Prattville Commercial Sewer Rates: October 2026 Bill Checks
Direct answer
Effective October 1, 2026, Prattville’s monthly sanitary-sewer schedule sets a $45 inside-city commercial base, $48 outside-city commercial base, and $150 industrial base, each plus $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water. Choose the account class before calculating, and keep high-strength industrial surcharge treatment outside the regular commercial model.
Prattville’s Oct. 1, 2026 commercial sewer schedule: inside, outside, and industrial base charges, $4.95/kgal usage, and bounded bill checks.
Oct. 1, 2026
Effective date
The recurring rate rows begin after the ordinance’s August adoption and publication.
$45
Inside commercial base
Monthly base plus $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water.
$48
Outside commercial base
Monthly base plus the same regular $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water.
$150
Industrial base
Monthly regular base; high-strength industrial surcharge treatment is separate.
Adopted authority and separate regimes
Regular sewer charges and industrial surcharges must not be blended
Prattville adopted and authenticated the ordinance August 4, published it August 5, and set the recurring Section 66-358 rate rows to take effect October 1, 2026.
Section 66-359 separately addresses industrial high-strength surcharge measurement, sampling, and City treatment. Its provisions do not create a general adjustment path for an ordinary commercial sewer account.
Account classification
Choose the Prattville sewer class before calculating
The common regular volume rate does not merge the three customer classes. Match the bill to its location and classification, then keep industrial high-strength treatment outside a regular commercial calculation.
- Sewer decision
- Authority and timing
- Published treatment
- The adopted ordinance sets recurring rows effective October 1, 2026.
- What to verify
- Confirm the service period and first bill governed by the new schedule.
- Sewer decision
- Inside-city commercial
- Published treatment
- $45 monthly base plus $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water.
- What to verify
- Confirm the service location and printed commercial class.
- Sewer decision
- Outside-city commercial
- Published treatment
- $48 monthly base plus $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water.
- What to verify
- Confirm the account is billed under the outside-city commercial row.
- Sewer decision
- Industrial
- Published treatment
- $150 monthly base plus $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water.
- What to verify
- Keep the regular industrial row separate from any high-strength surcharge treatment.
- Sewer decision
- Industrial surcharge boundary
- Published treatment
- Section 66-359 separately addresses strength thresholds, measurement, sampling, and City-administered treatment.
- What to verify
- Obtain the permit, sampling record, current surcharge schedule, and written City determinations; no surcharge amount is modeled here.
- Sewer decision
- Other account lines
- Published treatment
- The schedule rows do not establish a complete utility bill.
- What to verify
- Keep water charges, taxes, penalties, fees, adjustments, prior balances, and unlisted lines separate.
Official October 2026 schedule
The base changes by class; the regular $4.95 usage line does not
Section 66-358 lists monthly sanitary-sewer charges as a class-specific base plus $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water. It does not state that the base includes a gallon allowance.
Regular monthly commercial and industrial sewer rows
City of Prattville Section 66-358 sanitary-sewer schedule effective October 1, 2026.
- Account class
- Inside-city commercial
- Monthly base
- $45
- Regular volume rate
- $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water
- Boundary
- Commercial sewer only; no water tariff is stated here
- Account class
- Outside-city commercial
- Monthly base
- $48
- Regular volume rate
- $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water
- Boundary
- Use only for the outside-city commercial class
- Account class
- Industrial
- Monthly base
- $150
- Regular volume rate
- $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water
- Boundary
- Keep separate industrial-surcharge provisions outside this regular row
The identical regular volume rate does not make the bases or classes interchangeable. Confirm the account classification before calculating.
This is a sanitary-sewer schedule, not a Prattville water tariff or complete utility bill. Industrial high-strength surcharges, taxes, penalties, connection or impact charges, adjustments, prior balances, and every unlisted line remain separate or unknown.
Authority and timing
The City adopted the ordinance August 4; the regular rate rows begin October 1
The City ordinance was adopted and authenticated August 4, 2026, then published August 5. Section 66-358 identifies October 1, 2026 as the effective date for the listed recurring commercial and industrial sewer rows.
Those dates perform different jobs. The adoption and publication record establish authority; the October date governs the new recurring rates. The actual service period and bill must confirm first application.
Regular monthly sewer charges
The base changes by class; the $4.95 usage line does not
Inside-city commercial, outside-city commercial, and industrial accounts have different monthly bases. Each regular row then applies $4.95 per 1,000 gallons of water.
The ordinance does not describe an included-volume allowance in these rows. The class-specific base remains even when the declared usage quantity changes.
Industrial surcharge boundary
High-strength treatment needs permit, sampling, and current City evidence
Section 66-359 addresses industrial-user surcharge treatment for waste above stated strength thresholds. It includes sampling, volume, direct-measurement, and City application provisions within that industrial regime.
