Water and Sewer Rates

Effective January 9, 2008, EMWD’s water rates increased. Water rates are billed by billing units where each unit equals 748 gallons. The following tables outline the previous and new price structure.

Average domestic water rate

Figures for "current monthly bill" are based on 18 billing units/month.

Area	Previous monthly bill	Monthly bill beginning 1/9/08	Monthly increase	Billing unit rate (748 gallons)	Daily service charge
Perris Valley, Moreno Valley, Good Hope, Mead Valley, Juniper Flats, Lakeview, Nuevo, Romoland, Menifee, Hemet, Valle Vista, Diamond Valley, Winchester, Sun City & Canyon Lake	$39.75	$44.30	$4.55	$1.911	$0.330
Southwest Hemet & former Fruitvale area	$26.07	$31.21	$5.14	$1.183	$0.330
Murrieta Hot Springs & French Valley	$40.53	$44.93	$4.40	$1.946	$0.330

Sewer Rates

Monthly sewer rate based on daily rate x 365/12.

Area	Previous daily rate	Daily rate beginning 1/9/08	Previous monthly rate	Current monthly rate beginning 1/9/08
Hemet & San Jacinto	$0.565	$0.614	$17.19	$18.68
Moreno Valley	$0.584	$0.635	$17.76	$19.31
Sun City & Menifee Valley	$0.590	$0.648	$17.95	$19.71
Temecula, Murrieta & French Valley	$0.776	$0.776	$23.60	$23.60
Perris Valley	$0.802	$0.822	$24.39	$25.00
Romoland, Homeland, North Sun City	$0.710	$0.822	$21.60	$25.00
Canyon Lake	$1.685	$1.685	$51.25	$51.25
District average	$0.648	$0.687	$17.98	$19.68

Financial Participation Charges (Connection Fees)

For more information about connection fees, see the Development Services section on fees.

	Previous	Current (7/5/08)	Change
Water charges per Equivalent Meter Size (EMS)	$3,090	$3,700	$610
Sewer charges per Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU)	$1,748	$1,877	$129
Sewer treatment plant capacity charges per Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU)	$2,437	$4,850	$2,413
Landscape Financial Participation Charge	$2,811	$3,363	$552

Information on this page last updated: July 3, 2008

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