Neenah, WI Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)
Key Facts
- Who adjusts the bill
- Director of the Water Utility
- Relief ends
- once customer is notified of leak
- Applies to
- sewer portion of the bill only
Summary
Neenah's Water Utility will reduce a sewer bill for water lost to an unknown plumbing leak, but only up to the point the customer is notified: after that, the customer must fix the leak or pay full price, per § 17-108.
In the event of high water consumption due to an unknown leak in a customer's plumbing or appliance, the Director of the Water Utility may make an adjustment to the sewer billing charge by estimating the water so wasted and bill for it at a reduced rate not less than any required flow unit price. No such adjustment shall be made for water supplied after the customer has been notified and has had an opportunity to correct the condition.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Under Neenah Municipal Code § 17-108(a), when high water consumption traces to an unknown leak in a customer's plumbing or appliance, the Director of the Water Utility may recalculate the sewer portion of the bill at a reduced rate instead of charging for the full metered volume. That relief has a hard cutoff built in: no adjustment is made for water used after the customer has been notified of the leak and given a chance to correct it, which puts the repair burden squarely on the customer from that point on. The Director makes the adjustment by estimating the water wasted and billing it at a reduced rate no lower than the minimum required flow-unit price.
Violations & Fines
No fine attaches directly; instead the customer loses eligibility for the reduced billing rate once notified, and is billed the full metered rate for leak water used after that point.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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