Moongate Water will read all water meters each month and bill our customers for the water they use..

Click here to see Moongate's service area and General Metered Service rate Schedule on file with the NMPRC

1. The customer service charge (no water included) is $ 2.48 per month.
2. The consumption charge is 2.17 per thousand (1,000) gallons or part thereof.
3. A $.03 per 1000 gallons charge will be added for the NMED Conservation Fee (Water Testing Fund).
4. A 2% franchise charge will be added to those living within the City of Las Cruces limits. (City Franchise tax) Dona Ana County does not require utilities to pay a franchise tax
5. If a meter is disconnected or locked out for any reason, all charges must be PAID IN FULL BEFORE service is re-connected. 
6. A reconnect charge of $45.00 will apply to any meter that has been disconnected or locked out
7. A service charge of $25.00 will apply to all returned checks.
8. Meters must be accessible to meter reading personnel.

• Moongate strives to keep our water rates low by maximizing the economy of scale in everything we do.
• Moongate understands capital investment in a growing service territory.
  • New facilities must be oversized relative to current demand in order to accommodate future growth.
  • The simple reason is the plant facilities cannot be added to incrementally. A 6 inch pipe can not be gradually increased to a 12 inch line, it must be replaced or a 12 inch pipe initially installed. Marginal costs of increases in pipe size are very low and therefore help to achieve lowest possible cost by over-sizing facilities during construction.
  • Population growth which is somewhat predictable, the accuracy of population growth projections increases as the size of the predicted area increases. As the service territory grows in population and demand, the capital investment is more fully utilized and achieves economies of scale.
  • Using the pipe example, a utility would build a 12 inch line into a sparsely developed service area anticipating future growth. For a while the pipeline would have excess capacity, but as the area grows the pipeline would become efficiently utilized.
  • The time required for growth to reach efficient utilization is an important factor in determining return on investment and therefore the amount of over-sizing.
  • Reserve capacity is an indicator of when new investment in facilities are required. As existing capacity is more fully utilized, the amount of capacity that is held in reserve for peak demand contingencies decreases.
  • The rate of consumption of reserve capacity is based on the rate of area growth

Moongate Water is regulated by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission

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