{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000344",
 "municipality": "Medicine Hat",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "water_sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.medicinehat.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sewer Bylaw No. 1541",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1970-03-02",
   "document_url": "https://www.medicinehat.ca/media/nrmnrnrz/1541.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated bylaw regulating use of public and private sewers and the disposal of sewage within the City of Medicine Hat; originally passed March 2, 1970.",
   "capture_sha256": "65e021e39830d601cab73b2d839240e7e9af30fe349415ed79c1504641a1b0bf",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/65e021e39830d601cab73b2d839240e7e9af30fe349415ed79c1504641a1b0bf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "connection_mandatory": true,
    "billing_basis": "Based on the cubic metres of water consumed"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "connection_mandatory": "s. 203",
    "billing_basis": "Schedule \"A\" s. 2, 3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/medicine-hat/water-sewer/text-65e021e39830/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Water Service Bylaw No. 2379",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1984-12-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.medicinehat.ca/media/ejtgzr1b/2379.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated bylaw regulating water service provision within the City of Medicine Hat; originally passed December 3, 1984.",
   "capture_sha256": "965a6ae508ffdfe159db49e77cff9b9b67614a421d5280734618f9bdc2b97265",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/965a6ae508ffdfe159db49e77cff9b9b67614a421d5280734618f9bdc2b97265.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "billing_basis": "metered"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "billing_basis": "s. 36(2)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/medicine-hat/water-sewer/text-965a6ae508ff/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/medicine-hat/water-sewer/"
}