Newport water and sewer bills due June 22
Newport mailed water and sewer bills May 22, and households have until June 22 to pay before interest and lien penalties begin.
Newport residents who received water and sewer bills on May 22 have until June 22 to pay them, and the town says questions should go to the Water and Sewer Billing Office at 603-863-8006. The deadline lands just after Memorial Day, which Newport marked as Monday, May 25, giving households about a month to sort out charges before interest starts to accrue.
The town’s current utility rates are $9.41 per 1,000 gallons for water and $20.09 per 1,000 gallons for sewer, for a combined rate of $29.50 per 1,000 gallons. Newport lists a minimum bill of $88.50 based on 3,000 gallons, and sewer consumption is based on water use. For families watching monthly expenses, those figures make the June 22 deadline a practical one: pay on time, or the balance begins to carry additional cost.
Newport’s finance department says utility bills are typically due 30 days after mailing. After the due date, interest is charged, unpaid bills move into the annual lien process, and liens can eventually lead to deeding after two years. The billing cycle is regular, with bills mailed three times a year, in March, July and November, though the town says weather and other circumstances can change the schedule.
The notice also sits inside a larger municipal system that has served Newport for more than a century. Newport Water Works began in 1894 with iron pipe laid from Gilman Pond in Unity to the Center of Newport. By 1895, the system was serving about 169 families, two hotels, a railroad depot, two printing offices and 20 stores. Today, the Newport Water Department says it serves more than 5,000 people and commercial and industrial customers through more than 50 miles of water mains.
On the wastewater side, Newport says two treatment plants served the town until 2003. The municipal secondary wastewater treatment facility serving the CBD and nearby residential areas was built in 1971 as a primary treatment plant designed for 1.3 million gallons per day. The Newport Water Treatment Plant itself was built in 1992, part of the infrastructure that keeps the town’s basic services running as routine billing notices land in mailboxes across Sullivan County.
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