What are the water and sewer rules and rates?
In the Town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, billing basis: Connection charge and fees per Town's Annual Review of User Fees Policy 03470-03 (Town provides installations within street rights-of-way when owner pays connection charge and property fronts a sewer main); billing basis: Sewer Service Charge (rates, base charges, uniform charges) set by Council resolution, billed quarterly; unmetered mobile homes in land-leased communities pay an annual uniform charge. Source: Bylaw Respecting Discharge into Public Sewers D-3; Sanitary Sewer Rates By-Law D-19, verified 2026-06-05.
| billing basis | Connection charge and fees per Town's Annual Review of User Fees Policy 03470-03 (Town provides installations within street rights-of-way when owner pays connection charge and property fronts a sewer main) | Section 18 FEES; Section 15 INSTALLATIONS |
Wastewater Discharge Bylaw (D-3) regulating what may be discharged into Amherst's public sewer and wastewater facilities. Approval date January 21, 2026 (stated on document).
| billing basis | Sewer Service Charge (rates, base charges, uniform charges) set by Council resolution, billed quarterly; unmetered mobile homes in land-leased communities pay an annual uniform charge | s. 3; s. 5(1)-(2); s. 2 |
Sets sanitary sewer utility rates and connection charges for properties in the Town of Amherst. Consolidation effective June 19, 2015.