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Rates and Fees

Current Meter Route Process

In 2016, the City shifted from collecting water meter information by walking routes and using handheld devices to Automated Meter Reading (AMR), which allowed information to be communicated to a vehicle as it drove past the meter. In 2021, an improvement project began that redesigned routes to be more AMR-efficient.

As of January 2022, there are 361 routes for reading 160,000 water meters each month. The new route design implemented in February 2022 will reduce this to 233 routes. This will reduce labor hours, vehicle miles traveled, and create efficiencies in data management.

Route Optimization Process Improvement

New routes have been developed to optimize the meter reading, create efficiencies, and plan for development of new routes as growth occurs. The goals of the proposed routes is:

  • Based on 1-mile square sections
  • Eliminate overlapping of routes
  • Plan for new growth

Billing and Customer Impact

  • Upon implementation, all readings shall be obtained in a 20-calendar day cycle
  • Billing will occur within 5 business days as the meter reading occurs
  • This will give customers the opportunity to address any potential leak/usage issues more rapidly

Implementation of new water meter routes will begin at the end of February 2022, with any changes being reflected on the bill mailed in March.

Most customers will not be impacted, customers who are anticipated to receive a bill for 38 days or more have been identified and will receive a postcard alerting them that their billing date and payment date will change going forward. Just because you do not receive a postcard does not necessarily mean you will not have extra days in your billing cycle or have a new billing/payment date. Please refer to your March bill to confirm.

Most changes are expected to be minimal, but if the changes cause you hardship, please contact 316-265-1300 or watercustomerservice@wichita.gov.

Documents

  
  
2021 RATE ORDINANCE - SEWER.pdf2021 RATE ORDINANCE - SEWER
2021 RATE ORDINANCE - WATER.pdf2021 RATE ORDINANCE - WATER
2022 RATE ORDINANCE - SEWER.pdf2022 RATE ORDINANCE - SEWER
2022 RATE ORDINANCE - WATER.pdf2022 RATE ORDINANCE - WATER
2023 RATE ORDINANCE - SEWER RATES AND FEES.pdf2023 RATE ORDINANCE - SEWER RATES AND FEES
2023 RATE ORDINANCE - WATER RATES AND FEES.pdf2023 RATE ORDINANCE - WATER RATES AND FEES
CIS FAQs.pdfCIS FAQs
TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE PR78.pdfTAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE PR78