WaterCosts

Typical Monthly Water and Wastewater Bills in Michigan


Ranked from Lowest (1) to Highest (59) Residential Customers - 7,500 Gallons Usage +Indicates Muskegon County Communities

Community	Water	Rank	Sewer	Rank	Combined	Rank
Sterling Heights	$7.94	4	$9.17	3	$17.11	1
Wyandotte	7.68	3	11.40	12	19.08	2
Troy	11.06	21	9.11	2	20.17	3
Detroit	9.72	10	11.50	14	21.22	4
Rochester Hills	10.10	13	11.40	12	21.50	5
Warren	11.03	20	10.71	8	21.74	6
Allen Park	10.78	17	11.58	15	22.36	7
Muskegon+	9.20	7	13.69	20	22.89	8
Muskegon Township+*	13.60	32	9.33	4	22.93	9
Taylor	9.97	11	13.00	17	22.97	10
Muskegon Heights+	13.12	29	10.73	9	23.85	11
Fruitport Township+	15.38	42	9.00	1	24.38	12
Clinton Township	9.43	8	14.97	23	24.40	13
Wyoming	14.17	36	10.50	7	24.67	14
Waterford	12.82	27	12.46	16	25.28	15
West Bloomfield Township	16.00	43	10.00	6	26.00	16
Livonia	12.80	26	13.47	19	26.27	17
Dearborn	10.05	12	16.87	27	26.92	18
Holland	8.82	6	18.20	33	27.02	19
Waterford Township	7.33	2	20.02	43	27.35	20
Novi	16.69	46	10.80	10	27.49	21
Southgate	10.64	16	17.03	30	27.67	22
Saginaw	6.86	1	21.00	49	27.86	23
Kalamazoo	13.04	28	14.88	22	27.92	24
Kentwood	10.92	19	17.00	29	27.92	25
Farmington Hills	13.32	31	15.12	24	28.44	26
Lincoln Park	12.43	24	16.87	28	29.30	27
Southfield	10.86	18	19.02	36	29.88	28
Portage	11.09	22	19.14	37	30.23	29
Norton Shores+	19.47	53	10.96	11	30.43	30
Grand Haven	10.43	14	20.33	44	30.76	31
Whitehall+	14.18	37	17.55	31	31.73	32
Canton	13.95	34	18.00	32	31.95	33
Shelby Township	17.02	48	15.16	25	32.18	34
Jackson	22.52	57	9.95	5	32.47	35
Midland	16.50	44	16.48	26	32.98	36
Garden City	14.07	35	18.98	35	33.05	37
Redford Township	14.40	39	18.70	34	33.10	38
Eastpointe	9.56	9	23.59	51	33.15	39
Westland	13.80	33	19.65	40	33.45	40
Oak Park	14.34	38	19.18	39	33.52	41
Royal Oak	13.15	30	20.80	47	33.95	42
Ferndale	8.64	5	25.93	56	34.57	43
Battle Creek	12.78	25	22.75	50	35.53	44
North Muskegon+	21.16	55	14.43	21	35.59	45
Roosevelt Park+	15.18	41	20.53	45	35.71	46
St. Clair Shores	16.82	47	19.16	38	35.98	47
Inkster	11.85	23	25.20	55	37.05	48
Port Huron	10.63	15	26.43	57	37.06	49
East Lansing	16.57	45	20.54	46	37.11	50
Ann Arbor	17.50	49	19.70	41	37.20	51
Burton	24.50	59	13.33	18	37.83	52
Bloomfield Township	14.93	40	24.04	52	38.97	53
Grand Rapids	20.16	54	20.84	48	41.00	54
Pontiac	21.30	56	19.93	42	41.23	55
Montague+	17.76	50	24.37	53	42.13	56
Bay City	18.60	52	24.79	54	43.39	57
Flint	23.29	58	30.73	58	54.02	58
Lansing	17.88	51	37.56	59	55.44	59

Average	$13.73		$17.25		$30.97
Median	$13.15		$17.03		$30.43

Note: Assumes 7,500 gallons (or 1,000 cubic feet) monthly usage and a 5/8" (or nearest equivalent) meter size. *Muskegon Township also levies a millage for sewer service.
Source: April 2000 Michigan Water/Wastewater Service Survey

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