Vadnais Heights water and sewer rates
Who supplies water to Vadnais Heights houses, what it costs, and how the sewer charge works.
City of Vadnais Heights
City of Vadnais Heights, billed every quarter
| Use a month | Price per 1,000 gallons |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $6.36 a month |
| 0 to 2 thousand gallons | $2.00 |
| 2 to 6.6667 thousand gallons | $3.21 |
| 6.6667 to 16.6667 thousand gallons | $5.39 |
| 16.6667 to more | $6.99 |
- Source
- Three wells (2025 water report), 470 to 495 feet deep, drawing from the Prairie du Chien-Jordan and Jordan aquifers
- Hardness
- 12 grains per gallon; iron 0.24 milligrams per liter
- PFAS (2025)
- PFOA: 0.41 ppt (highest average or highest single test result), range 0 to 0.89 ppt; EPA's limit is 4.0 ppt
Sewer
City of Vadnais Heights bills sewer every quarter: a $35.40 base charge plus $4.83 per 1,000 gallons of water used in the quarter, with a minimum basis of 6,000 gallons. Third-quarter sewer is based on the lower of second- and third-quarter water use.
Other charges on the utility bill
- Surface water (residential single unit): $7.73 a month
Sources
- Ramsey County parcel data: Vadnais Heights single-family homesteads by school district and watershed
- City of Vadnais Heights: How is my sewer bill calculated?
- City of Vadnais Heights: Water & Sewer
- City of Vadnais Heights: 2025 Drinking Water Report
- Minnesota Statutes 144.3831: drinking water service connection fee
- City of Vadnais Heights: Watershed organizations
- VLAWMO: October 22, 2025 board minutes (2026 storm sewer utility rate)
- VLAWMO: Storm sewer utility fee technical memorandum
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.