Brookings water and sewer rates
At typical use (9 units, about 6,700 gallons a month), a Brookings house pays about $60 a month for water and about $66 for sewer: about $1,510 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Who supplies water to Brookings houses, what it costs, and how the sewer charge works.
Brookings Municipal Utilities
BMU 2026 residential rate: $0.289 usage charge plus $3.850 bond surcharge, both per 100 cubic feet. Water used above the assigned allowance on June, July and August bills is billed at two times the usage and surcharge rates.
| Use a month | Price per unit (CCF, 748 gallons) |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $22.50 a month |
| 0 to more | $4.14 |
- Source
- Twelve groundwater wells in the Big Sioux Aquifer
- Hardness
- About 11 to 15 grains after treatment
Sewer
Wastewater usage is charged per 100 cubic feet of water used in the November-February billing cycles (the average of those four cycles sets the monthly charge for the following eight billing cycles), plus the customer charge.
How Brookings compares with nearby cities
Water, a month
- Worthington · 75 mi$36
- Brookings$60
- Yankton · 102 mi$73
Water only, at each city's typical use; sewer is left out because some cities bill it on the tax bill.
Sources
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.