2024 Water/Sewer Information
The “Readiness to Serve Charge” (RTS) is a common fee assessed by municipal utilities to cover basic fixed costs associated with providing on-demand water service throughout the system. RTS is specifically allocated to cover a percentage of the costs of maintaining and operating your water system even when no water is being used. This is a system wide connection charge that applies even if you used no water during the billing period.
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Montrose receives its water from the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA). It is a municipal corporation responsible for distributing water services in the Mid-Michigan and Thumb areas of the State of Michigan. Members of the authority are the cities of Flint and Lapeer, and the counties of Genesee, Lapeer and Sanilac.
Water and sewer usage is measured in gallons.
Water meters are read electronically by our utility biller each month to determine actual usage. Sewer charges are billed based on water usage.
Water is billed at a flat $34.25 “ready to serve” fee per billing plus .00758 per 1,000 gallons. The cost of 1,000 gallons of water usage is $7.58.
Sewer is billed at a flat $28.75 “ready to serve” fee per billing plus .00300 per 1,000 gallons. The cost of 1,000 gallons of sewer usage is $3.60
Shut off date is normally the 8th day of the month but it can fluctuate from the 5th to the 10th.
The minimum payment indicated on the bill must be received in the city office by 5 p.m. the day before the shut off date.
To restore service the account must be paid in full including off/on fees.
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