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Maplewood water and sewer rates

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

Saint Paul Regional Water Services

Saint Paul Regional Water Services bills residential accounts quarterly; one billing unit is 100 cubic feet (748 gallons)

Use a monthPrice per unit (CCF, 748 gallons)
Fixed charge$10.41 a month
0 to more$5.68
Source
Mostly surface water from the Mississippi River and the Chain of Lakes (2025 report)
Lead (2025)
2 of 105 homes tested had high lead levels; 90% of results were under 8 ppb (action level: 90% of homes under 15 ppb)
PFAS (2025)
Highest results 0.91 ppt and 1.6 ppt for the two PFAS compounds with a 4.0 ppt EPA limit

Sewer

Maplewood sanitary sewer is billed by SPRWS at $4.59 per unit of water, with a $25.74 minimum per billing period for residential accounts. For homes, the charge is based on first-quarter water use, and later quarters cannot be higher than the first quarter.

Other charges on the utility bill

  • Storm sewer (environmental utility fee), single family: $10.23 a month

Ways to pay less

  • Put trash on hold for long trips. Trash service and billing can be put on hold for vacations of three weeks or longer; the recycling fee on the water bill cannot be put on hold. How: Contact Republic Services to set up a vacation hold.

Pay or manage it

Sources

  1. Ramsey County parcel data: Maplewood single-family homesteads by school district and watershed
  2. Saint Paul Regional Water Services: 2026 rates for Maplewood (PDF)
  3. City of Maplewood: Water & Sewer Providers & Billing
  4. Saint Paul Regional Water Services: Fall 2025 newsletter (2026 rates, typical household)
  5. Saint Paul Regional Water Services: Annual Water Quality Report (2025 results)

Checked October 22, 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.