The ordinance says surcharge rates are determined periodically and available from Public Works. This guide does not publish a current surcharge rate, assign an account to that treatment, or generalize its provisions to regular commercial charges.
Model boundary
The declared comparison covers one inside-city commercial sewer line
The model uses only the Section 66-358 inside-city commercial base and regular gallons-of-water rate for one comparable billing period. It supplies two illustrative quantities to make that selected line reproducible.
Water charges, outside-city and industrial alternatives, high-strength surcharges, sampling or administrative costs, connection or impact charges, taxes, penalties, adjustments, prior balances, account determinations, operating feasibility, and technical feasibility remain excluded or unknown.
Declared bill arithmetic — sanitary sewer only
Inside-commercial sewer at 100 and 80 kgal declared quantities
Declared inputs: one inside-city commercial account, one comparable monthly billing period, the $45 regular base, and a selected water quantity of either 100 or 80 kgal. The quantities are illustrative inputs, not quantities from an actual account.
| Included Prattville line | 100 kgal | 80 kgal | Arithmetic difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside-commercial monthly base | $45.00 | $45.00 | $0.00 |
| Regular volume — 100 or 80 × $4.95 | $495.00 | $396.00 | $99.00 |
| Declared included sewer total | $540.00 | $441.00 | $99.00 |
The $99.00 is the arithmetic difference between two declared regular sewer lines. The $45.00 inside-commercial base remains in both columns. This is not a water charge, complete bill, account result, forecast, or product outcome. Other classes, industrial high-strength treatment, taxes, penalties, fees, adjustments, actual account treatment, operating feasibility, and technical feasibility remain excluded or unknown.
Decision checklist
What to confirm on the Prattville sewer account
- 1Confirm the City of Prattville sanitary sewer system is the provider and match the service period to the October 1, 2026 schedule.
- 2Identify inside-city commercial, outside-city commercial, or industrial treatment from the actual account.
- 3Record the water quantity used for the regular sewer line and reproduce the $4.95-per-1,000-gallon calculation.
- 4Keep the monthly base separate and do not treat it as including a gallon allowance.
- 5For an industrial account, collect permits, sampling records, current surcharge rates, and written City determinations before modeling high-strength treatment.
- 6Keep water charges, taxes, penalties, connection or impact charges, adjustments, prior balances, and every unlisted line outside the selected sewer model.
- 7Reproduce the actual account before evaluating whether any metered-volume exposure is technically feasible to address.
Scope boundary
Where Smart Valve realistically fits
Smart Valve may be evaluated only after provider, service location, class, billing period, water quantity used for sewer, every printed line, industrial treatment where applicable, operating conditions, and technical feasibility are verified.
Smart Valve does not change Prattville’s sewer rates, customer class, monthly base, industrial-surcharge policy, permits, sampling, taxes, penalties, adjustments, or other account terms. The declared arithmetic is not an account or product result.
Related commercial water decisions
Track Southeast commercial utility decisions
Follow official regional water and sewer decisions without transferring one city’s rates or classes to another.
Separate every Prattville sewer bill line
Classify fixed, usage-linked, industrial, tax, and other printed charges before modeling.
Prepare the Prattville bill audit
Collect provider, class, service location, billed quantity, monthly base, and every other line.
Compare Pelham’s separate water and sewer thresholds
Pelham’s authority, rates, classes, thresholds, and calculation do not transfer to Prattville.
Review industrial water and wastewater evidence
Use permits, sampling, strength treatment, and the actual account before evaluating industrial operations.
Review source and arithmetic boundaries
See how official facts, declared inputs, exclusions, uncertainty, and corrections remain separate.
Move from a reproduced sewer line to operating checks
Evaluate operating measures only after the actual account is reproduced.
Primary source trail
Sources and retrieval details
Published: August 5, 2026Effective: October 1, 2026Status checked: September 4, 2026Retrieved: September 4, 2026
Controlling official source for adoption, publication, the Section 66-358 recurring sewer rows, monthly billing context, and the separate Section 66-359 industrial-surcharge regime. Direct-measurement and adjustment language is not generalized to ordinary commercial charges.
Editorial contact
Media & product inquiries
Send relevant corrections, launch information, approved assets, or testing opportunities to thesmartwatervalve@gmail.com. Contact does not guarantee coverage, favorable treatment, commercial placement, or a review.
Reproduce the Prattville sewer line before testing a volume change
Bring the actual provider, service location, class, meter/account arrangement, service period, water quantity used for sewer, fixed base, taxes, surcharges, and every other line into one review. The declared illustration is not an account result; technical feasibility must be established separately.