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IMPORTANT NOTICE: The City of Richland is implementing approved rate adjustments to wastewater and stormwater utility rates to ensure these essential services remain safe, reliable, and financially sustainable. These rates have not been updated since 2009. In that time, the costs of operations, infrastructure maintenance, and regulatory requirements have steadily increased. The approved changes will be introduced in phases:

July 1, 2026
January 1, 2027
January 1, 2028

These adjustments will help fund critical system improvements and support long-term service reliability.

Review what’s driving these changes, what it means for your household, and how rates compare in our Frequently Asked Questions.

To learn more, watch the January 27, 2026, City Council Workshop Presentation.

The following is a summary of City user fees and charges. For more information, please refer to the City Fee Schedule.

Electricity

Residential Rates

Item	Fee
Single-phase service base fee rate	$0.75/day
Multi-phase service base fee rate	$1.06/day

Small General Commercial Rates

Item	Fee
Single-phase service base fee	$0.93/day
Multiphase service base fee	$1.26/day
Monthly energy charge	$0.0724/kWh

Additional Information

All Electric Rates

Water

Item	Fee
Meter size of 1" or less daily base fee rate	$0.8071
Additional charge per 100 CF (residential and fire hydrant meter)	$0.85

Residential, multifamily, commercial and large user customers serviced through a water meter will be charged daily for metered water consumption on the basis of meter size, which includes applicable taxes. Residential customers serviced through a single meter will be billed at the one-inch or less base rate per living unit, plus consumption charges.

Additional Water Rate Information

Sewer

Item	Fee
Daily residential charge - Current Rate	$0.8416
Daily residential charge - Rate Change Effective 7/1/26	$0.8921
Daily residential charge - Rate Change Effective 1/1/27	$0.9456
Daily residential charge - Rate Change Effective 1/1/28	$1.0024

Residences and condominiums will be billed the daily residential charge. For multifamily facilities served by a water meter for each unit, sewer will be billed at the residential charge to each unit regardless of whether the living unit is occupied.

All Sewer Rates

Refuse (Solid Waste)

All residential customers will be charged the following monthly service rates effective with the billings in the month indicated:

Item	DAILY Fee
Basic refuse service*	$0.5753
Refuse - no yard waste*	$0.5474
Recycling*	$0.2532
Additional refuse container	$0.2679
Additional yard waste or recycling container	$0.0657

Extra curbside garbage placed out for collection shall generate a charge of $3.00 for each additional garbage can load. Residential requests for call back or returns by solid waste personnel to empty containers which were obstructed; were not at curbside and in street by 6:00 a.m.; were packed in such a way that refuse would not exit the container when tipped; or to pick up additional refuse will be charged a call-back fee.

*$12.00 Call Back Fee - these are for residential requests for call back or returns by solid waste personnel to empty containers which were obstructed; were not at curbside and in street by 6:00 a.m., or were packed in such a way that refuse would not exit the container when tipped; or to pick up additional refuse will be charged a call-back fee.

Additional Solid Waste Rate Information

Stormwater

Item	Fee
Daily residential charge - Current Rate	$0.1266
Daily residential charge - Rate Change Effective 7/1/26	$0.1722
Daily residential charge - Rate Change Effective 1/1/27	$0.1756
Daily residential charge - Rate Change Effective 1/1/28	$0.1791

Based on an equivalent residential unit (ERU). One ERU is equal to 3,000 square feet of impervious area. All residential properties are deemed to contain one ERU. Townhouses, condominiums, duplexes, tri-plexes and four-plexes are subject to the residential charge for each living unit.

Additional Stormwater Rate Information

Medical and Ambulance Service Utility

Item	DAILY RATE
Customer charge (per day/per unit)	$0.4728
Multifamily residences (per day/per unit)	$0.4728
Commercial/business (per day/per facility)	$0.4728

There is established and created a utility revenue fund to be known as the medical services fund to be held separate and apart from all other funds of the city. Any and all revenues received by the utility, including but not limited to all service fees and all other rates, fees and charges relating to the EMS program, shall be credited to the medical services fund, along with all appropriations from the general fund for the utility. All expenditures for the regulation, operation, and maintenance of the utility shall be paid out of the medical services fund.

Additional Ambulance Rate Information

Irrigation

These rates apply to all city serviced irrigation customers in the following service areas:

Horn Rapids
Columbia Point
Meadow Springs/Willowbrook
Sienna Sky Village

Item	Fee
Residential annual irrigation rate	$318.00 for one acre or less

Additional Irrigation Rates

Additional Fees and Information

Refer to the Fee Schedule for:

Building fees
Land development fees
Richland Community Center rental rates
Parks and Recreation special classes and program fees
Police fees
Library fees
Licensing fees
Water
Sewer
Electrical connection charges
Conservation loan fees
Cable communication fees
Institutional network fees

View the City Fee Schedule

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