Water & Sewer Billing in Tea, South Dakota

To set up new water sewer service or to disconnect current service, please contact Tea City Hall at 605-498-5193.

New service residents are charged a $50.00 water deposit; this is automatically attached to your first bill and is refundable when you disconnect service.

We accept cash, check, Visa, Discover and MasterCard. A drive-up payment drop box is located at the parking lot entrance of Tea City Hall. Set up automatic monthly withdrawals from your account for your utility bill. To set up automatic payments or pay your bill online click here.

Bills received are for the previous months usage. For example, bill received the first week of February is due February 25th for January's usage. Water Sewer payments are due on the 25th of every month unless otherwise noted on the bill. $5.00 late fee applied for payments received after the due date stated on the bill.

Residential Water Rates

Base Charge:$4.50
Water tower Fee: $4.00
Lewis Clark Fee: $4.00
Sewer Fee: $32.00 (increased 1/1/2019)
Sewer Debt Service Fee $10.00 (1/1/2020) to pay for sewer regionalization
Per 1,000 Gallons (increased 1% 1/1/2021)
1,000-9,999 gallons: $3.95
10,000-19,999 gallons: $4.40
20,000+ gallons: $4.80

Residential Monthly Minimum Charge $58.45. A usage of 5 on your utility bill is 5,000 gallons of actual usage.

Usage Monthly Gallons Charge		UsageMonthly Gallons Charge		UsageMonthly Gallons Charge		UsageMonthly Gallons Charge
1,000	$58.45	14,000	$112.05	27,000	$172.45	40,000	$234.85
2,000	$62.40	15,000	$116.45	28,000	$177.25	41,000	$239.65
3,000	$66.35	16,000	$120.85	29,000	$182.05	42,000	$244.45
4,000	$70.30	17,000	$125.25	30,000	$186.85	43,000	$249.25
5,000	$74.25	18,000	$129.65	31,000	$191.65	44,000	$254.05
6,000	$78.20	19,000	$134.05	32,000	$196.45	45,000	$258.85
7,000	$82.15	20,000	$138.85	33,000	$201.25	46,000	$263.65
8,000	$86.10	21,000	$143.65	34,000	$206.05	47,000	$268.45
9,000	$90.05	22,000	$148.45	35,000	$210.85	48,000	$273.25
10,000	$94.45	23,000	$153.25	36,000	$215.65	49,000	$278.05
11,000	$98.85	24,000	$158.05	37,000	$220.45	50,000	$282.85
12,000	$103.25	25,000	$162.85	38,000	$225.25	51,000	$287.65
13,000	$107.65	26,000	$167.65	39,000	$230.05	52,000	$292.45

Automatic 1% yearly increase on water rates starting January of 2016.

Commercial Base Fees

Water Tower Fee: $4.00
Lewis Clark Fee: $4.00
$3.95 per 1,000 gallons used
Sewer Fee $32.00
Sewer Debt Fee $10.00

Meter Size Base
3/4"$12.50
1" $12.00
1 1/2"$17.00
2"$22.00
3" $27.00
4" $32.00

Commercial Sewer Fees

$42.00 for the first 6,000 gallons of water usage
7,000 gallons and up, $3.00 per 1,000 gallons of water usage
Water Sewer payments are due around the 25th of the month unless otherwise noted on the bill.

Departments

Water & Sewer Billing

Residential Water Rates

Commercial Base Fees

Commercial Sewer Fees

Payments can be mailed to:

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City Hall