Water & sewer — Halifax, Nova Scotia

What are the water and sewer rules and rates?

Regional municipality of Halifax has 2 adopted bylaws on file, verified against the original documents on 2026-06-05.

By-law S-100 Respecting Sewer Charges adopted bylaw

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Pollution Control charge based on actual volume of water billed for metered users; estimated/average consumption for unmetered users; minimum charge for serviced vacant land

s. 4(1); s. 5(1); s. 6(1)

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Establishes sewer charge rates for HRM; repealed predecessor municipalities' waste-water charge by-laws. Done and passed in Council April 29, 1997 (effective June 21, 1997).

By-law W-101 Respecting Discharge into Public Sewers adopted bylaw

Wastewater Discharge By-law regulating discharge of hazardous substances into public sewers. Done and passed in Council July 17, 2001 (effective July 21, 2001); amended 2003.

By-law W-101 — dedicated page

Halifax.ca landing page for By-law W-101.

Machine-readable: water-sewer.json · Official website: https://www.halifax.ca · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Water & sewer across Canada