{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003160",
 "municipality": "St. Mary's",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "water_sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.saint-marys.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sewer By-law",
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   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.saint-marys.ca/policies-bylaws/176-sewer-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Sewer By-law of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's; regulates connection to and use of the sewer system.",
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   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9d4860826b2242638549677d1b02cc67ba7b93e6cae8f3d87f154cdd1056b063.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "connection_mandatory": true,
    "billing_basis": "Annual sewer maintenance operating charge per equivalent unit (actual operating/maintenance cost divided by units); capital cost fees frontage/unit based"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "connection_mandatory": "Part B s. 3 MANDATORY CONNECTION",
    "billing_basis": "Part C 1(e)-(g)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/st-mary-s/water-sewer/text-9d4860826b22/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
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  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sherbrooke Water Utility — Rules and Regulations (UARB-approved)",
   "category": "water_sewer",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.saint-marys.ca/policies-bylaws/177-sherbrooke-water-utility-regulations/file.html",
   "summary": "Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board order approving the Sherbrooke Water Utility's schedule of rules and regulations (utility operated by the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's). A UARB decision, not a council-adopted by-law.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/st-mary-s/water-sewer/"
}