Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Alberta
· No. 2025-09
· summary & facts
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Services
* **Administration & Departments**
* **Bylaw Enforcement**
+ **Ask a Peace Officer**
+ **Community Standards**
+ **OHV Regulations**
+ **Pet Ownership**
* **Water & Utilities**
+ **Utility Rates**
+ **Water Truck Fill Stations**
* **Contact**
+ **Report a Concern**
+ **Report a Road Concern**
* **Emergency Preparedness**
* **Fire Services**
+ **Future Firefighter Program**
+ **Volunteer Firefighters Wanted**
* **FireSmart Program**
+ **FireSmart Plant Program**
+ **Home Assessment Request**
+ **Home Ignition Zone**
+ **Neighbourhood Recognition Program**
* **Landfill & Recycling**
* **Jobs & Careers**
+ **Working at the MD**
+ **Current Opportunities**
* **RCMP & Policing**
+ **Crime Prevention Tips**
+ **Online Crime Reporting**
+ **RCMP Crime map**
* **Wildfire Status**
* **Wildfire Retrospective**
+ **Evacuation Efforts**
+ **Joint Emergency Ops**
+ **Disaster Timeline**
+ **First-Person Accounts**
+ **The Aftermath**
+ **Lessons Learned**
* **Voyent Alert**
Per *Bylaw 2025-09*, the MD's consumption-based formula for water & wastewater utility rates uses a proportionate billing method and is designed to align municipal utility services with cost recovery.
Highlights of this billing formula are listed below.
#### Water Utility Rates
Under the MD's water utility fee structure (Schedule A *Bylaw 2025-09*), ratepayers pay a monthly service fee of $22.40, plus $3.88 per cubic metre up to 45 cubic metres of consumption, with additional usage billed at $7.75 per cubic metre.
> To put this into context: if your household or business used six cubic metres of water in a given month, you would pay solely for this usage, which equates to just $45.68.
The MD founded the billing rate of $3.50 per cubic metre on its historic utility calculation: $62.41 (the flat monthly rate) divided by 18 (average ratepayer consumption in cubic metres) equals $3.46. The figure was rounded up to $3.50.
The important takeaway is that water bills accurately reflect each ratepayer's consumption.
#### Bulk Water Rates
Per Schedule A *Bylaw 2025-09*, registered bulk water users are charged $3.88 per cubic metre for the first 45 cubic metres of potable water, while any consumption exceeding that threshold is billed at $7.75 per cubic metre. Raw water is provided at a lower cost of $2.00 per cubic metre for general use and $6.00 per cubic metre for industrial purposes.
Administrative requirements include a refundable $100.00 deposit for the bulk water account and a $22.40 monthly fee.
### Service Fees
**Please Note**
We are in the process of updating our service fee tables. Thank you for your patience.
#### General Service Fees
| Description | Price | Unit | GST |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Call out - regular work hours | **$40.00** | Per hr. per staff (min. 1 hr.) | T |
| Call out - after hours | **$60.00** | Per hr. per staff (min. 1 hr.) | T |
| Water/sewer connect/disconnect fee (turn curb stop on and off) | **$100.00** | Per service | E |
| Late penalty for overdue accounts (all utility account invoices) | **1.5%** | Per hr. per staff (min. 1 hr.) | E |
| Contracted services (owners' responsibility - all costs incurred) | **Contractor rate** | Per service | T |
*\*T = Taxable; E = Exempt*