$0 for ordinary monthly Fort Worth Water bill payments by credit or debit card through the current MyH2O system, according to the City's current FAQ. A 2.5% card service fee beginning October 1, 2025 applies to specified development/permitting and impact-fee services, not ordinary monthly water-bill payments; Fidelity Express locations charge their own variable cash-processing 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 Fort Worth Water 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.