What are the water and sewer rules and rates?
In the District municipality of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: Annual charge by area rate (percentage of assessed value) or uniform charge per assessment/building connected or frontable; connection mandatory: True; billing basis: One-time building service connection charge ($500 for the ten petition properties); annual charges per s.44 of Municipal Sewer By-law. Source: By-law No. 011 — Municipal Sewer By-law; By-law No. 012 — Shore Drive Waste Water Management By-law; By-law No. 034 — LaHave River Wastewater Management District By-law, verified 2026-06-05.
| connection mandatory | True | s. 7(1) |
| billing basis | Annual charge by area rate (percentage of assessed value) or uniform charge per assessment/building connected or frontable | s. 44 |
Municipal Sewer By-law of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg regulating design, construction, use, and operation of public sewer systems owned by MODL.
| connection mandatory | True | s. 13.0(1) |
| billing basis | One-time building service connection charge ($500 for the ten petition properties); annual charges per s.44 of Municipal Sewer By-law | s. 12.0 |
Shore Drive Wastewater Management District By-law of MODL, serving properties along Shore Drive via a septic tank effluent pump sewer system. First reading June 24, 2014; second reading July 22, 2014.
| billing basis | One-time Recovery Charge and Annual Maintenance Charge levied to each owner served by an On-Site Sewage Disposal System installed under the by-law | s. 44; s. 46 |
LaHave River Wastewater Management District By-law of MODL, established to eliminate straight pipes on the LaHave River through regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems.