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Guide to Understanding Rates and Your Bill 
 

Customer’s Guide to Understanding


Since its creation in 1972, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department (CMUD) has made strategic infrastructure investments to serve our growing community’s needs. These system improvements protect public health, supply high-quality drinking water, ensure fire protection and support the economic vitality of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. 

CMUD receives no tax funding; it is funded solely by water and sewer customers. Rate increases are projected annually to recover increasing costs to effectively maintain the community’s growing and aging water and wastewater system.

Click on Customer’s Guide to Understanding Rates and Your Bill to learn more about the proposed rate changes.

RESOURCES:

Customer's Guide

City Council Presentation, April 11, 2012
RATES:

*  Proposed Rates for July 1, 2012

How Rates Compare to Other Cities
BUDGET:

Operating Efficiently

*  Cost of Improvements and Investments

Capital Improvement Projects and Investments
bottle of water



Did you know?

$1.00 purchases 340 gallons of water from CMUD.

By comparison, $1.00 purchases a single 16.9 oz bottle of water from the store.

For the same $1.00, CMUD delivers 340 gallons of water to customers any time,
day or night.