Payment channels

Pay City of Lynchburg Water Resources

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 CityLink; Vipnet processes online credit-card transactions. Never enter account credentials into a lookalike site reached through an unsolicited message.

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Telephone payment

Phone IVR

800-272-9829; select Option 3 for taxes, enter jurisdiction code 1027, select Water/Sewer, then enter the 7-digit account number, 3-digit customer number, telephone number, and card details.

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 Lynchburg utility-payment pages document CityLink, automated phone payment, bank draft, kiosks, and a drop box but do not publish text-to-pay keywords or SMS enrollment instructions.

Mail-in address

City of Lynchburg, Utility Billing - Payment Processing Center, P.O. Box 9000, Lynchburg, VA 24505. If mailing without the bill stub, customers may use City of Lynchburg Utility Billing, Billing Office, P.O. Box 1237, Lynchburg, VA 24505, and must write the account and customer numbers on the check or money order.

Counters, drop boxes, and office hours

In-person payment is available at City Hall, 900 Church Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504/24505, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., except legal holidays. Payment kiosks are listed at the City Hall 10th Street side, Lynchburg Public Library at 2315 Memorial Avenue, and Regal River Ridge Mall at 3411 Candler's Mountain Road; a City Hall 10th Street-side drop box is also available.

Accepted digital instruments

What you can use online

CityLink accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and e-check. Credit/debit transactions carry a 2.25% Vipnet processing fee; e-check payments have no fee. Automated phone payment accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover, with applicable fees; the City also offers recurring bank draft from a checking account.

2026 transaction pricing

Convenience fees

2.25% of each online credit/debit-card transaction, charged by Vipnet rather than the City. E-check payments through CityLink have no fee; phone card payments have applicable processing fees but the reviewed page does not state a separate amount.

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 Lynchburg Water Resources 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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