Hemet water and sewer rates

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

City of Hemet

City of Hemet: a monthly base rate by meter size plus one consumption rate per 100 CF for all use.

Use a month	Price per unit (CCF, 748 gallons)
Fixed charge	$29.93 a month
0 to more	$4.79

Source: Local groundwater is pumped from the Hemet and San Jacinto Groundwater Basins by four deep wells.
Violations: In 2025 the City reported no violations of maximum contaminate levels or any other water quality standards.
Hardness: The 2025 report lists hardness of 92-390 ppm, average 261.

Eastern Municipal Water District

EMWD serves portions of Hemet. It bills a daily service charge and a daily supply and reliability capital projects charge, plus four budget-based tiers per billing unit (748 gallons): Tier 1 for the first 20 percent of your monthly water budget, Tier 2 for the rest of the budget, and Tiers 3 and 4 for use over the budget.

Use a month	Price per unit (CCF, 748 gallons)
Fixed charge	$26.46 a month
0 to 3.6 units	$1.55
3.6 to 18 units	$4.51
18 to 27 units	$7.68
27 to more	$14.85

Source: Hemet is in EMWD's East Valley service area: west of State Street the Hemet Water Filtration Plant treats Colorado River and State Water Project water and local groundwater also supplies the area; east of State Street a system of deep groundwater wells serves the area.
Hardness: In the 2025 water quality report, hardness averaged 9.5 grains per gallon (range 5.4 to 15) from the East Valley wells and 5.4 grains per gallon (range 3.9 to 7.2) from the Hemet Water Filtration Plant.

Lake Hemet Municipal Water District

Lake Hemet MWD serves the eastern portion of Hemet. Its Hemet/San Jacinto Valley rates are a monthly service charge by meter size plus three tiers per CCF (0 to 5, 6 to 13 and over 13), and a power zone pumping charge per CCF that depends on the power zone.

Use a month	Price per unit (CCF, 748 gallons)
Fixed charge	$36.30 a month
0 to 5 units	$2.52
5 to 13 units	$2.72
13 to more	$4.32

Source: Ten wells along the San Jacinto River from Valle Vista to San Jacinto supply most of the water; in 2025, 2.9% of domestic demand was purchased from EMWD.
Hardness: Hardness averaged 154 ppm (range 59 to 296) in 2024-25 samples.
Lead: Lead at household taps in 2025: the 90th percentile of 37 samples was ND (not detected), with zero sites over the action level.
Monitoring: The 2025 report says the system failed to monitor as required for drinking water standards during 2023.

Sewer

EMWD's rate S101 (Hemet, San Jacinto) applies where EMWD provides the sewage collection: $1.219 a day per EDU in 2026, plus the $0.156 daily sewer system capital projects charge that applies to all sewer accounts served through EMWD facilities. Homes served by the City of Hemet or Lake Hemet MWD pay different sewer rates (see how we calculate).

Ways to pay less

EMWD customers: check your water budget. Your EMWD water budget uses 47 gallons per person per day indoors plus your irrigated area, which is listed on your bill; use over the budget is charged at higher rates. Irrigated areas may be customized through EMWD's variance process. How: Check the estimated irrigated area listed on your EMWD bill; it can be customized through EMWD's variance process.

Dates

When	What
Jan 1, 2027	EMWD's 2027 water rates start for bills dated on or after January 1 (Tier 2 rises from $4.51 to $4.88 per billing unit).

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Sources

Checked October 21, 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.