Modernizing Water Billing & Citizen Payments with Azure Government Cloud

Executive Summary

A mid-sized U.S. city partnered with atQor to modernize its legacy water billing and payment systems by re-platforming them onto Microsoft Azure Government Cloud. The result was a secure, cloud-native billing platform that enabled 24×7 online payments, real-time reconciliation, and a significantly improved citizen experience.

Customer

  1. U.S. municipal government
  2. Legacy, on-prem billing system
  3. No citizen self-service
  4. Manual reconciliation and reporting
  • Industry Government/Municipal
  • Region Canada

Business Challenges

  1. Error-prone, manual billing processes
  2. No online payment or self-service portal
  3. Limited integration and visibility
  4. Compliance and security concerns

atQor Solution

atQor designed and delivered a PaaS-based water billing platform hosted in Azure Government Cloud, including:

  1. Azure App Services
  2. Azure SQL Database
  3. Azure Functions
  4. Azure Logic Apps
  5. Azure Key Vault
  6. Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

Outcomes Delivered

  1. 24×7 citizen access to billing and payments
  2. Real-time posting and automated reconciliation
  3. PCI-aware, encrypted architecture
  4. Reduced manual effort and billing errors
  5. Improved transparency and trust with residents

Why atQor

  1. Azure Government Cloud expertise
  2. Secure, compliant PaaS design
  3. Proven municipal modernization experience

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