Harford County Maryland
Harford County, Maryland
Harford County Maryland  
Harford County Maryland
David R. Craig, Harford County Executive
Harford County Maryland

Department of Public Works
212 South Bond Street, Bel Air, MD 21014 410.638.3285 / 410.879.2000
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INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE
WATER-SEWER BILL STATEMENT

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INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE WATER-SEWER BILL STATEMENT

  1. ACCOUNT NUMBER - This number identifies your account. Always refer to this number in your communications to the Water & Sewer Billing Department.

  2. SERVICE ADDRESS - Where the meter is located.

  3. MAILING ADDRESS - Bills will be mailed to this address. Property owners or agents should notify the Water & Sewer Accounting Department if bills are to be forwarded to another address.

  4. AMOUNT DUE NOW - The bill amount if payment is made promptly. This amount includes current water-sewer charges plus any previous charges which have not been paid.

  5. PENALTY DATE - This account will be penalized if payment is not received by this date. A five percent (5%) penalty is applied to the unpaid amount of your bill.

  6. AMOUNT DUE AFTER - The bill amount if payment is made after the penalty date. This amount includes current water-sewer charges plus any previous charges which have not been paid plus a five percent (5%) penalty applied to the unpaid amount of your bill.

  7. SCAN LINE - This line contains numbers that are used to process your payment.

  8. PREVIOUS READING DATE - The meter reading date of your previous water-sewer bill.

  9. PRESENT READING DATE - The meter reading date for your current water-sewer bill.

  10. NUMBER OF DAYS - The time in days between meter readings.

  11. WATER TOTAL 1,000's GALLONS - The total quantity of water service provided during the current billing period measured in gallons.

  12. AVG. DAILY CONS. - The average daily consumption of water service during the current billing period measured in gallons.

  13. TYPE OF BILL - The type of reading used to produce this bill: ACT - Actual Reading EST - Estimated Reading

  14. PREVIOUS READING - The meter setting for the previous meter reading.

  15. PRESENT READING - The meter setting at the time of the current meter reading.

  16. CONSUMPTION - The volume of water furnished in 1,000's of gallons.

  17. WATER RATE - The rate charged for each 1,000 gallons of water furnished.

  18. SEWER RATE - The rate charged for each 1,000 gallons of wastewater processed.

  19. WATER AMOUNT CHARGED - The amount charged for current water service

  20. SEWER AMOUNT CHARGED - The amount charged for current sewer service.

  21. PURCHASED WATER CHARGE - The amount charged for the purchase of water from sources other than Harford County.

  22. BASE WATER CHARGE - The amount charged each customer to pay for the service of 24 hour on-call water maintenance and billing services.

  23. BASE SEWER CHARGE - The amount charged each customer to pay for the service of 24 hour on-call sewer maintenance and billing services.

  24. BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL RATE - The rate charged for each 1,000 gallons of wastewater processed.

  25. BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL FEE - The amount charged is to recover the capital construction costs of installing biological nutrient removal process at the Sod Run Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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