Moreno Valley water and sewer rates
Who supplies water to Moreno Valley houses, what it costs, and how the sewer charge works.
Eastern Municipal Water District
EMWD 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
- Moreno Valley is in EMWD's Mills service area: the Mills Filtration Plant treats imported State Water Project water from northern California, blended with other EMWD sources.
- Hardness
- Water from the Mills Filtration Plant averaged 5.1 grains per gallon of hardness (range 4.8 to 5.5) in the 2025 water quality report.
- Lead
- Lead at household taps: 90th percentile of 50 samples was 2.8 ppb; one sample exceeded the 15 ppb action level.
Sewer
EMWD bills Moreno Valley-area sewer as a daily rate per EDU on the water bill: $1.235 a day in 2026, plus a $0.156 daily sewer system capital projects charge per EDU. Customers on water budget-based tiered rates who are billed directly by EMWD for sewer are assigned a sewer block by household size: 3-4 people pay 100% of the current sewer rate, 1-2 people pay 65%.
Ways to pay less
- 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). |
Pay or manage it
Sources
- EMWD: residential water budgets and rates
- EMWD: wastewater (sewer) blocks and rates
- EMWD 2025 water quality report
- Box Springs Mutual Water Company
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.