NEW: Tucson Water Financial Plan Overview

The current monthly water rates were adopted by the Tucson's Mayor and Council on May 22, 2012, and became effective July 2, 2012. Major rate elements are explained below, followed by the listing of current rates.

Potable water charges have:
1) a monthly service charge which the customer pays regardless of the amount of water used
2) usage charges
3) a CAP charge
4) a conservation charge

The potable monthly service charge recovers the costs of meter reading, meter maintenance and replacement, billing, a portion of distribution system (pipeline) maintenance, a portion of the capital costs associated with CAP water and public fire protection. The service charge increased $0.74 per month for a 5/8" meter, the meter size serving most single family homes. Proportionately larger increases apply for larger meters.

Click here for additional information about how resident, commercial, industrial, and multi-family rates are calculated. This includes block rates, base rates, CAP and conservation charges, and more.

View current rate schedules through links in the blue boxes below. To view a comparison between current and previous water rate schedules, click here. For more information or if you have questions about fees, call (520) 791-3242.
 

Most of Tucson Water's customers are in the single-family class. Single-family customers tend to be low-volume water users. In fact, about 80% of customers in this class use 10 Ccf (7,480 gallons) or less of water, on average monthly. Shown below is the water bill at various levels of monthly use for this customer class.

How much water makes up one Ccf?

All amounts shown are before tax. Taxes billed are turned over to the taxing authority and are not revenues of Tucson Water. Current tax rates: 2.0%, City of Tucson; 7.1%, State of Arizona; 4.0%, Town of Marana; 2.0%, Town of Oro Valley.