Sewer charges will be waived for Inside the City customers on septic systems who have provided the CWLP Customer Service Office with an affidavit approved by the City's Office of Public Works.
This affidavit is available here or can be obtained in Room 203, Municipal Center West, 7th and Monroe Streets. For further information, call 217.789.2255 or email public.works@springfield.il.us.
Customers who install sewer revenue meters can avoid paying sewer charges on any water use that is not expected to enter the sewer system.
Typically, such uses include lawn and garden irrigation, pool filling, and other high volume outdoor activities.
In a property with a sewer revenue meter, the plumbing is split so that water expected to enter the sewer system (typically all indoor and some outdoor uses) passes through the sewer revenue meter.
Water that will not pass into the sewer system does not pass through this meter. The customer will pay sewer and sanitary charges only for the amount of water measured by the sewer revenue meter.
Sewer revenue meters must be obtained from CWLP. The cost of these meters varies, depending on the size of the meter required. The customer must hire a licensed plumber for the meter installation
(which could involve extensive alterations to an existing plumbing system), and will be responsible for all annual inspection and maintenance costs. For more information about sewer revenue meters,
call the CWLP Water Department at 217.789.2323.