DavisHome costs

Davis water and sewer rates

At typical use (9 units, about 6,700 gallons a month), a Davis house pays about $58 a month for water and about $70 for sewer and other utility-bill charges: about $1,540 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies water to Davis houses, what it costs, and how the sewer charge works.

City of Davis

Monthly base rate of $13.07 for a 5/8" or 3/4" meter plus $5.01 per CCF for single-family residential, per the City's published schedule.

Use a monthPrice per unit (CCF, 748 gallons)
Fixed charge$13.07 a month
0 to more$5.01
Source
The City delivered 3.2 billion gallons of drinking water in 2025 - 80% of which was surface water from the Sacramento River and 20% was groundwater from underlying aquifers.
Violations
In 2025, the City's water supply did not have any exceedances of the maximum contaminant levels for water quality.

Sewer

City of Davis single-family sewer: $30.48 monthly per unit plus a $4.90 monthly base rate and a $2.30 volume rate, per the City's published sewer rate table.

Other charges on the utility bill

  • Storm drainage (medium residential parcel): $14.18 a month

How Davis compares with nearby cities

Water, a month

  1. Davis$58
  2. Dixon · 9 mi$59
  3. Vacaville · 18 mi$61
  4. West Sacramento · 10 mi$63
  5. Elk Grove · 21 mi$88
  6. Woodland · 8 mi$116

Water only, at each city's typical use; sewer is left out because some cities bill it on the tax bill.

Sources

  1. www.cityofdavis.org — waterquality
  2. www.cityofdavis.org — sewer-rate-calculation
  3. www.cityofdavis.org — stormwater-rates-and-rate-studies

Checked October 28, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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