All sanitary sewer user fees are based on water consumption as an approximation of sewer use into the facility. The consumption amount is provided by the water service supplier (Kentucky American Water Co.) and is based on water meter readings. Provision is made in each sewer user schedule for water not discharged to the sewer system (e.g., irrigation, pool filling). Additionally, all sanitary sewer users are permitted to contract with Kentucky American Water Co. for a separate irrigation meter to supply water used in irrigation or other uses not discharged to the sanitary sewer system. This meter will not be subject to sewer user fees
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s rate schedule is broken into two tiers. Schedule A (residential) and Schedule B (non-residential).
2024 Rates
Rates July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Schedule A:
Applies to single-family dwellings or multi-unit dwellings which are individually metered.
First unit (0-100 cubic feet) | $9
Each additional unit (100 cubic feet) | $6.78
The spring/summer sewer user fee is charged on the lower of actual consumption or the previous fall/winter consumption average. This will allow for pool filling and landscape watering during spring/summer months. New customers with no fall/winter average are charged at a rate of 90% of water consumption until the fall quarter begins.
Schedule B:
Applies to all users not classified under schedule A.
First unit (0-100 cubic feet) | $10.94
Each additional unit (100 cubic feet) | $8.26
Pollutants
In excess of per lb. charge
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 250 mg/l | $1.487
Suspended Solids 250 mg/l | $1.229
Ammonia Nitrogen 25 mg/l | $3.733
The urban county government permits Schedule B users to install exclusion meters for the purpose of excluding from sewer user fees any water not returned to the sewer system. For more information on exclusion meters, call (859) 425-2409.
Schedule A Social Security/Disability Rate Adjustment
Any user subject to Schedule A who is the legal title/leaseholder/renter of the benefited property who is age sixty-five (65) or older or who is receiving social security disability benefits and whose annual household income (as defined in section 16-59.1 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Charter and Code of Ordinance) is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less, said amount of income to be adjusted annually in accordance with the Social Security Administration’s cost of living adjustment, can apply for a discount. Upon acceptance of the discount, said user’s bill shall be decreased by 30% of the billing amount or the amount of the rate for the first unit of usage, whichever is greater.
For more information, contact Community and Resident Services at (859) 300-5300.