Murfreesboro Water Resources Department

Customers served

Active accounts as Murfreesboro Water Resources reported them in its Annual Information Report to the Tennessee Comptroller's Board of Utility Regulation, filed July 1, 2026. Every publicly owned water, sewer and gas system in Tennessee files the same form once a year. The Comptroller publishes it as filed and does not audit it.

The eight nearest systems by water customers

1. Cleveland Bradley 33,440
2. West Wilson Utility District Wilson 29,204
3. Hixson Utility District Hamilton 28,747
4. Murfreesboro Rutherford 27,803
5. Columbia Maury 26,911
6. Columbia Board of Public Utilities Maury 25,333
7. Eastside Utility District Hamilton 25,219
8. Water Authority of Dickson County Dickson 23,157
9. Smyrna Rutherford 22,276

Nearest by water customer count among the 390 systems that reported water service. Bold row is Murfreesboro Water Resources; a linked name is another utility at the conference. Counts are each system's own most recent filing, so filing dates differ by a few months.

Water loss against the state's 40% line

The Board of Utility Regulation opens a water loss case on any system whose non-revenue water, the water it supplied minus the water it sold, is 40% or more by volume. It calculates that from the Annual Information Report. Murfreesboro Water Resources filed 4,000.8 million gallons supplied and 3,100.3 million gallons sold for its last fiscal year, filed July 1, 2026.

Same eight systems, water loss

1. Cleveland 25.5%
2. West Wilson Utility District 9.2%
3. Hixson Utility District 16.5%
4. Murfreesboro 22.5%
5. Columbia 14.8%
6. Columbia Board of Public Utilities 12.5%
7. Eastside Utility District 6.2%
8. Water Authority of Dickson County 25.8%
9. Smyrna 32.8%

the 40% linescale 0 to 50%

Non-revenue water is leaks, meter error, unbilled and unauthorised use. Water sold includes wholesale sales to neighbouring systems. A negative figure means a system filed more water sold than supplied. All figures as filed; the Comptroller does not audit them. The Board's own water loss review uses the AWWA audit worksheet, which a referred system files separately.

The bill for 5,000 gallons

The same filing asks each system what it bills a residential customer for 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 gallons in a month. Murfreesboro Water Resources's answer, filed July 1, 2026, beside the median of every Tennessee water system that answered and the eight nearest by size.

Same eight systems, 5,000 gallons

1. Cleveland $29.54
2. West Wilson Utility District $54.53
3. Hixson Utility District $19.68
4. Murfreesboro $29.50
5. Columbia $28.25
6. Columbia Board of Public Utilities $27.25
7. Eastside Utility District $28.46
8. Water Authority of Dickson County $59.00
9. Smyrna $27.17

Water charges only, inside-city or standard residential rate as each system chose to report it; sewer and gas are not in these figures. A few systems that sell only wholesale file a nominal amount, which pulls the state median down a little. As filed; the Comptroller does not audit it. If Murfreesboro Water Resources's figure is not what a customer pays, use the correction form and it will be fixed against your rate schedule.

Years since the last rate study

The filing asks when a third party last studied the rates. Murfreesboro Water Resources answered under a year ago. Of the 459 systems filing, 137 said more than five years and 39 said never.

1. Under 1 yearMurfreesboro Water Resources 77
2. 1 year 60
3. 2 years 45
4. 3 years 31
5. 4 years 42
6. 5 years 28
7. More than 5 137
8. Never 39

The Board recommends a rate study at least every five years and orders one for a system in financial distress. Answers as filed.

Where Murfreesboro Water Resources sits

Rutherford County holds most of Murfreesboro Water Resources's customers. Rutherford County's own page carries its certified property tax rates, its place on the reappraisal calendar and its retail base.