Understanding Your Bill

Leavenworth Waterworks bills customers monthly for water, sewer, and trash services.

Below is an example of a typical residential bill. 

  1. Account Number: Use it to set up your online account.
  2. Service Address: Location where water service was provided.
  3. Amount Owed: The amount of your previous bill.
  4. Adjustments: Any credits or fees applied to the bill will show here.
  5. Payments Received: How much you paid on the previous bill.
  6. Prior Balance: How much, if any, you still owe from your previous bill.
  7. State Water Plan: A tax required by and transfered to the state of Kansas.
  8. Sewer: The sewer charge is set by the City of Leavenworth and based on the average water used from January to March.
    All new customers receive a sewer charge based on city average of 7 CCF.
  9. Water: The amount due for water usage and the only revenue kept by Leavenworth Waterworks. Water rates are set by the Leavenworth Waterworks Board.
  10. Refuse: The city refuse/trash charge is set by the City Commissioners of the City of Leavenworth and is the same amount for every household.
  11. Total Due Now: The total amount due on your account, including both current and previous balances.
  12. Due Date: The date your current bill is due. This date does not replace any earlier due dates for previous balances.
  13. Meter Number: The unique identifying number for the address's meter, the device that measures water usage.
  14. Previous Read: The meter's previous reading at the end of the last service period.
  15. Current Read: The meter's current reading at the end of this service period. If an "E" appears after this number, the meter reading was estimated.
  16. Usage: Amount of water usage being billed. It is calculated by subtracting the Current Read from the Previous Read and shown in CCF (100 cubic feet).

    (1 CCF unit = 748 gallons)

  17. After Due Date Pay: This is the amount you will owe after the Due Date, equaling the original Total Due plus a 5% late fee.
Image of a typical water bill. Sections are numbered to mark them for further explanation.