Reading Your Bill

Bill Display and Field Descriptions Below

UPPER BILL (above perforation)

1. ACCOUNT NUMBER – This is the number needed for automatic or credit card payment.

2. BILLING PERIOD – The dates the meter at your property was read. The Utility performs actual readings and does not estimate consumption except in unusual circumstances.

3. METER READINGS – These readings are the hundred cubic feet of water that registered on the reading dates shown above. Your meter may have six or seven digits but only four are used for billing purposes. These represent 100 cubic feet. If you have a compound meter there are two sets of readings that will appear.

4. MTR. SZ. - The meter size which determines the base charge for water, sewer, and public fire protection.

5. 100 CU. FT. USED – The volume being billed for the billing period indicated. 100 cu.ft. is equal to 748 gallons.

6. WATER, SEWERAGE, HHW , STORM WATER – The four types of service charges on the bill.

Water – Filtered water pumped to your building

Sewerage – This is based on the water consumed. It is the cost to treat the sewage in order to discharge it back into the Lake Michigan.

H.H.W. – Charged to residential customers to cover the costs of providing a monthly collection site to safely dispose of hazardous materials.

STORM WATER – Charges consist of a fixed base fee (charged to all parcels) and a variable fee based on EHU's. More Information

PREVIOUS AMOUNTS. – The balance left from your last billing including penalties.

MINUS SPRINKLING CREDIT – A sprinkling credit for summer usage is based on the average winter usage. Sprinkling credits are applied to City residential customers only.

7. E.H.U. An EHU is an Equivalent Hydraulic Unit, which represents a rate of water runoff, approximately 0.35 cubic feet per second (157 gallons per minute), from a typical residential property due to a high intensity storm. For questions please contact the City of Kenosha Public Works Department at (262) 653-4150.

8. Net Amount Due – Previous amount plus the current bill amounts

9. DUE DATE – Payment is due 20 days after a bill is rendered.

LOWER BILL (below perforation)

Current bill amounts and previous amount due are shown in a column format. Any special charges such as NSF fees, charges for resets or frozen meters, are shown on the line just above the previous amount. Any sprinkling credit is also shown. Sprinkling credit for residential customers is given during 3 of the 6 billing cycles covering typical sprinkling months.

10. MAILING ADDRESS – The first line is required by the Post Office. Bills normally say “Owner/Occupant”, and are sent to the property address the service is provided for unless requested otherwise.