Duncanville October 2026 Water and Sewer Rates: Check the Commercial or Multifamily Line
Direct answer
Duncanville's October 1, 2026 water and sewer rates apply to the October billing cycle and November bill. The commercial sewer variable rate is $12.25 per 1,000 gallons; multifamily is $12.49. Both list a $12.25 sewer minimum including the first 1,000 gallons. Check the account class, service period, and billed sewer quantity before budgeting.
Duncanville's October rates appear on November bills. Check commercial versus multifamily sewer, minimum charges, and the service period before budgeting.
November
First affected statement
City notice identifies the October billing cycle.
$12.25
Commercial sewer per 1,000 gal
Variable charge; separate $12.25 minimum includes the first 1,000 gallons.
$12.49
Multifamily sewer per 1,000 gal
Different variable rate despite the same published sewer minimum.
Official schedule facts
The November statement is the first bill to check
Duncanville's September 28 notice confirms utility rates effective October 1, 2026 and identifies the October billing cycle and November bill. It cites Ordinance 2230R, whose adoption text is dated August 16, 2022. Exhibit A already contains an October 2026 column: this is an implementation checkpoint for a scheduled rate step, not evidence of a newly adopted September rate plan.
A commercial or multifamily property should keep the preceding statement beside its first affected bill. Separate a changed rate from a changed billed quantity, an adjustment, or a different service period. An October payment date alone does not establish which schedule governs the consumption on that statement.
Class and minimum charges
The shared table does not make the sewer rates identical
The City combines commercial and multifamily water and sewer in one notice table, but it separates their sewer variable rates. Commercial sewer changes from $11.66 to $12.25 per 1,000 gallons; multifamily changes from $11.90 to $12.49. The listed sewer minimum, including the first 1,000 gallons, changes from $11.66 to $12.25 for both paths.
The water minimum through 1,000 gallons changes from $21.83 to $24.01. Exhibit A also distinguishes commercial and apartment water from irrigation, school, municipal, and residential schedules. A property's business use alone does not settle which rate belongs to each meter. Confirm the classification and any unit-based treatment with the City before combining charges.
For commercial and apartment water, Exhibit A lists $5.80 per 1,000 gallons from 1,001–7,000 gallons, $7.56 from 7,001–15,000, and $9.35 above 15,000. Use the ordinance’s exact boundaries and confirm the City’s billing increments for the account.
Bill boundary
Keep garbage and drainage outside the usage comparison
The September notice marks its listed garbage and stormwater rates unchanged. That does not make either service free or establish the charge on every account. It means the published water and sewer rate step should not be applied indiscriminately to the total utility statement.
The sewer calculation below isolates price changes on a declared quantity already assigned to the variable charge. It does not determine billable sewer gallons from a water-meter reading. Account arrangements, minimums, water bands, taxes, penalties, adjustments, and other services must be reconciled separately before a full budget or usage-reduction estimate is credible.
Smart Valve arithmetic — selected sewer variable line only
The same 100 variable sewer kgal costs $59 more
Assume 100,000 gallons are assigned to the variable sewer line under both schedules, excluding any volume included in the minimum. This is billed variable quantity, not a claim about a site's total water use.
| Declared variable sewer line | Prior variable charge | October 2026 charge | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: 100 kgal | $1,166.00 | $1,225.00 | +$59.00 |
| Multifamily: 100 kgal | $1,190.00 | $1,249.00 | +$59.00 |
100 × ($12.25 − $11.66) and 100 × ($12.49 − $11.90) both equal $59. The rows are alternative classifications, not charges to add together. Minimums, water, garbage, drainage, taxes and adjustments are excluded. This is a rate comparison, not a complete bill or product savings claim.
Decision checklist
What to check before changing the property budget
- 1Match the City provider, service address, each meter and printed commercial, multifamily, irrigation or other classification.
- 2Confirm the October service cycle and the first affected November statement; preserve the preceding bill for comparison.
- 3Verify minimum charges, any unit count, the variable sewer quantity and the City's actual sewer-billing basis.
- 4Reconcile water bands separately and retain garbage, drainage, tax, penalty and adjustment lines in the full budget.
Scope boundary
Where Smart Valve realistically fits
After the account is reconciled, Smart Valve can be screened against technically addressable metered volume and verified charges that respond to it. It cannot change rate classifications, minimum-charge rules, garbage, drainage or other unrelated lines. Actual results depend on the bill, operating needs, meter arrangement and site feasibility; no saving is guaranteed.
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Primary source trail
Sources and retrieval details
Published: September 28, 2026; Effective: October 1, 2026; October billing cycle, November bill; Retrieved: September 30, 2026
Current official implementation notice; identifies commercial and multifamily sewer variable rates, minimums and unchanged listed garbage/drainage rates.
Effective: Exhibit A includes October 2026 rates; Retrieved: September 30, 2026
Document linked by the September 28 notice. Exhibit A separates commercial, apartment, irrigation and other schedules; this article does not claim a new September 2026 adoption.
Source URL: https://duncanville.civicweb.net/document/37890/ (opens in a new tab)
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