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Utilities

The Village of Winthrop Harbor provides municipal water and sewer services, with the Village Clerk's office being responsible for billing and collection of fees for these services. This page contains information about our Water & Sewer services, please call the Clerk's office if you have any questions.

For information about refuse and yard waste collection, recycling and leaf vacuuming, please click here.

Water/Sewer Fee Schedule, effective June 1, 2009 -

• For the first 5,000 gallons of water used, the fee for water is $11.00.
• For the first 5,000 gallons of water used, the fee for sewer is $12.00.
• For every 1,000 gallons of water used thereafter, the fee for water is $4.02 and the fee for sewer is $0.20.

Billing Sections -

The village is divided into three billing Sections. Utility bills are mailed at the beginning of the month, as follows -

 

Section 1	Section 2	Section 3
February	March	April
May	June	July
August	September	October
November	December	January

 

If your account number begins with 01, you are in Section 1. If your account number begins with 02, you are in Section 2, and if your account number begins with 03, you are in Section 3.

Senior Citizen Discount -

If you are 65 years of age or older, you qualify for a Senior Citizen discount on your Utility bill. Please stop by Village Hall and fill out your Senior Citizen Discount Application today! (This discount applies to WATER only). You may also download the application here and mail it in.

Payments -

NEW: Water/sewer bill payments are now accepted on-line.

 

 

 

First-time users must enter your water/sewer account number (without hyphens) as both Username and Password on the log-in screen. You will then be prompted to choose a Username and Password for future use. After log-in you can view your bill, pay your bill, view your water useage history, and more.

 

Payments may also be made in person at the Village Clerk's office or dropped into the convenient drop-box located just outside the Village Hall entrance. Payments are also accepted by mail at this address:

Utility bill payments are due 20 days after the date the bills are mailed. A pink Disconnection Notice is mailed on the 21st day to accounts that remain unpaid, and include a 10% penalty for late payment. Accounts which are not paid within 15 days after the due date are delared to be Delinquent. For details on the precedures for Delinquent Water/Sewer bills, please refer to Ordinance 2008-O-10.

Disconnections -

Once a Disconnection Notice has been mailed, payment will only be accepted in the form of cash, certified check, money order or credit card. No personal checks are accepted once a Disconnection Notice has been mailed. Payment in full must be made before the disconnection date in order for the disconnection to be canceled.

 

Once a disconnection has taken place, at $50 disconnection fee will be added to the account. The account must be paid in full, including the disconnection fee, before reconnection of water service can occur. After-hours payments can be made at the Winthrop Harbor Police Department. Please call 847-872-3846, ext. 247, for further information.

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