Austin Water calculates wastewater costs based on the amount of water used during three winter billing periods. This year and in the future the average will be based on your water use for all three months. This means the highest month of the wastewater average period will NOT be dropped from the calculation. Those three periods occur between mid-November and mid-March. Because less outside water is used during these months, it’s a good measure of the volume flowing through your wastewater system. You can lower your wastewater costs for the next year by conserving water use during these billing periods.

To find ways to save water visit our Water Conservation web site at WaterWiseAustin.org.

You can also use our online water calculator, utility statement graphs, and online utility usage history table to keep track of your water habits.

For more information on wastewater averaging refer to the links on the above right of this web site.