Utility Rates

Water

Pursuant to SMC Section 13.15.080, the City Council established the following rates for water service from the City effective July 1, 2022:

Water Rates

  • 5/8 and 3/4" Meter             $19.37
  • 1" and 1 1/2" Meters            $21.72
  • 2" Meter                               $24.07
  • 3", 4", 6", and 8" Meters     $58.70

Sewer

Section 13.45.020(2) of the Sisters Municipal Code (“SMC”) provides that each user of City sewer shall be assigned an appropriate number of equivalent dwelling units (“EDUs”), a measurement of average waste water use for a single-family residence, to determine a user’s sewer use. The City Council established the following rates for water service from the City effective July 1, 2023:

Sewer usage shall be determined based on the following assignment of EDUs:  One EDU = $41.60

Residential EDU Rate:         

  • 1 per dwelling

Commercial EDU Rate:       

  • 1 per 501.337 cubic feet of “winter-average” water use

“Winter Average”:               

Effective July 1, 2019, “winter-average” shall be measured as average water use between the preceding October billing period through the April billing period.

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