Water & sewer across New Brunswick
What are the water and sewer rules and rates?
47 of 77 municipalities in New Brunswick have an adopted bylaw on water & sewer on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst City |
By-Law No. 2024-01 — By-Law Respecting Water and Sewer Services and Charges in the City of Bathurst / Arrêté 2024-01
adopted 2023-12-18 |
connection mandatory: False · billing basis: flat rate (residential unmetered); metered consumption charge (non-residential); plus annual per-linear-foot frontage charge (all users) | 2026-06-07 |
| Belle-Baie Town |
Arrêté 2025-08 — Services et redevances eau et égout
adopted 2025-12-09 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: frontage | 2026-06-07 |
| Belledune Village |
By-Law No. 02WS-2010 — Respecting Water and Sewerage
adopted 2010-12-20 |
connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| Bois-Joli Village |
Arrêté no. 11A-2025 — Arrêté modifiant l'arrêté règlementant les redevances d'usage du service d'eau et d'égout
+1 more |
billing basis: flat or metered | 2026-06-05 |
| Campbellton City |
By-law No. 5-2026 — By-law Respecting the Water and Sewerage System of the Village of Tide Head
+2 more |
billing basis: flat (residential/cottage); demand charge plus metered consumption per m³ (commercial/industrial/institutional) · billing basis: flat | 2026-08-23 |
| Caraquet Town |
Arrêté No. ARCAR-179 — Réseau aqueduc (Water System, consolidated)
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat (unit-based) or metered · connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| Carleton North Town |
Village of Bath — Water Rates and Sewer Rentals By-Law No. W-1.1 (predecessor, still in force)
+2 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat · connection mandatory: False | 2026-06-05 |
| Champdoré Town |
Arrêté No. 2003-01 (Saint-Antoine) — Système d'eau municipal / Municipal Water System
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat per unit type (base); metered optional/required for some properties · connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| Dieppe City |
Arrêté O-1 (2026) — Outdoor Watering (Arrosage Extérieur)
+1 more adopted 2026-04-27 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: metered (non-residential); unit-based flat rate (unmetered/residential); frontage fee at connection | 2026-06-05 |
| Doaktown Village |
By-Law No. 2023-07 — Water and Sewerage System and User Charges
adopted 2023-09-20 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Eastern Charlotte Rural community |
By-Law No. 27-C (Town of St. George) — Water and Sewer Systems
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat annual charge plus metered for high-volume/industrial users · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Edmundston City |
Arrete municipal 24R2013 — Services d'eau et d'egouts | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: metered or flat user fees (unmetered per Schedule A) | 2026-06-05 |
| Fredericton City |
By-law No. S-8 — A By-law Regulating the Discharge of Water or Wastewater into Drains, Storm and Sanitary Sewer Systems
+2 more |
billing basis: flat and metered | 2026-06-05 |
| Fredericton Junction Village |
By-Law No. 2013-01 — Water & Sewer System
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat · connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| Fundy Albert Village |
Hillsborough By-Law No. 30 — Water and Sewer Rates
+2 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat · connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| Grand Bay-Westfield Town |
By-law PW-001: Respecting Sanitary Wastewater System | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Grand Falls Town |
Arrêté P-1 / By-Law P-1: Water and Sewer Service | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Grand Lake Village |
By-Law No. 06: Sanitary Sewerage System, Septic Tanks and Sewer Charges | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Grand-Bouctouche Town |
Arrêté 2020-06 — Arrêté concernant les réseaux d'eau et d'égouts dans la ville de Bouctouche | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-07 |
| Hartland Town |
By-Law C-05-01 — Water System and Sewer System By-law (amended Dec 10, 2024)
adopted 2024-12-10 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat or metered | 2026-06-07 |
| Harvey Rural community |
By-law 2020-02 — Respecting the Sanitary Sewerage System and Sewer Charges
adopted 2020-03-11 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-07 |
| Hautes-Terres Town |
Arrêté n° 2025-03 — Arrêté sur le service d'égouts sanitaires | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Heron Bay Town |
By-law 2023-02 — Water and Sewerage Systems | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat or metered | 2026-06-05 |
