City Of Hancock Utilities

Current Residential Water Charge:  
$6.85/1000 gallons                                                             

Water debt flat fee charge:
$7.62

Current Residential Sewer Charge:
$5.65/1000 gallons                                                             

Sewer debt flat fee charge:
$3.95

Water turn on fee
$60.00

Water turn off fee
$60.00

Note:  Water debt fee increases based on size of water meter. 

• Lawn and garden meters available at a cost of $125.00 each, for reduced sewer lawn rates.

 Contact City Hall at (906) 482-2720 for further information.

HOW TO READ BILLING CODES ON YOUR MONTHLY WATER BILL:
 

Code
10-13	Water	billed per gallon usage
15	Water	debt fee flat charge
50-52	Sewer	billed per gallon usage
56	Sewer	debt fee flat charge
60	Service charge	flat charge based on meter size
70	RTS charge	flat charge for garbage pick-up
71	Dumpster charge	flat charge
72	Additional Dumpster pick-up charge	flat charge
90-91	Penalties

- 5% penalty must be adder to current bill after due date. Then 1% per month on balance forwarded.
- For your convenience a payment drop box has been installed near police door entrance.
- Payment must be in our office by Due Date.
  (Postmark NOT accepted)

CITY OF HANCOCK WATER QUALITY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT

• 2009 REPORT (PDF format)

• 2008 REPORT (PDF format)

Garbage

Ready to serve charge (RTS) is for garbage pick up.

$5.00 per month charge is billed on your water account.

City residents must place their garbage in City of Hancock trash bags:

1 bundle of 10 small buff bags (16 gallon) for $6.00
1 bundle of 5 large purple bags (33 gallon) for 6.00

Bags can be purchased at City Hall, Frank's True Value, Holiday, Keweenaw Co-op, Krist oil (Citgo) and Senior Meals-Portage Health.

Other area utility companies:

Natural Gas
Semco Energy
1-800-624-2019

Electricity
Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO)
1-800-562-7680

Cable Television
also Phone and High Speed Internet
Charter Communications
1-906-482-2040