{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003166",
 "municipality": "West Hants",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "water_sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.westhants.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sewer and Stormwater Connection, Disconnection and Charges By-law RCOS-003.00",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.westhants.ca/government/by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/6278-sewer-and-stormwater-connection-disconnection-and-charges-by-law-rcos-003-00-pdf/file",
   "summary": "Consolidated regional sewer and stormwater by-law. Governs connection and disconnection from the municipal sewer system and sets service charges across West Hants Regional Municipality.",
   "capture_sha256": "d61c8daf6f428c200b9a47dda100ae0c4f6eeebfd32f4bed0f864436df643835",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d61c8daf6f428c200b9a47dda100ae0c4f6eeebfd32f4bed0f864436df643835.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "connection_mandatory": true,
    "billing_basis": "Operational and capital sewer charges per Council's Fees Policy: base rate plus metered-water consumption rate, OR area rate on assessed value, OR uniform charge per assessment/dwelling unit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "connection_mandatory": "s. 4.2",
    "billing_basis": "s. 18.1(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/west-hants/water-sewer/text-d61c8daf6f42/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/west-hants/water-sewer/"
}