LACEY WATER DEPARTMENT

Provider briefing

How this utility’s billing works

LACEY WATER DEPARTMENT operates as a municipal department serving Lacey. 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 base charge, consumption priced per 100 cubic feet, separate in-city and out-of-city pricing, and tier caps for the first three blocks. For 2026 in-city single-family residential accounts, the base is $23.83, then $1.9829 per 100 cubic feet for 1 to 600 cubic feet, $4.6547 per 100 cubic feet for 601 to 1,200 cubic feet, $5.9490 per 100 cubic feet for 1,201 to 2,400 cubic feet, and $7.9438 per 100 cubic feet above 2,400 cubic feet. Out-of-city accounts have a $28.59 base and higher tier rates.. Bills are generated monthly. the official 2026 rate schedule is titled city of lacey utilities 2026 monthly rates, and the water ordinance describes a monthly base charge plus consumption measured during the monthly period., and a typical residential cost reference is For a standard in-city single-family residence using approximately 5,000 to 7,000 gallons, the 2026 water component is approximately $38.92 to $51.36 before sewer, stormwater, and taxes, using 748 gallons per 100 cubic feet and the published tier schedule. Adding the published residential local sewer charge of $36.27, LOTT wastewater charge of $48.95, and in-city stormwater charge of $15.46 produces an indicative combined monthly bill of approximately $139.60 to $152.04 before account-specific taxes or other charges. The City budget describes the 2026 rate change as approximately $2.01 per month for water at 700 cubic feet, $3.15 for sewer, and $0.67 for stormwater.. 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

For a standard residential account, the 2026 schedule lists fixed monthly wastewater components rather than a published residential winter-average formula: local sewer is $36.27 and LOTT is $48.95, for a combined residential wastewater amount of $85.22. The bill codes identify WR for Lacey water, WW for gravity sewer, SP for STEP sewer, and GR for grinder service; properties without those sewer codes may be on septic. The City has separately described a 50% discount line for qualifying wastewater charges, and commercial leak review may receive a sewer credit when documented leaked water did not enter the sanitary sewer.

Meter and infrastructure notes

The City identifies meter reading as a Water Utility financial-service function and bills residential water monthly by 100-cubic-foot consumption. The public 2026 customer material does not identify whether meters use AMI, AMR, radio endpoints, or manual reads, and it does not publish a universal read-day calendar. Customers with excessive bills can request a meter reread and leak or plumbing inspection; if a meter is found to be more than 3% inaccurate in the City’s favor, the system-plan policy describes correction and credit for the prior three readings.