Water, Sewer, and Garbage Rates

ATTENTION UTILITY CUSTOMERS
Effective October 1, 2020 Water and Wastewater Rates increased. Below is a detailed breakdown of rates. The water rate increase was approved by Seabrook City Council earlier this year. The decision to increase rates occurred after a detailed review of a water rate study which indicated rates needed to increase to cover costs associated with the city's Capital Improvement Projects (CIP), ongoing maintenance and operation fees, and the anticipated increase to Seabrook's water contract with the City of Pasadena. The last water rate increase occurred in October 2018.

Water rates for single meter residential and all commercial customers (single customer and multi-customer commercial meters)

Water rates for these customers in the City of Seabrook shall be shown below. The minimum bill charge is based on the customer's meter size as shown below and includes up to 2,000 gallons of water usage per month.

Meter Size	Minimum Bill (for first 2,000 gal.)
5/8"	$18.00
3/4"	$18.00
1"	$45.00
1.5"	$89.99
2"	$143.99
3"	$269.98
4"	$449.97
6"	$899.93
8"	$1,439.98
10"	$2,069.84
12"	$3,162.81

All over 2,000 gallons to 10,000 gallons - $5.20 per thousand gallons
All over 10,000 gallons to 15,000 gallons - $6.19 per thousand gallons
All over 15,000 gallons - $7.39 per thousand gallons

Water Rates for Multi-Family Meter Customers

A minimum charge of $18 per month shall be charged for each living unit serviced by the same meter. This minimum charge will include usage of up to 2,000 gallons per month, per unit.

All gallons over the minimum allotment will be charged as follows:

4,001 to 10,000 gallons per thousand gallons - $5.20
All over 10,000 gallons per thousand gallons - $6.19

For example, a water meter that serves three (3), residential customers, 11,000 gallons usage is recorded for one month. The charge is computed as follows:

3 units X $18.00 = $54.00 base rate
(This pays for the first 6,000 gallons of water.)

6,001 gallons - 10,000 @ $5.20 per/1,000 $20.80
10,001 gallons - 11,000 gallons @ $6.19 per/1,000 $6.19
TOTAL MONTHLY WATER BILL $80.99

Sewer Rates - Residential, Multi-Family, & Light Commercial

First 2,000 gallons - $23.00 minimum
All over 2,000 gallons, per 1,000 gallons - $4.86
Maximum charge based on 16,000 gallons - $91.04

Sewer Rates - Commercial & Industrial

First 2,000 gallons - $32.61 minimum
All over 2,000 gallons, per 1,000 gallons -$6.38

Utility Deposits

Homeowner, multi-family living unit equivalent - $100
Tenant or Lessee - $200
Builder’s deposit, per unit, payable at time of water tap - $25
Hydrant deposit - $1,500
Commercial; 3 months average use, but not less than - $100
Irrigation Deposit - $100

Service Cut-off/Water Reconnect for non-payment

Regular hours $25
No After hours reconnect for non-payment

Late Charge Fee

In event charges are not paid in full when due, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) of the amount past due and unpaid shall be added to regular charges and collected with the regular charges.

Meter Tampering Fees per offense

Meter reset due to pulling - $100
Meter lock broken - $100
Curb stop damaged or broken - $100
Dialog damaged or disconnected - $100
Meter lock removed - $100
Meter broken - $100
Meter stolen - $100
Unauthorized connection Inserted - $100
Unauthorized water usage - $100

Theft of Water Service

Theft of water services shall refer to any customer who reconnects water services in any way after the City has disconnected the water for nonpayment of a delinquent bill or otherwise. In addition to the amount of the delinquent bill, the "Reconnect Fee", the "Meter Reset Fee" and the Meter Tampering Fees" shall be paid before water service will be reconnected

Delinquent Amount (Balance on account)
Reconnect Fee - $25.00
Meter Reset Fee - $100.00
Meter Tampering Fee -$100.00

Water Meter Re-Reads

Water Meter Re-read - $25.00
- If the City has made an error, then the fee will be refunded to the account.

Water Meter Test Fee

1” or smaller meters, in-house - $50.00
1 1/2” or larger, outside contractor - Actual cost of outside contractor

Note: If the meter's performance is found to be fast and outside the acceptable standard as set forth by the American Water Works Association, the test fee shall be waived.

Meter Audit

A customer requesting an audit of the water meter; whereby the meter is read a maximum of two times, at varying periods of a day, within the monthly meter reading schedule to help determine peak usage, possible surges or loss within the private water system.

Meter Audit -$50.00

Sanitation/Garbage Collection

Residential Unit - $26.34 per month
- Waste, Recycle, Bulk, Brush, As Your Door
Commercial Hand Collect - $52.68 per month
- Each additional cart is $15.39 per month, per cart up to a maximum of 4 polycarts.
Additional Residential Trash or Recycle Carts - $6.86 per month, per cart.

Commercial Collection Frequency/Rate

Container Size/Type	1x / week	2x / week	3x / week	4x / week	5x / week	6x / week	Extra P/U
2 yd.	$123.15	$165.80	$204.53	$237.95	$263.08	$313.21	$90.32
4 yd.	$156.81	$277.18	$314.22	$410.25	$522.66	$625.51	$122.28
6 yd.	$203.64	$373.34	$453.88	$621.21	$782.71	$956.49	$154.25
8 yd.	$275.94	$472.86	$615.28	$827.88	$1,065.24	$1,269.81	$188.98

Permanent Roll-Off Bin / Compactor Rates

	Initial Delivery	Monthly Rental	Collection	Disposal
			Cost Per Pick Up
40 cubic yard	$205.83	$171.52	$327.23	$490.82
28 cubic yard	$205.83	$171.52	$327.23	$343.57

Miscellaneous services

Front Load Compacted per Cubic Yard - $23.24
Set of Castors per month - $28.73
Lock per month - $39.05
Relocate Fee - $152.89
Overage Fee - $125.00 per pick up
Transportation and Disposal Coast of Non-Recyclables Rejected - $52.15 per ton

Any additional services requested by Customers will be negotiated directly between the Customer and the Contractor.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Hearing on FY20/21 Tax Rate
A tax rate of 0.543613 per $100 valuation has been proposed by the governing body of City of Seabrook. The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the 2020 tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Seabrook from the same properties in both the 2019 tax year and the 2020 tax year. DOWNLOAD FULL NOTICE

Adopted 2020 Tax Rate
The City of Seabrook adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate. The tax rate will effectively be raised by 3.50% (percent) and will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately -$3.29.

Certificates of Obligation
Notice is hereby given that Seabrook City Council will meet in May to discuss and consider an ordinance that may be deemed necessary to authorize the issuance of the City's certificates of obligation in one or more series. Read full notice...