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Extracted by: codex/gpt-5.6-luna · 08/14/2026
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Quality checks: 9/9 passed
  • ✓ Monotonic pricing
  • ✓ Price range plausible
  • ✓ Fixed charge range
  • ✓ No zero tier prices
  • ✓ Tier count (1–8)
  • ✓ Tier boundary scale
  • ✓ Residential customer class
  • ✓ Effective date parseable
  • ✓ Plausible for MI
Fixed: $87.53 quarterly ÷ 3 = $29.18/mo
Volume: 6,000 gal × 3 = 18,000 gal = 18.00 kgal
  0–18.00 kgal  ×  $5.8600/kgal  =  $105.48
  Subtotal: $105.48 quarterly ÷ 3 = $35.16/mo
Total: $29.18 + $35.16 = $64.34/mo

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Utility profile · MI

EAST LANSING, CITY OF Water Rates

EAST LANSING, CITY OF serves 33,000 people in East Lansing and Haslett, MI. The monthly residential water bill at 6,000 gallons is $64.34, 21% above the national average of $53.13.

Updated Aug 2026

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How much does water cost provided by EAST LANSING, CITY OF?

Standardized to a 6,000 gallon/month residential bill on a 5/8"–3/4" meter.

Monthly Rate

$64.34 / 6k gal
+21% vs natl avg

Volumetric Rate

$10.72 / 1k gal

How does EAST LANSING, CITY OF's water cost compare to its regional neighbors?

Monthly cost (6k gal) vs up to 10 nearest utilities with published rates. Click to navigate.

Where does EAST LANSING, CITY OF provide service?

Population served and the municipalities covered by this utility's service area.

Boundaries from the EPA Water System Service Areas dataset. Not all utilities have mapped boundaries.

Population Served

33,000

Municipalities served

Where does EAST LANSING, CITY OF's water come from?

Supply and provider classification from EPA records.

Primary Source
GWP
Provider Type
Local Govt
PWSID
MI0001990

Named intake/well source and interconnections (who this utility buys from or sells to) aren't captured yet — tracked separately for a future update.

Is water affordable for EAST LANSING, CITY OF's customers?

Annual bill as a share of median household income in the service area.

Water Burden

1.5% of income (annual)
of median area income · affordability threshold: 2%

We don't yet systematically track whether a utility offers income-based or sliding-scale pricing separate from its standard rates — tracked separately for a future update.

Where did this data come from?

This rate was extracted from EAST LANSING, CITY OF's published tariff document by an AI research agent, then checked against a validation checklist before publishing. See the full methodology for how every utility on this site is sourced and scored.

Provenance

Extracted by: codex/gpt-5.6-luna · 08/14/2026
Confidence label: Model estimate

Quality checks: 9/9 passed

  • ✓ Monotonic pricing
  • ✓ Price range plausible
  • ✓ Fixed charge range
  • ✓ No zero tier prices
  • ✓ Tier count (1–8)
  • ✓ Tier boundary scale
  • ✓ Residential customer class
  • ✓ Effective date parseable
  • ✓ Plausible for MI