St. Michael water and sewer rates

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

Joint Powers Water Board

St. Michael 2026 fee schedule, O&M residential water fees: a monthly base rate plus a rate per thousand gallons that rises with use

Use a month	Price per 1,000 gallons
Fixed charge	$7.61 a month
0 to 3.5 thousand gallons	$4.00
3.5 to 6.5 thousand gallons	$4.32
6.5 to 11.5 thousand gallons	$4.56
11.5 to 16.5 thousand gallons	$4.89
16.5 to more	$5.45

Source: Groundwater from eight wells, 221 to 504 feet deep, in the Mt. Simon, Eau Claire-Mt. Simon, Quaternary Buried Artesian and Hinckley Sandstone aquifers
Copper: In 2025 testing at customer taps, the 90th-percentile copper result was 1.52 ppm against the 1.3 ppm action level (6 of 30 homes high); the report says the system is in exceedance of the action level for copper
Radium: Combined radium: highest result 3.7 pCi/l (range 1.1 to 3.7) against a 5 pCi/l limit; no violation
Hardness: 22 grains per gallon (375 mg/l)

Sewer

St. Michael 2026 O&M sewer fees: a $29.05 monthly minimum covers the first 5,000 gallons, then $5.08 per 1,000 gallons. The City's 2026 fee schedule also lists a storm water utility charge of $3.00 per REF a month.

Other charges on the utility bill

City recycling, 35-gallon cart (minimum recycling fee): $6.00 a month

Ways to pay less

New residents: change your recycling cart size free within 90 days. Switching recycling cart sizes costs a $30 exchange fee on your Joint Powers utility bill, but new residents have 90 days from moving the water bill into their name to change sizes with the fee waived. How: Contact Waste Management (320-258-3948) for recycling cart size changes.

Pay or manage it

Sources

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.