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Payment Assistance

Assistance for Seniors and Disabled Persons
Customers can save up to 50% of your Seattle Public Utilities water, sewer and garbage bill and receive a reduction to their drainage fee if they meet one of the following:

  • • A senior citizen over age 65
  • • A disabled person who receives certain disability payments
  • • Blind
  • • On life support

AND their income is at or below 70% of the state median income.

To learn if you qualify, please call (206) 684-3000. Residents of federal subsidized public housing are not eligible.

Low-Income Assistance
A customer can save up to 50% of their Seattle Public Utilities water, sewer, garbage and drainage bill regardless of age or disability if their:


  • • Household income is at or below 200% of federal poverty level.

To learn if you qualify, please call (206) 684-3000. Residents of federal subsidized public housing are not eligible.

Credits for Non-SPU Customers
Qualified customers who do not receive a Seattle Public Utilities bill, but who receive a Seattle City Light bill, can receive the following credits per month for 2008:


  Drainage

Sewer

Water

Single-family

$7.47

$20.15

$13.35

Duplex

$3.73

$20.15

$13.35

Multi-family

$0.80

$13.95

$6.10



  Solid Waste

Garbage container customers

$8.95

Detachable container customers (Residential apartments)

$6.90

Yardwaste customers

$2.65



Links on other sites
Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens

Human Services Department Energy and Utility Assistance