A Crockett ownership budget needs to distinguish the annual property bill, sanitary service, drinking water and privately arranged expenses. Some public service charges are already collected with taxes. Water costs depend on the actual meter, consumption and potentially elevation. Shared-property spending may be included in an assessment or paid separately. Recording those collection routes first prevents a budget from adding the same expense twice or applying another community’s charges.
This article uses two actual current County bills: 977 Juniper Court, APN 354-370-018-5, and 654 Alhambra Street, APN 354-074-017-6. It then provides separate hypothetical EBMUD water scenarios. The examples are selected public inputs checked October 26, 2026, not complete household budgets or predictions of a buyer’s future bill. Private insurance, association documents, energy usage and repair proposals were not supplied.
Read the annual property bill before breaking out services
The 977 Juniper Court bill, number 2026-282186, shows $4,412.52 in ad valorem taxes and $1,802.18 in special taxes and assessments. Their annual total is $6,214.70. A monthly savings equivalent is $517.89 when rounded to cents. That planning division does not alter the actual installment schedule or describe a separate monthly payment program.
The 654 Alhambra Street bill, number 2026-281270, shows $4,258.78 in ad valorem taxes and $4,123.26 in special taxes and assessments, totaling $8,382.04. Its rounded monthly planning equivalent is $698.50. Both bills show tax-rate area 62006 and an ad valorem rate of 1.1027 percent, but their assessment histories and direct charges differ.
These are existing assessed accounts. Neither annual amount is a current market value or a tax quote for a future purchase. Obtain an address-specific estimate for the buyer’s circumstances and identify any supplemental or separate bill. A rate percentage alone will not reproduce a bill containing direct service charges, and the existing owner’s assessment should not be silently treated as the buyer’s future taxable value.
Reconcile the current Crockett sanitary classes
The District’s current rate page states that its Board approved the increase effective July 1, 2026. It lists $1,582 annually for a single-family residence and $1,266 annually per apartment. These replace the page’s previous $1,217 and $974 amounts. Use the approved current column rather than an older budget example, and confirm the property’s actual classification with Crockett Sanitary.
The Juniper bill contains $1,582 for Crockett CSD-SAN. The Alhambra bill contains $3,798, which equals three times the published apartment amount. That arithmetic is consistent with a multiunit billing comparison; it is not independent proof of current legal unit count or approved use. The historical Alhambra planning file describes a triplex, but current use and the service account should still be reconciled with the actual agency records.
The published before-and-after schedule helps explain why an older household budget needs updating. The listed single-family amount rises by $365 annually, while the per-apartment amount rises by $292. Those are differences between the District’s published annual class amounts, not a new separate surcharge to add to the current bill. If a seller supplies an earlier tax bill or a manager supplies an older operating budget, identify its fiscal year and replace superseded sanitary inputs before comparing the property’s recurring costs.
Both annual totals already include their sanitary amounts. If the worksheet begins with $6,214.70 or $8,382.04, adding sewer again would overstate the cost. Both bills also include $50 for the CSD parcel-tax item and $110 for CSD recreation. Separate explanations can help the owner understand those charges, but the explanation must leave the annual total unchanged unless another actual expense is added.
Stormwater is a separate bill item: $21 in the Juniper example and $63 in the Alhambra example. Do not label that charge sanitary sewer or use it as evidence that a private drainage repair is covered. The District’s service page also says garbage, recycling and street sweeping are administered by the County, with Crockett and Port Costa sanitary departments distinguished. A Port Costa schedule or a Texas city named Crockett would not establish this property’s charges.
Model drinking water with the actual class and billing period
The EBMUD water-rate page lists current July 1, 2026 charges. The following model assumes a single-family rate calculation with a 5/8- or 3/4-inch meter. Confirm the actual provider, account, meter and shared-service arrangement before applying it. EBMUD’s rule for individually metered multifamily dwelling units differs from the general multifamily flow category, so physical building type alone does not settle the tariff calculation.
