Carson City 2026 Commercial Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Rates: Two-Inch Bill Model
Carson City’s July 2026 commercial rates: a $94.65 two-inch water base, $4.32/kgal water, separate wastewater and stormwater, and a bounded bill model.
Direct answer
Effective July 1, 2026, Carson City lists a $94.65 two-inch commercial water base and $4.32 per 1,000 gallons. In a declared low-strength 100,000-to-80,000-gallon model, included lines differ by $256.20 while $145.34 in fixed bases stays unchanged; stormwater remains separate. Confirm meter, class, wastewater strength and quantity, and stormwater group.
$94.65
Two-inch water base
Monthly for the named commercial, industrial, and large-commercial schedules; confirm the actual meter.
$4.32/kgal
Commercial water volume
Per 1,000 gallons; industrial, manufacturing, and large-commercial service is a separate $4.54/kgal path.
$8.49/kgal
Low-strength wastewater
Plus a $50.69 monthly base; high strength is a separate $15.00/kgal path.
$31.64–$253.15
Stormwater groups
Monthly by grouped impervious area; separate from the gallon-based model.
Official July 2026 account map
Class, meter, wastewater treatment, and impervious area select the bill path
The official page places water, wastewater, stormwater, and separate connection and development schedules together. Choose the account path from the actual bill and utility record, not from the property’s apparent use.
- Account decision
- Provider and service area
- Official schedule treatment
- Use these rates only for an account billed under the cited Carson City schedule.
- What remains to verify
- The provider, service area, service period, and every utility account tied to the property.
- Account decision
- Water class and meter
- Official schedule treatment
- A two-inch base is $94.65 monthly. Commercial volume is $4.32/kgal; industrial, manufacturing, and large-commercial volume is the separate $4.54/kgal path.
- What remains to verify
- The printed water class and actual meter size; do not transfer the two-inch commercial model to another path.
- Account decision
- Wastewater strength
- Official schedule treatment
- Low-strength commercial is a $50.69 monthly base plus $8.49/kgal. High-strength commercial keeps the $50.69 base but uses the separate $15.00/kgal rate.
- What remains to verify
- The utility-assigned wastewater strength; property type alone does not establish it.
- Account decision
- Wastewater quantity
- Official schedule treatment
- The schedule prices wastewater per 1,000 gallons of metered domestic water use.
- What remains to verify
- The billed domestic-water quantity and any account treatment that makes the printed wastewater quantity differ.
- Account decision
- Stormwater group
- Official schedule treatment
- Under 0.25 acre is $31.64; 0.25–0.99 acre is $63.29; 1–4.99 acres is $126.57; and 5+ acres is $253.15 monthly.
- What remains to verify
- The grouped impervious-area assignment. Stormwater stays outside the gallon-based model.
- Account decision
- Connection, development, and other lines
- Official schedule treatment
- Connection and development schedules are separate. Taxes, penalties, fire or irrigation service, adjustments, and other account lines are not included in the declared model.
- What remains to verify
- Every printed line and the controlling schedule before treating any amount as usage-linked.
Official authority and account gate
The July 1 schedule applies only after the account path is confirmed
Official source fact: Carson City Public Works lists the cited water, wastewater, and stormwater schedule as effective July 1, 2026. The page distinguishes commercial from industrial, manufacturing, and large-commercial water volume; low- from high-strength commercial wastewater; grouped impervious-area stormwater; and separate connection and development schedules.
Property type alone does not establish the provider, service area, meter, water class, wastewater strength, billed domestic-water quantity, or stormwater group. Confirm those account facts before carrying any listed rate into a model.
Water and wastewater mechanics
The declared path has fixed bases and separate usage-linked rates
Official source fact: the named two-inch water base is $94.65 monthly. Commercial water is $4.32 per 1,000 gallons, while industrial, manufacturing, and large-commercial water is the mutually exclusive $4.54-per-1,000-gallon path.
Low-strength commercial wastewater uses a $50.69 monthly base plus $8.49 per 1,000 gallons of metered domestic water use. High-strength commercial wastewater uses the same $50.69 base and a separate $15.00-per-1,000-gallon rate. The account’s assigned strength and billed wastewater quantity remain checks.
