Accessibility Feature: Click here to skip main page navigation.
San Antonio Water System Home
Who We Are Our Water Conservation Customer Service Infrastructure Education Environment Jobs at SAWS Business Center
Search
IN THIS SECTION:

Main

Residential Water Service & Sewer Rates

Residential Rate Calculator

Affordability Discount

General Class Water Service & Sewer Rates

Landscape Irrigation Service

Wholesale Water Service

Recycled Water Service

Water Supply Fee

Stormwater Fee

Edwards Aquifer Authority Permit Fee


General Class Water Service and Sewer Rates

(Including Apartment, Commercial, Industrial and Municipal)
Effective January 2009

For Business Classes, a 5-step base-excess use structure has been developed. The monthly base amount for Business Class customers is equal to 90% of a customer’s monthly average usage. Increased unit rates will apply as usage exceeds each customer’s base amount.

Monthly Service Availability and Volume Charge
The Monthly Service Availability Charge (minimum bill) for all general water service furnished through meters of the following sizes together with the Monthly Volume Charge measured per 100 gallons for water usage in every instance of service for each month of fraction thereof shall be as follows:

MONTHLY SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE 
  INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
METER SIZE NET SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE NET SERVICE AVAILABILITY FEE
5/8”   $9.81   $11.83
3/4”   13.16   15.72
1”   19.21   22.94
1 1/2””   35.03   41.69
2”   52.83   63.01
3”   106.92   125.31
4”   176.40   206.48
6”   350.03   409.39
8”   543.20   637.69
10”   755.89   891.35
12”   1,191.85   1,444.41


MONTHLY VOLUME CHARGE 
USAGE BLOCKS INSIDE CITY LIMITS
RATE PER 100 GALLONS
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
RATE PER 100 GALLONS
Base   $0.1086   $0.1410
100-125% of Base   0.1257   0.1635
125-150% of Base   0.1633   0.2121
150-200% of Base   0.2138   0.2778
Over 200% of Base   0.3160   0.4109
The Base Use is defined as 90% of the Annual Average Consumption

General Class Sewer Rates
MONTHLY SEWER RATE 
INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS
First 1,496 gallons - Minimum Charge $7.76   First 1,496 gallons - Minimum Charge $9.32
Over 1,496 gallons - $0.2057 per 100 gallons   Over 1,496 gallons - $0.2468 per 100 gallons
Sewer service charges are computed from the water usage schedules for all metered connections.

image  
 

© 2009 San Antonio Water System • 2800 U.S. Hwy 281 North • P.O. Box 2449 • San Antonio, TX 78298-2449
210.704.7297

Customer service inquiries: service@saws.org. Web site issues: webmaster@saws.org.