Fellsmere, Florida Utilities Guide

The Fellsmere water and sewer guide is the deep guide in this section, and the table below matches each common Fellsmere utility question to its provider and the place to read more.

The Fellsmere water and sewer guide covers the size of the city water system, the county sewer arrangement, private package plants near Fellsmere and the city's utility finances in detail. This hub answers the everyday questions a new Fellsmere resident or business asks first: who to call, how to pay, what the rates are, when trash goes out and who keeps the lights on. The Indian River County government pages on Digital Towns cover the county side of these services.

The City of Fellsmere runs its own groundwater water utility and bills sewer service, while Indian River County treats the city's sewage at its central plant for a bulk rate.

On the federal record the Fellsmere system is FL3314280, listed under the name FELLSMERE, CITY OF, with a population served count of 3,208 and 1,283 service connections (EPA SDWIS record). Those counts are the EPA figures as fetched on October 15, 2026, not a city census of customers.

Indian River County's comprehensive plan counts four public regional water treatment plants in the county, and the fourth is operated by the City of Fellsmere; the same page notes an agreement under which the county will provide emergency water to Fellsmere if needed (Potable Water Sub-Element, page 11). The plan adds that the City of Fellsmere draws from the Surficial aquifer only, while the plants operated by the county Utilities Department use the Upper Floridan aquifer as their primary source (Potable Water Sub-Element, page 12).

Sewage is a shared arrangement. The county treats the City of Fellsmere's sewage at its central plant for a bulk rate, and the 2018 sewer plan puts the city's average daily flow at about 71,000 gallons per day, with a maximum of 100,000 gallons per day (Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element, page 14). Private plants also operate near Fellsmere: the county table of sewer facilities lists private Sun-Ag plants serving a mobile home park and a packinghouse near Fellsmere (Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element, page 12). Besides its regional plants, the county also operates the Blue Cypress Lake package treatment facility (Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element, page 14).

The city utility department maintains the valves and in-ground water mains, six water supply wells, the storage tanks and the fire hydrants, and prepares the vulnerability assessment and emergency response reports, while the Public Works side handles building, grounds, streets, fleet and storm drain maintenance (Fellsmere Public Works & Utilities). The drinking water report is posted as the Water Quality Report 2025 on the city's Water Quality Reports - English page, with a separate Water Quality Reports - Espanol page (Fellsmere water quality reports).

Fellsmere water and sewer accounts are handled by the city Utilities Department at 772-571-0127, and a water emergency after hours goes to 772-205-7121.

New Fellsmere service starts with the Application for Water/Wastewater Service posted on the city Utilities page, which also carries a Complaint Form and a Sewer Best Management Practices sheet titled in English and Spanish (City of Fellsmere Utilities). Account questions go to the Utilities Department at 772-571-0127 or to [email protected], the public customer service address the page lists.

The Utility Department accepts enrollments for recurring automatic payments, under a Utility Customer Policy and Procedure Agreement that sets the rules for the program, with authorization and cancellation forms in English and Spanish (City of Fellsmere Utilities). The Public Works page announces that the city accepts online payments for utility bills and can send bills by email instead of a mailed paper bill (Fellsmere Public Works & Utilities).

The Fellsmere Public Works & Utilities office keeps hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, and the address posted on the city website is 22 S. Orange Street (Fellsmere Public Works & Utilities). For a utility emergency outside those hours, the posted after-hours emergency number for Fellsmere is 772-205-7121. Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the City of Fellsmere website.

Fellsmere posts its water and sewer rates as yearly PDF schedules on the city Utilities page, and the newest schedule listed there on October 15, 2026 is the 2024-2025 Utility Rates file.

The Fellsmere Utilities page lists three schedules side by side: 2022-2023 Utility Rates, 2023-2024 Utility Rates and 2024-2025 Utility Rates (City of Fellsmere Utilities). No 2025-2026 or 2026-2027 schedule appears on the page, so a Fellsmere customer cannot tell from the page alone whether the 2024-2025 charges are still the ones on the bill. The rate PDFs open only as browser downloads and could not be read by the Digital Towns source check, so this hub does not restate dollar figures it could not verify; the Utilities Department at 772-571-0127 confirms the rate in force.

Two other documents sit beside the Fellsmere schedules: a Revenue Sufficiency Analysis and a Fire Hydrant Charge Study (City of Fellsmere Utilities). The Public Works page also links a Late Fee Increase Announcement dated 10.1.2021 (Fellsmere Public Works & Utilities). A Fellsmere renter or buyer budgeting for a home can ask the department for the current residential water, sewer and late fee charges before the first bill arrives.

Waste Management (WM) collects Fellsmere trash and recycling under a city franchise, and the Indian River County Solid Waste Disposal District runs the landfill and the Fellsmere convenience center.

The City of Fellsmere links its Sanitation Services (Waste Management) page and the franchise agreement from Public Works, and gives WM customer service at (772) 569-1776, 4413 77th St, Vero Beach (Fellsmere Public Works & Utilities).

When the county moved its unincorporated areas to universal curbside collection on October 1, 2025, little changed inside Fellsmere. The county FAQ says residents of the City of Vero, Sebastian or Fellsmere would see only a new Recycling cart and possibly a new collection day from October 1, 2025, and that a different cart size can be requested by calling WM at 772-569-1776, with the first exchange free (Indian River County SWDD FAQ). The non-ad valorem increase described on the same page applies to residential properties within unincorporated Indian River County.

For drop-off, the county lists the Fellsmere Customer Convenience Center at 12510 County Road 512, Fellsmere, FL 32948, closed Wednesday and Thursday (Indian River County landfill and convenience centers). The same county page gives convenience center hours of 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and holiday closures on New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The centers are for residential use and accept household hazardous waste such as motor oil, paint and fluorescent bulbs. The county page's general text says all centers close on Wednesday, while its location list adds Thursday for the Fellsmere center on CR 512.

Florida Power & Light supplies electricity in Fellsmere, which its tariff sheet of communities served lists under Indian River County.

FPL's Communities Served sheet, Eighth Revised Sheet No. 7.010, effective January 1, 2026, names Fellsmere among the Indian River County communities on the FPL system, alongside Florida Ridge, Indian River Shores, Orchid, Oslo and Roseland (FPL tariff, Communities Served).