Miami Beach Commercial Water and Sewer Rates Take Effect October 24
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Miami Beach’s new commercial water and sewer schedules take effect October 24, 2026. Businesses and hotels must separate meter-based charges, water consumption blocks and wholesale pass-through charges. Sewer usage adds $5.74 and $8.25 per 1,000 gallons. Check the account classification and billing period before applying the city’s combined increase headline.
Check Miami Beach’s October 24 commercial water and sewer schedules, meter-based charges and pass-through costs before applying the city’s headline increase.
October 24
Retail effective date
2026; water and sewer schedules.
$13.99
Sewer usage components
Per 1,000 gallons; base excluded.
$2.92
Water pass-through
Per 1,000 gallons; added to blocks.
Nonresidential rate checks
Separate consumption from the meter and pass-through lines
Amounts below are per 1,000 gallons. Meter-based charges are additional; these lines are not a complete bill.
- Bill component
- Domestic water Block 1 / 2 / 3
- Rate
- $2.27 / $3.87 / $5.15
- Bill component
- Purchased-water pass-through
- Rate
- $2.92
- Bill component
- Sanitary-sewer consumption
- Rate
- $5.74
- Bill component
- Purchased-sewer pass-through
- Rate
- $8.25
Use the commercial schedule for a business or hotel
The City’s billing portal reports Commission approval on October 14 and an October 24 start. Its 9.1% combined headline is a summary, not an account-specific calculation. The utility website’s illustrated household bill is also not a substitute for a business schedule.
The nonresidential tables identify commercial and hotel service; master-metered residential accounts and irrigation have separate treatment. A mixed-use operator should check each meter’s classification before combining invoices. Confirm City of Miami Beach service rather than substituting a Miami-Dade retail schedule.
Obtain the water block allocation before forecasting
The water PDF lists three commercial block prices but does not give the block-allocation volumes on that table. Obtain those thresholds for the account before modeling a full month. Add the purchased-water line after assigning usage to the correct blocks.
Start with the meter number, service dates and read quantity. If a statement straddles the effective date, ask billing staff how the transition was applied. Do not infer a proration rule from an overall increase percentage.
Check which water volume enters the sewer calculation
The sewer schedule generally follows metered water delivered to the premises, excluding city-separately-metered water-only service. That distinction matters when comparing a domestic meter with an irrigation meter.
Reconcile sewer quantities against the correct meter records before claiming that a water reduction also lowers sewer. Stormwater, private fireline charges and other services remain outside this article’s model; the combined utility headline does not establish their account-specific amounts.
Hypothetical sewer-only comparison
A 20% usage reduction changes this modeled sewer charge by $27.98
Assume one nonresidential account with a 2-inch meter, one full month under the new schedule, and sewer-billed volume equal to domestic water use. Compare 10,000 with 8,000 gallons; classification and meter size stay unchanged.
| Sewer component | 10,000 gallons | 8,000 gallons |
|---|---|---|
| Meter-based charge | $73.11 | $73.11 |
| Consumption at $5.74/1,000 gallons | $57.40 | $45.92 |
| Pass-through at $8.25/1,000 gallons | $82.50 | $66.00 |
| Modeled sewer total | $213.01 | $185.03 |
The usage portion falls from $139.90 to $111.92; the base stays $73.11. The $27.98 difference is about 13.1% of this modeled sewer charge, not 20% of the whole utility bill. This is an estimate, not a measured saving. Water, stormwater, fireline, tax, penalties and other charges are excluded; confirm sewer linkage and billing adjustments for the actual account.
Decision checklist
What to check first on the October statement
- 1Match the account’s nonresidential class, meter size and service period to the new schedules.
- 2Request the commercial water block thresholds; do not reuse the household sample’s allocation.
- 3Reconcile each water and sewer pass-through line, then the base charges.
- 4Identify city-separately-metered water-only service before assuming all water is sewer-billed.
Scope boundary
Where Smart Valve realistically fits
After the account calculation is reproducible, examine leaks, operational use and installation suitability. The example describes tariff exposure, not an assurance that Smart Valve will deliver a 20% reduction.
Smart Valve does not change meter-based charges, utility classifications or stormwater assessments. Evaluate a proposed installation with actual usage and bills, accounting for occupancy, operations and the effective-date transition.
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Prepare a bill audit
Gather meter, classification and service-period evidence.
Explore a usage scenario
Enter actual account figures and retain excluded charges.
Primary source trail
Sources and retrieval details
Effective: October 24, 2026; Retrieved: October 24, 2026
Reports October 14 Commission approval and the combined headline; no business-specific percentage is inferred.
Source URL: https://utility.miamibeachfl.gov/Utb (opens in a new tab)
Effective: October 24, 2026; Retrieved: October 24, 2026
Nonresidential domestic table and separate irrigation/fireline classes. Block thresholds require an account-specific check.
Effective: October 24, 2026; Retrieved: October 24, 2026
Nonresidential 2-inch base and usage/pass-through rates; water-only service exclusion.
Source URL: https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Rates-for-Web-FY2027-Sewer.pdf (opens in a new tab)
Retrieved: October 24, 2026
Explains charge components and links the current schedules. Its household example is not the commercial model.
Source URL: https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/city-hall/public-works/utility-rates/ (opens in a new tab)
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Bring the current bill, meter classification, water block allocation and sewer-billed quantity.