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Desert Hot Springs water and sewer rates

At typical use (13 units, about 9,700 gallons a month), a Desert Hot Springs house pays about $55 a month for water: about $660 a year. Sewer is billed on the property tax bill instead. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

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

Pay or manage it

Mission Springs Water District

MSWD bills single-family customers a fixed monthly charge by meter size (¾-inch $14.73) plus a two-tier water flow charge per CCF: Tier One $2.47 for the first 13 CCF a month and Tier Two $3.38 above that. A Desert Water Agency assessment of approximately $0.60 per CCF is added to the bill.

Use a monthPrice per unit (CCF, 748 gallons)
Fixed charge$14.73 a month
0 to 13 units$3.07
13 to more$3.98
Source
MSWD's water comes from groundwater wells within the Mission Creek Subbasin.
Chromium-6
MSWD reports hexavalent chromium was detected at levels that exceed the MCL, and says a water system of its size is not considered in violation until after October 2026.
PFAS
MSWD says it is fully compliant with all current PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels set by the EPA.
Lead
MSWD says it completed its service line inventory and no lead service lines were found in its system.

Sewer

MSWD's single-family sewer rate is $53.75, billed annually on the property tax bill; a 7% utility users tax applies to water and sewer bills within city limits.

How Desert Hot Springs compares with nearby cities

Water, a month

  1. Cathedral City · 10 mi$40
  2. Palm Desert · 18 mi$40
  3. Desert Hot Springs$55
  4. Banning · 20 mi$65
  5. Palm Springs · 11 mi$68
  6. Yucca Valley · 13 mi$94

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

Sources

  1. www.mswd.org - Water-Rate-Information
  2. www.mswd.org - Sewer-Rate-Information
  3. www.mswd.org - 2025-Water-Quality-Report-English-PDF

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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