Software guide · Water, sewer, irrigation & drainage districts
Options to compare: Streamline (getstreamline.com), Revize Software Systems, CivicPlus. Compare the tasks you need, the complete price and the terms before choosing.
The cost case · Water, sewer, irrigation & drainage districts
Start with the bill and one costly workflow. The comparison is straightforward: recurring software costs you can actually remove, minus the hosting, AI, integrations and upkeep a replacement needs. Time saved is a separate gain, and only becomes margin when the business can use it.
Current software · researched prices
$350/ month
$4,200 a year in this worked example
Small water district, volunteer board, no in-house IT, migrating off a Weebly site to meet the 2028 ADA deadline, ~80 pages and PDFs to move
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A source-priced scenario, not a claim about your invoice. Check required modules, usage fees and your negotiated terms.
A focused tool · under your control
One time: map the rules, build, test edge cases, move only the data needed and train the people who use it.
Each month: affordable hosting, coding-AI usage, any database or integrations, backups and maintenance. Price these for the actual application; a $0 or low hosting tier is not the total cost.
You control: the code repository, domain, data and service accounts. Someone on your side owns updates, access, recovery and support.
The exact replacement cost depends on scope and usage. Bring your invoice and one frustrating task; we’ll map what can stay, what could be owned and the costs to verify.
Get a free 30-minute cost and workflow reviewBuild the public site and staff request workspace, then document publishing, approval workflows and status updates. Define public-record and retention obligations in the scope.
Ask for a sample export. Check relationships, attachments and history, not just row counts.
These terms appear in the same research category. Check your specific workflow before treating products as interchangeable.
For water, sewer, irrigation & drainage districts, our worked example runs $350 a month, which is $4,200 a year. A website-related price point in the research is $350 a month; check whether it is a plan rate or a separate fee.
Small water district, volunteer board, no in-house IT, migrating off a Weebly site to meet the 2028 ADA deadline, ~80 pages and PDFs to move
Where the money goes
Almost all of it is the plan: $350 a month for Compliance Essentials, which covers state compliance standards, a regulatory checklist and ADA scanning. The rest is the $500 one-time Core Setup to move up to 100 pages and files off the old site. Revize charges $3,500 a year after the first year, with up to four editor logins.
The district is buying protection ahead of the 2028 ADA deadline, not just a website. Keep whatever accessibility scanning and records the board relies on until the audit confirms a replacement covers the same ground.
Ask providers to demonstrate this workflow using your edge cases. Check which plan includes each step, what costs extra and how your records can be exported.
3 vendors sell to water, sewer, irrigation & drainage districts
| Vendor | Plans (per month) | Website | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CivicPlusCharges by per product module + per department sub-site + population/complexity tier; annual 'technology investment and benefit fee' uplift applied every year |
| $389/mo | 2026-09-21 |
| Streamline (getstreamline.com)Charges by plan tier + one-time content-migration band (pages/files/images/videos) |
| $350/mo | 2026-09-21 |
| Revize Software SystemsCharges by one-time build phases + flat annual fee; CMS seats capped at 4 |
| $292/mo | 2026-09-21 |
Prices are what each vendor publishes on its own pricing page, on the date shown. "Quote only" means the vendor doesn't publish prices. "Not verified" means we couldn't read a price off the vendor's own page, so we don't print one.
Questions owners ask
Streamline, built for special districts, runs from $120 a month for Web Basics (qualified districts only) to $2,000 for Enterprise. Compliance Essentials, the plan with ADA scanning, is $350 a month plus a one-time setup fee that starts at $500.
Usually, yes. Streamline is month to month with no contract, so a board can change course on a motion at one meeting. Revize is different: its full five-year contract value is owed if you cancel without cause.
Streamline charges a one-time setup fee banded by how many pages and files you have. $500 covers up to 100 items; larger bands run from 101 to 1,000 items. PDF remediation is sold as a separate service.
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Practical guidance, not a promise of a cheap or maintenance-free replacement.