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| 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

INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE WATER-SEWER BILL STATEMENT
- ACCOUNT NUMBER - This number identifies your account. Always refer to this number in your communications to the Water & Sewer Billing Department.
- SERVICE ADDRESS - Where the meter is located.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- SCAN LINE - This line contains numbers that are used to process your payment.
- PREVIOUS READING DATE - The meter reading date of your previous water-sewer bill.
- PRESENT READING DATE - The meter reading date for your current water-sewer bill.
- NUMBER OF DAYS - The time in days between meter readings.
- WATER TOTAL 1,000's GALLONS - The total quantity of water service provided during the current billing period measured in gallons.
- AVG. DAILY CONS. - The average daily consumption of water service during the current billing period measured in gallons.
- TYPE OF BILL - The type of reading used to produce this bill: ACT - Actual Reading EST - Estimated Reading
- PREVIOUS READING - The meter setting for the previous meter reading.
- PRESENT READING - The meter setting at the time of the current meter reading.
- CONSUMPTION - The volume of water furnished in 1,000's of gallons.
- WATER RATE - The rate charged for each 1,000 gallons of water furnished.
- SEWER RATE - The rate charged for each 1,000 gallons of wastewater processed.
- WATER AMOUNT CHARGED - The amount charged for current water service
- SEWER AMOUNT CHARGED - The amount charged for current sewer service.
- PURCHASED WATER CHARGE - The amount charged for the purchase of water from sources other than Harford County.
- BASE WATER CHARGE - The
amount charged each customer to pay for the service of 24 hour on-call water maintenance and billing services.
- BASE SEWER CHARGE - The
amount charged each customer to pay for the service of 24 hour on-call sewer maintenance and billing services.
- BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL RATE - The rate charged for each 1,000 gallons of wastewater processed.
- 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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