Cheyenne October 2026 Commercial Water and Sewer Rates: Fixed and Variable Bill Checks
Direct answer
Cheyenne’s Board of Public Utilities schedule effective October 1, 2026 keeps commercial and industrial water volume at $6.65 per 1,000 gallons, while commercial sewer volume rises from $6.87 to $8.07. Fixed water and sewer service charges also vary by meter size. Verify the account class, meter, winter-average sewer quantity, and every excluded bill line before modeling impact.
Cheyenne’s Oct. 1, 2026 commercial water and sewer rates: class, meter-size fees, winter-average sewer billing, and a bounded 300-kgal example.
Oct. 1, 2026
Effective date
The current BOPU schedule compares this date with the October 1, 2025 schedule.
$6.65/kgal
Water volume
The commercial and industrial volumetric water rate is unchanged.
$8.07/kgal
Commercial sewer
Up $1.20/kgal from $6.87, or about 17.5% by Smart Valve calculation.
+$1.36/mo
Selected fixed delta
For the assumed two-inch path: $0.83 water plus $0.53 sewer. Other meter sizes differ.
Official schedule and account-path decisions
Match the printed class, meter, and sewer basis before using the rates
These official rows describe different bill paths. The last column identifies the account evidence needed before carrying a published rate into a budget or selected-line model.
- Bill decision
- Provider, period, and class
- Official BOPU schedule
- The cited schedule is from Cheyenne BOPU and takes effect October 1, 2026. It separates commercial and industrial sewer classes.
- What to verify
- Confirm the provider, service period, first affected statement, and the printed commercial or industrial class.
- Bill decision
- Water volume
- Official BOPU schedule
- Commercial and industrial water volume remains $6.65 per 1,000 gallons in the October 1, 2025 and October 1, 2026 columns.
- What to verify
- Confirm the billed water quantity and every separate water service or meter line; the unchanged volume rate does not mean the whole water bill is flat.
- Bill decision
- Sewer volume
- Official BOPU schedule
- Commercial sewer changes from $6.87 to $8.07 per 1,000 gallons. Industrial sewer changes from $6.91 to $8.07.
- What to verify
- Keep the classes separate. Confirm whether the account uses variable sewer billing, a fixed path, or another property-specific treatment.
- Bill decision
- Two-inch service path
- Official BOPU schedule
- The selected two-inch monthly water service fee changes from $27.69 to $28.52, and the sewer service fee changes from $17.75 to $18.28.
- What to verify
- Verify the actual meter and service path. A two-inch meter is an assumption here, not a typical Cheyenne account.
- Bill decision
- Sewer quantity and other lines
- Official BOPU schedule
- BOPU says variable sewer charges use average water use from December through March and are applied for the coming year. The City rescinded the planned stormwater fee before it took effect.
- What to verify
- Use the printed billed sewer quantity and utility treatment. Keep solid waste, taxes, penalties, adjustments, and every other account-specific line separate.
Effective schedule
October 1 changes sewer volume and meter-size service fees—not the commercial water-volume rate
Official BOPU schedule: commercial and industrial water remains $6.65 per 1,000 gallons. The commercial sewer row rises by $1.20 per 1,000 gallons, from $6.87 to $8.07; the industrial sewer row has a separate $6.91 baseline and rises by $1.16 to the same $8.07 endpoint.
The fixed service tables also change by meter size. For the selected two-inch path, water rises $0.83 monthly and sewer rises $0.53. Do not describe the full water bill as unchanged or apply the commercial sewer delta to an industrial account.
Sewer billing mechanics
The printed billed sewer quantity—not assumed current-month water use—controls the example
BOPU explains that variable sewer charges use each property’s average water use from the December-to-March winter period and are applied to statements for the coming year. It also describes a fixed sewer path for properties that do not require outside water use. The treatment depends on the specific property.
That boundary matters operationally: a current-month water change does not establish an immediate, universal sewer-line response. Record the utility’s actual billed sewer quantity and method before forecasting or evaluating controllable volume.
Stormwater correction
Cheyenne rescinded the planned stormwater fee before it took effect
The City’s March 24 notice says City Council rescinded the planned stormwater fee on March 23, 2026. The fee had previously been postponed to April. Older City pages that describe a January or April start are superseded for this decision.
Stormwater remains listed among the model exclusions so the example cannot be mistaken for a complete bill. That exclusion is a boundary, not evidence that BOPU currently bills a stormwater fee.
