Frequently Asked Questions

If you have never used the Carmel Utilities bill payment and account history site, there is a short registration process that will need to be completed. During the registration process, you will set up the password.

If you have forgotten your password, please click on the forgotten password link. You will be able to reset the password to one of your choosing.

Yes you may pay with a credit card. Please click here to pay your bill. To make a quick payment, please click the “One Time Pay” button on the right. There is a $2.50 convenience fee assessed for each credit card transaction. Carmel Utilities also accepts electronic checks. There is a $.95 convenience fee for an electronic check.

To change the checking account from which your Carmel Utility bill payment is drafted, download the bank draft form and attach a voided check from your new checking account. Please mail the completed form as soon as possible. You may also want to call the Customer Service office to stop draft from your old checking account if it is closed. Draft attempted from a closed account will incur an insufficient funds fee of $33.00. Please allow four weeks for bank draft to resume. Once draft has begun, “Bank Draft” will appear in the amount due box on the bill form.

If one of the bills has disconnect notice printed on it, then that amount is the minimum that must be paid to continue receiving water and sewer service. The bill without the disconnect notice message shows then entire balance owed on your water and/or sewer account.

There are several reasons this may happen. First examine the usage on your bill. It may be that consumption has increased. Examine your payment records. It may be that last month’s payment was inadvertently forgotten.

Carmel Utilities needs 24 hours notice prior to establishing new service or the cancellation of existing service. Please note that either request can be performed Monday through Friday.

Carmel Utilities bills according to geographic location. This is necessary because of the time needed to read water meters in each geographic area. Bills are sent out 6 times each month according to these geographic areas for a complete billing of the city.

Summer sewer relief runs from May (June bills) through October (November bills). During this period customers are billed their winter average for the sewer portion of the bill. To calculate the winter average, the six winter month usages are collected, the high reading and low reading are removed and the remaining four readings are averaged. This average is the most the customer will be charged for sewer during the summer. Customers who are new and do not have enough usage history are given the average usage for their area.

An easy way to begin that investigation is to locate the meter pit; which is usually in the front yard. If the wet spot in the yard lies in a line between either the road and meter pit or pit and house, then it is possible that there could be a leak in the service line. If the soggy area is elsewhere in the yard, the soggy area is most likely ground water. It is always a good idea to perform a regular leak detection (link) regimen.