For the selected meter, the monthly service charge is $28.60. Single-family flow charges are $8.40 per CCF for the first seven monthly units, $9.74 for the next units through sixteen, and $11.49 above sixteen. One CCF is approximately 748 gallons. For a bimonthly bill, the listed tier thresholds double; a reader should not apply a seven-unit monthly threshold to a two-month consumption total.
At seven CCF in a hypothetical month, selected service and flow charges are $28.60 plus seven times $8.40, totaling $87.40 before any other applicable item. At twelve CCF, five units enter the second tier, producing $136.10. Holding those inputs constant for twelve months gives $1,048.80 and $1,633.20. This is a constant-rate sensitivity, not an actual annual account or a forecast of future tariffs.
| Input | 977 Juniper Court | 654 Alhambra Street | Budget treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad valorem taxes | $4,412.52 | $4,258.78 | Current assessed accounts, not future purchase estimates. |
| Special taxes and assessments | $1,802.18 | $4,123.26 | Already include sanitary, parcel, recreation and stormwater items. |
| Annual total / rounded monthly planning equivalent | $6,214.70 / $517.89 | $8,382.04 / $698.50 | Use annual total once; division is not a payment schedule. |
| Sanitary included above | $1,582 | $3,798 = 3 × $1,266 | Confirm actual District class/count; no current legality finding. |
| CSD parcel / recreation included above | $50 / $110 | $50 / $110 | Do not add again. |
| Stormwater included above | $21 | $63 | Separate from sanitary and private drainage repair. |
| Selected assumption | Monthly amount | Twelve-month illustration | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/8- or 3/4-inch meter, 7 CCF, elevation Band 1 | $87.40 selected water charges | $1,048.80 | Actual account and other applicable charges unverified. |
| Same meter, 12 CCF, Band 1 | $136.10 selected water charges | $1,633.20 | Not assigned to either actual property. |
| Band 2 increment at 12 CCF | $15.96 | $191.52 | 12 × $1.33; actual band unknown. |
| Band 3 increment at 12 CCF | $34.08 | $408.96 | 12 × $2.84; actual band unknown. |
| 1-inch meter instead, same usage | $15 additional service | $180 | Actual meter size must be confirmed. |
Sources: Juniper bill, Alhambra bill, approved sanitary rates, water rates. No insurance, HOA, energy, refuse, maintenance or capital-work total is invented.
Check elevation and meter costs independently
EBMUD’s page provides elevation-band surcharges: no increment in Band 1, $1.33 per CCF in Band 2 and $2.84 per CCF in Band 3. At twelve hypothetical monthly CCF, those latter increments are $15.96 and $34.08. Confirm the account’s actual band; a hillside appearance or a house’s mailing address cannot establish the utility’s service designation. No elevation band is assigned to either actual example here.
Meter size can change service cost without changing consumption. The listed one-inch monthly charge is $43.60, fifteen dollars above the selected smaller-meter charge, or $180 over twelve unchanged months. Verify the real designation before using the comparison. Keep drinking-water charges separate from wastewater: the presence of wastewater information on EBMUD’s website does not justify adding that schedule automatically to a Crockett account already charged through CSD.
Keep the billing period beside every meter reading. Two months of consumption compared with a monthly allowance would exaggerate the apparent usage and could push the calculation into the wrong tier.
Complete shared and private expenses with documents
For a property associated with shared maintenance, obtain the current assessment schedule and identify exactly which services it includes. Rolph Park’s publicly posted governance document does not provide current dues, reserve funding or insurance. Reconcile any included utilities with the actual owner account. Keep an adopted special assessment distinct from an ordinary recurring charge, and avoid counting the same association spending again as a separate household allowance.
For the Alhambra example, a historical deck proposal does not supply a current repair price, project completion or rental-income budget. Obtain the controlling decision, actual configuration and appropriate condition review. For either property, request insurance for the actual interest and use, including the relevant shared-property coverage where applicable. A current quote with stated scope is more useful than an unsupported townwide premium estimate.
Finish the ledger by recording period, source, payer, collection route and whether a figure is recurring, contingent or one-time. Leave missing evidence visible until actual bills, quotes and professional advice fill it. The Crockett hub, Contra Costa County guide and financing guide provide context for the discussion; only the completed address-specific file can support a full household total.