Selected-line boundary
The model isolates a published rate change; it does not recreate a Cheyenne bill
Smart Valve calculation: the example assumes a commercial account, 300 kgal of billed commercial sewer quantity under both schedules, one two-inch water service, one two-inch sewer service, and twelve identical billing periods. None of those inputs is claimed as typical.
Not included—verify on the actual bill: stormwater, solid waste, taxes, penalties, administrative or reconnect fees, development or tap fees, irrigation or reclaimed-water paths, special industrial pretreatment or strength charges, other meters or accounts, adjustments, service-period treatment, and all other account-specific lines.
Smart Valve calculation — declared commercial assumptions
Selected-line comparison at 300 kgal of billed commercial sewer quantity
Assume the commercial class, 300 kgal of billed sewer quantity under both schedules, one two-inch water service, one two-inch sewer service, and the same monthly conditions solely to isolate the published rate change.
| Included selected line | Oct. 1, 2025 schedule | Oct. 1, 2026 schedule | Monthly delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed 300 kgal billed commercial sewer quantity | $2,061.00 | $2,421.00 | +$360.00 |
| Two-inch water service fee | $27.69 | $28.52 | +$0.83 |
| Two-inch sewer service fee | $17.75 | $18.28 | +$0.53 |
| Selected-line monthly total | $2,106.44 | $2,467.80 | +$361.36 |
Across twelve identical billing periods, the selected-line delta is $4,336.32. It is not a complete or typical Cheyenne bill, an observed customer increase, a forecast, a Smart Valve saving, or evidence that current-month water use immediately changes sewer billing.
Decision checklist
What to verify on the Cheyenne account before budgeting the change
- 1Confirm Cheyenne BOPU is the provider, then record the service period and first statement governed by the October 1, 2026 schedule.
- 2Record the printed commercial or industrial class and keep the different sewer baselines separate.
- 3Verify every water and sewer meter size, service fee, billed water quantity, and billed sewer quantity on the account.
- 4Ask BOPU which sewer treatment applies, including the winter-average or fixed path, and preserve the supporting statement history.
- 5Reproduce every other meter, solid-waste, tax, penalty, administrative, development, adjustment, and account-specific line without forcing it into this model.
- 6Redact account, payment, tenant, and personal identifiers before sharing any bill details; this page does not provide a secure upload channel.
Scope boundary
Where Smart Valve realistically fits
Smart Valve may be relevant only to technically addressable metered-volume exposure after the actual bill, account class, meter arrangement, billed quantities, sewer method, operating need, and site feasibility are verified. No usage or bill result is guaranteed.
Smart Valve cannot change BOPU rates, customer class, fixed service fees, the sewer averaging method, stormwater policy, solid waste, taxes, penalties, adjustments, or other non-usage lines. The $4,336.32 figure is selected-line rate-change exposure, not a product result or saving.
Related commercial water decisions
Track Mountain West commercial utility decisions
Follow official regional rate, sewer, drought, meter, and operating-policy changes without transferring another city’s tariff.
Separate Cheyenne water, sewer, fixed, and account-specific lines
Use the general bill guide to classify printed charges before applying the Cheyenne schedule.
Prepare the Cheyenne bill audit
Collect the provider, class, meters, service periods, billed quantities, sewer method, and every printed line.
Review source and arithmetic boundaries
See how official facts, calculations, assumptions, exclusions, and corrections remain distinct.
Primary source trail
Sources and retrieval details
Effective: October 1, 2026 schedule; Status checked: September 13, 2026; Retrieved: September 13, 2026
Controlling official source for the October 1, 2025 and October 1, 2026 commercial and industrial water and sewer volume rates and the meter-size water and sewer service fees used here.
Source URL: https://www.cheyennebopu.org/Residential/Billing-Rates/Water-Sewer-Rates (opens in a new tab)
Status checked: September 13, 2026; Retrieved: September 13, 2026
Official bill-mechanics source for property-specific sewer treatment, the December-to-March winter-average basis for variable sewer charges, and the separate fixed path described by BOPU.
Source URL: https://www.cheyennebopu.org/Residential/Billing-Rates/Understanding-Your-Bill (opens in a new tab)
Published: March 24, 2026; Status checked: September 13, 2026; Retrieved: September 13, 2026
Superseding official notice: City Council voted March 23, 2026 to rescind the planned fee, which had been scheduled for April. It is used to prevent a false current stormwater-charge claim.
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Reproduce the Cheyenne bill before testing a volume change
Bring the provider, class, meter size, service period, billed water and sewer quantities, sewer method, every printed line, and operating context. The declared example is not an account result, and technical feasibility is separate. Redact account, payment, tenant, and personal identifiers before sharing bill details; this page is not a secure upload channel.