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WaterSet by county fee ordinanceCitation Sacramento County Water Agency Code Title 4, Appendix 1 (Schedules A and C)

Water Development Fee - Zone 40

Levied by Sacramento County Water Agency on new development in Sacramento County (unincorporated). Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq. Collected other: 15% of the total fee at Improvement Plan approval, remainder at building permit issuance.

What one house pays

$21,739

This fee is not in Sacramento County (unincorporated)'s published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Zone 40. The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$89,694
Adjustment
Adjusts yearly · ENR construction cost index · March
what the document says

ENR annual

Next expected change
1 Mar 2027

The record

Why it exists

“to fund the planning, design, and construction of major water supply facilities that benefit the Zone”

Zone 40 section · source document ↗
What it pays for

“Zone 40 revenue is provided from water development fees collected at the time of development and from Special User Fees included in bi-monthly water customer utility charges.”

Zone 40 section · source document ↗
Where it applies

“NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that water development fees collected and credits issued within the boundaries of Zone 40 of the Sacramento County Water Agency shall be increased pursuant to Title 4, Appendix 1 of the Sacramento County Water Agency Code effective 12:01 a.m., March 2, 2026.”

SCWA Zone 40 Fee Schedule, notice dated January 31, 2025, signed "Matt Satow, Agency Engineer" · source document ↗
When it was adopted

1985-05-14 (Zone 40 created; date the fee itself was first adopted NOT FOUND in a document I could read)

“This zone was created by the Water Agency Board of Directors on May 14, 1985 pursuant to Resolution No. 663”

Sacramento County Water Agency, "Zones", Zone 40 section; no page date shown · source document ↗
Who adopted it

Resolution No. 663 (Sacramento County Water Agency Board of Directors)

“This zone was created by the Water Agency Board of Directors on May 14, 1985 pursuant to Resolution No. 663”

Sacramento County Water Agency, "Zones", Zone 40 section; no page date shown · source document ↗
When it is paid

other: 15% of the total fee at Improvement Plan approval, remainder at building permit issuance

“The initial payment is 15% of the total fee, with the remainder collected when the building permit is issued.”

Sacramento County / SCWA, "SacCounty Caps Initial Water Development Fees", published May 21, 2024 · source document ↗
Who collects it

Sacramento County Water Agency, the agency that levies it

“SCWA collects the fee during the development process.”

May 21, 2024 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“Schedule C – Credits for Transmission Mains”

SCWA Zone 40 Fee Schedule, section heading; credits are stated per lineal foot by pipe diameter, plus butterfly valve, blow-off, ARV and misc. credit items · source document ↗
How it changes

“Changing this SCWA section, known as Title 4, allows SCWA the discretion to cap the initial payment of 15% to a maximum of $200,000 per subdivision.”

May 21, 2024 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Applies toBasisEffectiveAmount
1" service per connection 2 Mar 2026 $21,739

2 superseded rates on file for this fee and are not shown: they are kept so a figure quoted from an older schedule can still be traced.

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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