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Fairfax Water

Independent water authority for Fairfax County, Virginia. 2026 connection-side rate schedule effective April 1, 2026.

Authority identity

Type
Independent water authority (Fairfax County's primary water utility).
Governing body
Fairfax Water Board (independent of Fairfax County government).
Service area summary
Most of Fairfax County, Virginia. Fairfax Water also provides wholesale water service to the City of Fairfax, Fort Belvoir, Loudoun Water, Prince William County Service Authority, and Falls Church. Sanitary sewer connection fees in Fairfax County are administered separately by Fairfax County DPW (Wastewater Treatment Division), not by Fairfax Water.
Website
fairfaxwater.org

Jurisdictions served

Fairfax Water is the primary retail water utility for the jurisdiction below.

Fee types administered

  • Availability Charge (per new separate service connection)
  • Local Facilities Charge (per service connection to an existing water main)
  • Service Connection Charge (per new service connection and meter installation, due prior to application approval)
  • Account Charge (one-time, on the initial bill)

Fee schedule

Source: Fairfax Water 2026 Rates, effective April 1, 2026 (Board-approved December 2025). All values verbatim from the canonical /rates page; see the Source block below for primary-source provenance and SHA-256 hash. The values below are the connection-side development cost components only. Quarterly Service Charge, Commodity Charges per 1,000 gallons, and Peak Use Charge are operating-bill components and are not reproduced here.

Fee type Amount Unit Effective date
Availability Charge$5,090.00per new separate service connection2026-04-01
Local Facilities Charge$24,850.00per service connection to an existing water main2026-04-01
Service Connection Charge$1,960.00per new service connection and meter installation2026-04-01
Account Charge$50.00appears once on initial bill2026-04-01

The Service Connection Charge is collected prior to approval of the connection application. The Availability Charge applies per new separate service connection. The Local Facilities Charge applies per connection to an existing water main. The Account Charge appears one time on the initial bill and offsets the office and field work required to open a new account.

Source

Fairfax Water (independent water authority of Fairfax County, VA) - 2026 Rates (Effective April 1, 2026) - https://www.fairfaxwater.org/rates - accessed 2026-05-08 · patchright

Source content hash (SHA-256): 5ff4a3a697bd9ad3557432b312f99f472852acf5d770aacc05ed189619142017

Fairfax Water - Developers & Engineers landing - https://www.fairfaxwater.org/developers-engineers - accessed 2026-05-08 · patchright

Source content hash (SHA-256): 47946746ae44fa8a1d9f25c3e7d89dfb712bb7cebdbe62070d253723be125366

The Fairfax Water /rates page is anti-bot protected at the Stage 1 network tier (direct fetch returns HTTP 403). Capture was via Patchright with a normal Chrome user-agent, which returned the canonical rendered page including verbatim 2026 rate schedule and Board approval reference (December 2025 meeting).

Last verified

Verified Last reviewed 2026-05-08. Schedule has an explicit effective date of 2026-04-01.

Fee schedules administered by Fairfax Water change over time. ZoneFee captured the schedule from the source named above on the last-verified date. For binding fee amounts on a specific project, contact Fairfax Water directly via the official website above.