About Tacoma Water

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Tacoma Water has a proud tradition of operating and maintaining one of the country’s oldest municipally owned water systems. We provide high-quality water at very competitive prices.

We provide direct service to more than 350,000 people throughout Pierce and King counties. View a map of our service territory.

Our mission:

Providing clean, reliable water.

Quick Facts

Basic stats:

• 119 square miles of service area
• 325 employees
• Total Service Area Customers (meters): 521,311
  • 111,585 direct retails (60% inside city limits, 40% outside city limits)
    • 103,817 direct retail residental
    • 7,768 direct retail commercial/industrial
  • 120,498 wholesale
  • 101,868 Regional Water Supply System (RWSS)
  • 187,360 Cascade Water Alliance
• 1,459 miles of water mains

Water use:

• Average annual use per household: 60,256 gallons
• Average daily use per household: 165 gallons
• Average cost per household: $609 year / $51 month
• Total annual use: 6,793,570,872 gallons

Water supply:

• Up to 150 million gallons per day from the Green River
• 40 million gallons per day from local wells

Water storage:

• 67.6 million gallons in McMillin Reservoir
• 69.9 million in 17 other reservoirs and standpipes

Rates

Average cost per household: $6.54 per CCF (1 CCF = 748 gallons)

• City of Tacoma: $51 a month; $609 a year
• City of Puyallup: $36 a month; $431 a year
• City of Bellevue: $115 a month, $1,380 a year
• City of Seattle: $63 a month, $750 a year

Financial:

• Value of our fixed assets: $987 million
• Total operating revenue: $135.8 million
• Bond ratings:
  – Moody’s: Aa1
  – Standard & Poor’s: AA+
• Taxes we pay:
  • Tacoma Gross Earnings Tax: $12.7 million
  • Federal (Social Security): $2.7 million
  • State: $7.7 million
  • Other cities and counties fees: $1.8 million
  • Tax as a percent of total revenue: $19.31%

2025 data

To request a printed copy, please email Communications@tacoma.gov, and we will mail one to you.