Collier County October 2026 Commercial Water and Wastewater Rates: Meter Blocks and Fixed Charges
Collier County’s adopted October 2026 commercial schedule pairs meter-sized progressive water blocks with separate fixed water and wastewater bases and $7.94-per-kgal wastewater volume.
Direct answer
Collier County adopted Resolution 2026-60 on March 10, with new commercial water and wastewater schedules effective October 1, 2026. A two-inch account uses meter-specific progressive water blocks, a $162.13 water base, a $278.55 wastewater base, and $7.94 per kgal wastewater. Confirm the actual service, meter, quantities, and excluded lines before modeling.
Oct. 1
First effective step
2026; later adopted schedules begin in 2027 and 2028
$440.68
Two-inch fixed bases
$162.13 water plus $278.55 wastewater each month
$4.64–$18.54
Water volume
Per kgal across six meter-sized progressive blocks
$7.94
Wastewater volume
Per kgal for the commercial schedule
Official October 2026 account map
Meter size selects the water thresholds; service class selects the bill path
Resolution 2026-60 prints separate commercial potable-water, wastewater, irrigation-quality, wholesale, connection, labor, and deposit schedules. The declared example uses only a two-inch potable-water account and commercial wastewater.
- Account or bill fact
- Two-inch commercial water base
- October 2026 treatment
- $162.13 per month; fixed in the declared model
- What remains to verify
- Actual meter size, service period, and any account adjustments.
- Account or bill fact
- Two-inch commercial water volume
- October 2026 treatment
- Progressive thresholds are 0–27, 28–54, 55–108, 109–162, 163–270, and more than 270 kgal at $4.64, $7.00, $9.29, $11.61, $13.93, and $18.54 per kgal
- What remains to verify
- Use the thresholds for the actual meter. Do not transfer this two-inch schedule to another meter.
- Account or bill fact
- Two-inch commercial wastewater base
- October 2026 treatment
- $278.55 per month; fixed in the declared model
- What remains to verify
- Actual wastewater class, service period, and printed fixed line.
- Account or bill fact
- Commercial wastewater volume
- October 2026 treatment
- $7.94 per kgal for all usage in this schedule
- What remains to verify
- The billed wastewater quantity; the model assumes it changes by the same 20 kgal as water.
- Account or bill fact
- Irrigation-quality water
- October 2026 treatment
- Separate meter-size bases and $0.89, $1.18, or $2.30 per-kgal delivery paths
- What remains to verify
- Whether the account receives bulk, pressurized, or pressurized-and-distributed IQ service.
- Account or bill fact
- Wholesale and other schedules
- October 2026 treatment
- Wholesale water is separate; tapping, installation, labor, deposits, temporary meters, and other service charges have their own rules
- What remains to verify
- Every printed line and the controlling service agreement. None enters this example.
- Account or bill fact
- Stormwater, tax, penalty, surcharge, and prior-balance lines
- October 2026 treatment
- Not established as part of this water-and-wastewater model
- What remains to verify
- Keep each line outside the modeled difference unless a controlling source and the actual bill establish its treatment.
Adopted authority and timing
Resolution 2026-60 sets October schedules for 2026, 2027, and 2028
Official source fact: the Board adopted Resolution 2026-60 on March 10, 2026. The first new schedule takes effect at 12:01 a.m. October 1, 2026, followed by separate adopted schedules on October 1, 2027 and October 1, 2028.
This decision document models only the October 2026 step. The resolution does not establish how a particular bill spanning October 1 will be prorated, so the actual service period and first affected bill remain account checks.
Progressive potable-water mechanics
The two-inch example fills the first 27 kgal, the next 27 kgal, then the third block
Official source fact: commercial potable-water thresholds scale with meter size. For a two-inch meter, the October 2026 blocks are 0–27, 28–54, 55–108, 109–162, 163–270, and more than 270 kgal. The listed per-kgal prices apply progressively across those blocks.
At both 100 and 80 kgal, the declared account stays within the third block. The first 54 kgal therefore keep the same first- and second-block charges, while the 20-kgal difference is priced at the third-block rate. The $9.29 rate is marginal in this range, not a blended account rate.