| Kedgwick Rural community |
Arrêté no 11 — Règlementation des réseaux d'E/E et taux des services (Water/Sewer Networks and Service Rates) | connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| McAdam Village |
By-Law No. 47 — Operation of the Water Utility
+2 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Memramcook Village |
Arrêté no 63 — Systèmes d'eau et d'égouts sanitaires (Water and Sanitary Sewer Systems)
adopted 2025-12-09 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: metered | 2026-06-07 |
| Miramichi City |
By-Law No. 52 (as amended) — Water and Sewage | — | 2026-06-07 |
| Moncton City |
By-Law P-311 — Collection of User-Charges for Water and Sanitary Sewerage Systems / Arrêté P-311 — Redevances pour les systèmes d'eau et d'égouts
+2 more adopted 2012-02-06 |
billing basis: metered · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-07 |
| Nackawic-Millville Rural community |
By-Law No. W-1 — Water and Sewerage Systems
+2 more adopted 2004-04-19 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat or metered | 2026-06-07 |
| Nashwaak Rural community |
By-Law No. W-1 — A By-Law Relating to the Sewerage System (Former Village of Stanley) | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-07 |
| Neguac Village |
Arrêté 06-2022 — Arrêté concernant les égouts sanitaire et pluvial
adopted 2023-09-25 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: unit | 2026-06-05 |
| New Maryland Village |
A By-law Relating to the Water and Sewer Systems No. 42-2020
+1 more adopted 2020-09-16 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: metered · connection mandatory: False | 2026-06-05 |
| Oromocto Town |
By-Law 537 — Water and Sanitary Sewerage Services | billing basis: metered | 2026-06-05 |
| Riverview Town |
By-Law 400-25-02 — Respecting Water and Sewerage Systems
adopted 2020-09-14 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: metered | 2026-06-05 |
| Rothesay Town |
By-Law 1-18: Water By-law (Consolidated November 12, 2019)
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat · connection mandatory: True | 2026-06-05 |
| Saint John City |
By-Law M-16 — A By-Law respecting Water and Sewerage in the City of Saint John (with amendments) | — | 2026-08-23 |
| Saint-Quentin Town |
Arrêté No. 15-2019: Arrêté réglementant les réseaux d'eau et d'égouts
+1 more adopted 2019-10-08 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Salisbury Town |
By-Law No. 6 — Sewerage and Collection of User-Charges | connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Shediac Town |
By-Law No. 23-24 — Water System and User Charges | billing basis: flat | 2026-06-05 |
| Southern Victoria Village |
Bylaw U-1 — Respecting Water and Sewer Systems
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat or metered | 2026-06-05 |
| St. Stephen Town |
By-law W-1 — Respecting Water and Sewer Rates and Charges | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Sussex Town |
By-Law No. 1203-10 — A By-Law to Regulate Water, Sanitary and Storm Sewer Systems (Ward 1)
adopted 2011-06-20 |
— | 2026-06-05 |
| Tantramar Town |
By-Law No. 220 — Town of Sackville Backflow Prevention By-Law (posted on Tantramar site) | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Three Rivers Village |
By-Law No. 51 — Sewerage By-Law (Ward 2, Village of Petitcodiac predecessor) | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Tracadie Regional municipality |
Arrêté 024-00-2018 — Arrêté modifiant l'arrêté régissant les eaux et égouts | — | 2026-06-05 |
| Vallée-des-Rivières Town |
Arrêté 12-2025-VDR — Service d'eau et d'égouts (Water and Sewer Service)
adopted 2025-12-17 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat or metered | 2026-06-05 |
| Woodstock Town |
By-Law No. 160.2 — A By-Law Regulating the Use of the Water and Sewer System
adopted 2025-03-11 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: flat (residential, annual tiers); metered (commercial/industrial water and sewer) | 2026-06-05 |
Nothing on file for water & sewer
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Checked, nothing adopted (1) — Quispamsis (2026-06-05).
Other bylaws on file, none on this topic (26) — Alnwick, Arcadia, Beaurivage, Beausoleil, Butternut Valley, Cap-Acadie, Central York, Fundy Shores, Fundy-St. Martins, Grand Manan, Hampton, Hanwell, Haut-Madawaska, Lakeland Ridges, Maple Hills, Miramichi River Valley, Nouvelle-Arcadie, Rivière-du-Nord, Saint Andrews, Shippagan, Strait Shores, Sunbury-York South, Tobique Valley, Tracy, Valley Waters, Île-de-Lamèque.
No bylaws published online (2, verified negatives) — Campobello Island, Upper Miramichi.
Unconfirmed (1, leads but nothing verified) — Five Rivers.