Residential Rates

Water Rates

The Pawtucket Water Supply Board sets rates for water services in accordance with the Public Utilities Commission. The PWSB prides itself on providing high-quality water at the lowest possible cost to its customers.

Your water payments help fund the day-to-day expenses incurred to operate the water system, support ongoing PWSB maintenance and infrastructure improvements, and enable compliance with unfunded state and federal regulatory mandates aimed at protecting the health and the environment.

Water rates are calculated per hcf, or hundred cubic feet.
1 hcf is equal to 748.1 gallons of water.
Below are PWSB’s current water rates.

 

Metered Sales (price per 1 hcf):

* For consumption-based portion of bill (effective July/1/2024)

Meter Size

Rate
(per hcf)

Example
(20 hcf)
Example
(50 hcf)

RI State Surcharge
(per hcf)

Small (5/8″, 3/4″,1″) $4.359 $87.18 $217.95 $0.2184
Large (greater than 1″) $4.0000 $80.00 $200.00 $0.2184

 

 

Monthly Service Charges (flat fees):
Meter Size

Customer Service Charge

Public Fire Protection Charge

5/8″ $12.18 $5.547
3/4″ $16.33 $8.321
1” $24.63 $13.869
1 ½” $45.37 $27.737
2” $70.26 $44.380
3” $128.34 $83.212
4” $211.31 $138.687
6” $418.72 $277.373
8” $667.63 $443.797