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 "answer": "In the Township of Southwold, Ontario, water & sewer rules are set by By-law No. 2025-44 Integrated Water By-law, verified 2026-10-18. Billing period: quarterly or monthly. Billing basis: metered. Connecting to the municipal system is mandatory.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001763",
 "municipality": "Southwold",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "water_sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
 "official_website": "http://www.southwold.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "By-law No. 2025-44 Integrated Water By-law",
   "category": "water_sewer",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-23",
   "document_url": "https://www.southwold.ca/living-here/by-laws/integrated-water-by-law",
   "summary": "Regulates supply, use and protection of water, wastewater and stormwater systems; connections, sewer discharge limits, fines schedules; in force 23 June 2025; repeals prior water/sewer by-laws including 2021-45 and 2021-46.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "connection_mandatory": true,
    "billing_basis": "metered",
    "billing_period": "quarterly or monthly"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "connection_mandatory": "6.1.1(i)",
    "billing_basis": "11.1(a)",
    "billing_period": "13(d), (g)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southwold/water-sewer/bylaw-2025-44/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sanitary Sewer Connection By-law (2021-46, legislative history)",
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   "status": "repealed",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.southwold.ca/living-here/by-laws/sanitary-sewer-connection-by-law",
   "summary": "Historic sewer connection by-law; repealed by 2025-44 per Integrated Water By-law.",
   "discovered_by": "onbc-noisewater",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:50:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2021-46",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southwold/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-46/",
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  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Southwold By-laws index",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.southwold.ca/living-here/by-laws",
   "summary": "Index of by-laws.",
   "discovered_by": "onbc-noisewater",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "78334e2c6de53559dfa1f7a700e5f005824ed97b624086922cd357869a936487",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T20:28:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/78334e2c6de53559dfa1f7a700e5f005824ed97b624086922cd357869a936487.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southwold/zoning/by-laws-index-southwold/",
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/southwold/water-sewer/"
}