To encourage water conservation, Centennial Water implemented an innovative water budgeting concept for water customers. The water budget for outdoor irrigation provides enough water for healthy landscapes, but not so much that our resource is wasted. Progressively higher tiered rates over the allotted budget serve to encourage conservation. However, customers will only be billed for water consumed, regardless of their water budget amount.

Residential Water Budgets

This program allows for a method of computing residential bi-monthly water bills based on an indoor and outdoor allocation component. Residential customers are billed bi-monthly and budgets are comprised of an indoor and outdoor component. The indoor residential component is based upon average wintertime usage and may be adjusted for household population. The outdoor irrigation component allows residents an amount tailored to their individual lot size.

Non-Residential Water Budgets

The indoor non-residential budget is based on meter size. For irrigation only customers, the outdoor budget is calculated on the actual irrigated area served by the meter.

How is a water budget calculated?

Residential customers are allocated 27 inches of water over the irrigation season, per square foot of irrigable sod, which is considered to be 45% of the property. After Oct. 15 when outdoor water budgets end, customers are allocated 1,000 gallons of water per billing cycle for supplemental watering during dry periods. Additionally, residential customers receive 12,000 gallons of water per bimonthly billing period for indoor use.

The outdoor water budget for commercial customers is based on actual irrigated area.

How to find your water budget

To find out what your water budget is, simply look at your water bill. You can find out what your water budget is for the current billing cycle and for the next billing cycle as well. Becoming familiar with your water budget is a great tool to use to help you understand your water use.

Find your water bill online:

1. Go to the online bill pay website.
2. Log in to your account.
3. Click View Transactions under My Bill in the left hand column.
4. Click the most recent Transaction Date.
5. A new window will pop up displaying your most recent statement.
6. Click Reprint This Bill - you will find this in the top left corner, under Bill Detail.

Forms

• Water Budget – Landscape Adjustment Request Form
• Non Residential Irrigation Water Budget Application
• Application for Sports Field Customer Classification
• Household Population Adjustment Affidavit Application