Residential Water Rates
Effective for Consumption on or about January 1, 2024
The Service Availability Charge (minimum bill) assessed for all residential water service furnished through meters of the following sizes together with the Monthly Volume Charge measured per 1,000 gallons of water usage in every instance of service for each month or fraction thereof shall be as follows:
| MONTHLY SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHARGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSIDE CITY LIMITS | OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS | |||
| METER SIZE | 2023 |
2023 |
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| 5/8″ | $9.00 | $11.70 | ||
| 3/4″ | 11.93 | 15.51 | ||
| 1″ | 17.79 | 23.13 | ||
| 1 1/2″ | 32.44 | 42.18 | ||
| 2″ | 50.02 | 65.03 | ||
| 3″ | 96.90 | 125.97 | ||
| 4″ | 149.64 | 194.54 | ||
| 6″ | 296.14 | 384.99 | ||
| 8″ | 471.94 | 613.53 | ||
| 10″ | 589.14 | 765.89 | ||
| 12″ | 823.54 | 1,070.61 | ||
| Water Service Availability Charge shall be increased by $2.00 if usage exceeds 4,000 gallons. | Water Service Availability Charge shall be increased by $2.60 if usage exceeds 4,000 gallons. | |||
| MONTHLY VOLUME CHARGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSIDE CITY LIMITS | OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS | |||
| Usage Gallon Block Threshold |
RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS | RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS | ||
2023 |
2023 |
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| 4,000 | $0.907 | $1.180 | ||
| 7,000 | 1.678 | 2.182 | ||
| 12,000 | 3.039 | 3.951 | ||
| 20,000 | 3.991 | 5.189 | ||
| Over 20,000 | 5.669 | 7.370 | ||
Uplift Assistance Program Fee
Uplift Assistance Program Fee helps fund bill payment assistance for neighbors in need who qualify for the SAWS Uplift Affordability Discount Program.
| Uplift Assistance Program Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS | |||
| CURRENT 2023 |
APPROVED 2024 |
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| Water | $0.1590 | $0.1300 | |
Residential Sewer Rates
Effective for consumption on or about January 1, 2024.
Sewer service charges for all metered residential water connections shall be the sum of the appropriate Sewer Service Availability Charge and the application of the Sewer Monthly Volume Charges to average monthly water usage for 90 days during three consecutive billing periods beginning after November 15 and ending on or about March 15 of each year and are billed according to the schedule below.
Customers who do not have a record of winter water usage or an interim average will be billed for sewer service assuming 5,985 gallons monthly sewer usage. Customers with no San Antonio Water System water meter will be charged the Sewer Service Availability Charge based on a 5/8″ meter size.
| MONTHLY SEWER SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHARGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSIDE CITY LIMITS | OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS | |||
| METER SIZE | 2023 |
2023 |
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| 5/8″ | $10.00 | $12.00 | ||
| 3/4″ | 13.89 | 16.67 | ||
| 1″ | 21.66 | 26.00 | ||
| 1 1/2″ | 41.08 | 49.30 | ||
| 2″ | 64.39 | 77.27 | ||
| 3″ | 126.55 | 151.86 | ||
| 4″ | 196.48 | 235.78 | ||
| 6″ | 390.73 | 468.88 | ||
| 8″ | 623.83 | 748.60 | ||
| 10″ | 779.23 | 935.08 | ||
| 12″ | 1,090.03 | 1,308.04 | ||
| MONTHLY SEWER VOLUME CHARGE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSIDE CITY LIMITS | OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS | |||||
| Usage Gallon Block Threshold |
RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS | RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS | ||||
2023 |
2023 |
|||||
| 4,000 | $2.539 | $3.047 | ||||
| Over 4,000 | 4.444 | 5.333 | ||||
| Customers who do not have a winter record of water usage or an interim average will be billed for sewer service assuming 5,985 gallons monthly sewer usage. Customers with no San Antonio Water System water meter will be charged the Sewer Service Availability Charge based on a 5/8″ meter size. | ||||||
Uplift Assistance Program Fee
Uplift Assistance Program Fee helps fund bill payment assistance for neighbors in need who qualify for the SAWS Uplift Affordability Discount Program.
| Uplift Assistance Program Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS | |||
| CURRENT 2023 |
APPROVED 2024 |
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| Sewer | $0.1610 | $0.1500 | |