Wastewater and service boundaries
Commercial wastewater is separate from IQ, wholesale, development, and stormwater lines
Official source fact: the October commercial wastewater schedule uses a meter-size base plus $7.94 per kgal for all usage. The resolution separately lists irrigation-quality and wholesale water along with tapping, installation, labor, deposit, temporary-meter, and other service charges.
Property type does not prove the provider, district, class, meter, wastewater quantity, or service configuration. Confirm each of those facts from the actual bill or with Collier County Public Utilities before applying the example.
Declared assumptions
The model is monthly, two-inch, and limited to potable water plus commercial wastewater
Smart Valve analysis compares 100 kgal with 80 kgal in one month. It assumes a two-inch potable-water meter, progressive application of the two-inch thresholds, a two-inch commercial wastewater base, and billed wastewater quantity declining by the same 20 kgal.
It is not an average property, a complete bill, a project quote, or a promised saving. Actual provider and district, class, meter, service period, water volume, billed wastewater quantity, bill-spanning-October treatment, other printed lines, and technical feasibility remain unknown until verified.
Smart Valve arithmetic — declared included lines
Two-inch monthly model: 100 kgal compared with 80 kgal
The first two water blocks remain full in both scenarios. The third water block changes from 46 to 26 kgal. Wastewater is modeled at the same stated quantities. Dollar arithmetic uses the October 2026 schedule and rounds to cents.
| Included line | 100 kgal | 80 kgal | Modeled difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-inch water base — fixed | $162.13 | $162.13 | $0.00 |
| Water Block 1 — 27 × $4.64 | $125.28 | $125.28 | $0.00 |
| Water Block 2 — 27 × $7.00 | $189.00 | $189.00 | $0.00 |
| Water Block 3 — 46 or 26 × $9.29 | $427.34 | $241.54 | $185.80 |
| Progressive water-volume subtotal | $741.62 | $555.82 | $185.80 |
| Two-inch wastewater base — fixed | $278.55 | $278.55 | $0.00 |
| Wastewater volume — $7.94 per kgal | $794.00 | $635.20 | $158.80 |
| Declared included-line total | $1,976.30 | $1,631.70 | $344.60 |
The modeled difference is $344.60 for these included lines; it is not a complete bill or promised saving. The combined $440.68 fixed bases do not change. Stormwater, tax, penalty, surcharge, IQ, wholesale, development, tapping, labor, deposit, other meters/classes, adjustments, proration, and technical feasibility remain excluded or unknown.
Decision checklist
What to check first on the bill
- 1Confirm the provider and service district are Collier County Public Utilities for the account being reviewed.
- 2Record the actual potable-water meter size; it selects the progressive thresholds and fixed base.
- 3Confirm the commercial wastewater class, fixed base, and billed wastewater quantity rather than assuming it equals water use.
- 4Match the service period to the October 1 effective step and ask how a spanning bill is treated.
- 5Separate potable water from IQ, wholesale, irrigation, fire, tapping, installation, labor, deposit, and temporary-meter schedules.
- 6Keep stormwater, taxes, penalties, surcharges, prior balances, adjustments, and every unverified line outside the modeled difference.
- 7Test technical feasibility only after the fixed and confirmed usage-linked lines are reproducible from the actual bill.
Scope boundary
Where Smart Valve realistically fits
Smart Valve may be relevant only to technically addressable metered volume after provider, meter, class, usage, wastewater basis, operating conditions, and feasibility are confirmed. A bill assessment should reproduce the actual progressive blocks before considering a project.
Smart Valve does not change fixed bases, utility thresholds, wastewater policy, stormwater, taxes, penalties, surcharges, IQ or wholesale classification, development charges, service timing, or account adjustments. The $344.60 model is an exposure comparison, not a guarantee.
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Primary source trail
Sources and retrieval details
Published: Adopted March 10, 2026Effective: October 1, 2026Status checked: August 10, 2026Retrieved: August 10, 2026
Controlling official schedule for commercial meter bases, meter-sized potable-water blocks, wastewater bases and volume, IQ and wholesale water, and separate service charges.
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