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Fixed service charge, 5/8" meter (Rate Schedule A-1): $24.00 Water charge: 6,000 gal × $10.3166/kgal = $61.90 Purchased Water Adjustment Clause: 6 × $0.5330 = $3.20 Lead Service Line Replacement Charge: 6 × $0.5561 = $3.34 Special Program Charge (COVID cost recovery): 6 × $0.0636 = $0.38 DSIC and RESIC are reset to $0.00 Total: $92.82/mo
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Utility profile · NJ
NJ AMERICAN WATER - OCEAN CITY supplies water to about 130,000 people in Ocean City, Marmora, and 2 other places in New Jersey. A typical household using 6,000 gallons a month pays an estimated $92.82, 59% above the national average.
Updated Oct 2026
| Fixed service charge 5/8" meter (Rate Schedule A-1) |
$24.00 |
| Total | $92.82 |
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This rate was extracted from NJ AMERICAN WATER - OCEAN CITY'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.
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