Standard Charges
Standard charges are based on a review of prevailing actual costs, for the purpose of recovering expenses related to certain Seattle Public Utilities services.
- View the 2013 Water Service Standard, Connection & Charges policy (pdf)
Examples of these services include:
- Water service installation or retirement
- Water service connection charge
- Service size increase
- Meter removal and reset
- Reduction in meter size
- Meter test
- Relocation of meter and meter box
- Water service re-inspection fee
- Acquisition of hydraulic flow data
- Fire hydrant valve and meter use
- Hydrant reset and relocation
- Installation of a new hydrant
- Delinquent service charge
- Special meter read
- Providing customer statement
- Processing returned customer check
- Duplicate bill preparation
- Shut off/turn on
- Service abandonment
- Delayed final customer billing
- Utility crossing permit
- Transmission right-of-way gate opening
- Easement acquisition
- Easement granted
- Construction inspection
- Compaction tests
- Private developer water main charges
- Backflow preventer assembly notification and inspection
- Water laboratory fees
- Real property use fees and sewer submeter setup fees