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Sewer Charges
Fairfax Water does not maintain the sewer system, but we do provide
a sewer billing and collection service for the County of Fairfax.
This allows most Fairfax County residents to pay for both water
and sewer services on a combined statement.
Please Note: On April 26, the Fairfax County
Board approved the FY 2012 budget, which included a sewer rate
increase to $6.01/1,000 gallons, beginning on July 1, 2011. The
County has stated that new environmental rules to protect the
Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay are the main reason for the
increase. For more information, please go to:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/wastewater/sewerrate.htm
or you can call 703-324-5015, TTY 711 with questions.
Residential customers
are billed for use of the sanitary sewer system at a rate of $6.01
per 1,000 gallons (rate effective July 1, 2011.) Sewer usage is
based on water consumption during the current billing period or the
preceding winter quarter billing period, whichever is lower. This
prevents residential customers from being charged sewer rates on
water used outdoors during the summer. A Sewer Base Charge of $5
became effective with the billing period beginning July 1, 2009. The
$5 fee is paid to Fairfax County to partially recover fixed expenses
for billing, wastewater collection, engineering, planning, and
administration. Call 703-324-5015, TTY 711 with questions on these
charges.
Residential customers who use the County’s sanitary
sewer system, but obtain water from a well, have another billing
arrangement. These customers are charged based on the number of
persons residing in the home.
Commercial customers are billed for sewer use based on their actual
water consumption. Some commercial customers use meters to separately
measure water that does not drain to the sanitary sewer system,
such as water used for irrigation or cooling systems. These metering
arrangements do not benefit residential customers, whose winter
quarter water consumption limits the amount of sewer usage billed
in the summer months.
Commercial customers who use the County’s sanitary
sewer system, but obtain water from a well, have another billing
arrangement. These customers are charged based on the number of
fixtures in the commercial building.
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