Ramsey water and sewer rates

At typical use (9 units, about 6,700 gallons a month), a Ramsey house pays about $28 a month for water and about $48 for sewer and other utility-bill charges: about $910 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

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

City of Ramsey

City of Ramsey 2026 utility rates, billed quarterly: $58.18 minimum (up to 15,000 gallons) plus the $3.81 state testing fee, then per 1,000 gallons

Use a monthPrice per 1,000 gallons
Fixed charge$20.66 a month
0 to 5 thousand gallons$0.00
5 to 8.3333 thousand gallons$3.99
8.3333 to 13.3333 thousand gallons$3.93
13.3333 to 20 thousand gallons$4.21
20 to 33 thousand gallons$4.49
33 to 67 thousand gallons$4.83
67 to more$5.78
Source
Groundwater from seven wells, 316 to 390 feet deep, drawing from the Tunnel City Group and Tunnel City-Wonewoc aquifers
Radium
Combined radium was 3.7 pCi/l (limit 5 pCi/l) in the 2025 report
Service lines
As of 11/17/2025, the inventory contains 0 lead, 0 galvanized requiring replacement, 0 unknown material and 5,514 non-lead service lines

Sewer

City of Ramsey 2026 sewer fee for single-family, duplex, townhome and condo users with individual meters: $102.21 per quarter.

Other charges on the utility bill

  • Stormwater management (residential): $7.38 a month
  • Street lights (per urban-subdivision lot): $3.06 a month
  • Curbside recycling (ACE Solid Waste): $3.98 a month

How Ramsey compares with nearby cities

Water, a month

  1. Anoka · 4 mi$23
  2. Elk River · 7 mi$25
  3. Champlin · 7 mi$25
  4. Andover · 6 mi$27
  5. Ramsey$28
  6. Dayton · 5 mi$37

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

Sources

  1. City of Ramsey: Water
  2. City of Ramsey: 2025 Drinking Water Report
  3. EPA: community water system boundaries (Ramsey, MN1020035)
  4. Anoka County parcel data: Ramsey homestead parcels by school district and watershed

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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