Impervious-area and development boundary
Stormwater and connection charges do not enter the gallon comparison
Official source fact: grouped impervious-area stormwater is $31.64 monthly below 0.25 acre, $63.29 from 0.25 through 0.99 acre, $126.57 from 1 through 4.99 acres, and $253.15 at 5 acres or more.
Those stormwater groups are property-driven lines in this decision, not gallon-linked lines. Connection and development schedules are also separate. Keep them—and any taxes, penalties, fire or irrigation service, adjustments, and unverified bill lines—outside the declared water-and-wastewater subtotal.
Declared assumptions and alternative
The example is one low-strength account path, not a representative Carson City bill
Smart Valve analysis compares 100,000 with 80,000 gallons in one month. It assumes commercial water, a two-inch meter, low-strength commercial wastewater, and billed wastewater quantity equal to the stated metered domestic-water quantities.
The separate high-strength alternative would change the included subtotal from $2,077.34 to $1,690.94, a $386.40 modeled difference, only if the account is actually high strength. It is not added to the low-strength model. Neither result is an average, complete bill, project quote, or promised saving.
Smart Valve arithmetic — declared included lines
Two-inch low-strength monthly model: 100 kgal compared with 80 kgal
The model uses commercial water, a two-inch meter, low-strength commercial wastewater, and billed wastewater quantity equal to the stated metered domestic-water quantities. Dollar arithmetic uses the July 1, 2026 schedule and rounds to cents.
| Included line | 100 kgal | 80 kgal | Modeled difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-inch water base — fixed | $94.65 | $94.65 | $0.00 |
| Commercial water volume — $4.32/kgal | $432.00 | $345.60 | $86.40 |
| Low-strength wastewater base — fixed | $50.69 | $50.69 | $0.00 |
| Low-strength wastewater volume — $8.49/kgal | $849.00 | $679.20 | $169.80 |
| Declared included-line total | $1,426.34 | $1,170.14 | $256.20 |
The modeled difference is $256.20 for these included lines; it is not a complete bill or promised saving. The combined $145.34 fixed bases do not change. If the account is actually high strength, the mutually exclusive alternative is $2,077.34 at 100 kgal and $1,690.94 at 80 kgal, a $386.40 modeled difference; it is not added to this table. Stormwater, taxes, penalties, connection and development charges, fire or irrigation service, other meters and classes, adjustments, and technical feasibility remain excluded or unknown.
Decision checklist
What to confirm on the Carson City bill
- 1Confirm the provider and service area are governed by the cited Carson City schedule.
- 2Record the printed water class and actual meter size before using the commercial two-inch rates.
- 3Confirm the utility-assigned wastewater strength; do not infer low or high strength from the property type.
- 4Record the billed wastewater quantity and confirm how it relates to metered domestic water use.
- 5Identify the grouped impervious-area stormwater assignment and keep it outside the gallon model.
- 6Match the service period to the July 1, 2026 effective schedule and keep every tax, penalty, connection, development, fire, irrigation, adjustment, and other unverified line separate.
- 7Test technical feasibility only after the fixed and confirmed usage-linked lines reproduce the actual bill.
Scope boundary
Where Smart Valve realistically fits
Smart Valve may be relevant only to technically addressable metered volume after the provider, service area, water class, meter, wastewater strength and billed quantity, operating conditions, and feasibility are confirmed. An actual-bill assessment should reproduce the account before a project is evaluated.
Smart Valve does not change fixed bases, utility class, wastewater policy, grouped impervious-area stormwater, taxes, penalties, connection or development charges, service timing, or account adjustments. The $256.20 low-strength model and separate $386.40 high-strength alternative are exposure comparisons, not guarantees.
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Move from mechanics to operational checks without treating every line as reducible.
Use the calculator only as a directional screen
The general tool does not reproduce Carson City’s wastewater-strength or stormwater-group treatment.
Primary source trail
Sources and retrieval details
Effective: July 1, 2026Status checked: August 11, 2026Retrieved: August 11, 2026
Official schedule used for the two-inch water base, commercial and industrial water volume, low- and high-strength wastewater bases and volume, the metered-domestic-water basis, grouped impervious-area stormwater, and separate connection and development schedules.
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Rebuild the Carson City bill before testing a usage change
Bring the water class, meter size, wastewater strength and billed quantity, stormwater group, service period, and every excluded line into one source-backed review.