{
 "topic": "water-sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "question": "What are the water and sewer rules and rates?",
 "jurisdiction": "Prince Edward Island",
 "country": "CA",
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/pe/water-sewer/",
 "municipalities": [
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003172",
   "name": "Alberton",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/alberton/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/alberton/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/alberton/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Sewer Utility Corporation Bylaw (Bylaw #2021-7)",
   "document_number": "2021-7",
   "adopted_date": "2021-09-13",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/alberton/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-7/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Alberton, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Council levies rates and/or frontage charges in respect of real property sufficient to cover service costs, subject to Commission approval. Source: Sewer Utility Corporation Bylaw (Bylaw #2021-7), verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003182",
   "name": "Charlottetown",
   "type": "City",
   "path": "/ca/pe/charlottetown/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/charlottetown/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/charlottetown/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Water & Sewer Utility Bylaw (effective April 1, 1995; rules & regs amended through October 15, 2013)",
   "document_number": null,
   "adopted_date": "1995-04-01",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/charlottetown/water-sewer/water-sewer-utility-bylaw/",
   "answer": "In the City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Metered: effective Oct 16, 2013 all existing flat-rate customers must be metered by Dec 31, 2019; all new service (other than fire protection) metered since Feb 8, 2010. Source: Water & Sewer Utility Bylaw (effective April 1, 1995; rules & regs amended through October 15, 2013), verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003184",
   "name": "Cornwall",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/cornwall/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/cornwall/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/cornwall/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "A Bylaw to Amend the Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 601 — Bylaw 2025-03",
   "document_number": "601",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-24",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/cornwall/water-sewer/bylaw-601/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: Metered for all service other than Domestic Service and fire protection Service. Source: Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 601, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003185",
   "name": "Crapaud",
   "type": "Rural municipality",
   "path": "/ca/pe/crapaud/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/crapaud/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/crapaud/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 2024-02",
   "document_number": "2024-02",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-05",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/crapaud/water-sewer/bylaw-2024-02/",
   "answer": "In the Rural municipality of Crapaud, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: User rates or frontage charges approved by the Public Utilities Commission; bills rendered monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually at the Utility's option; connection mandatory: True; billing basis: Council levies rates in respect of real property sufficient to cover service costs, subject to Commission approval; fines: Schedule A penalties listed as TBD (commercial and non-commercial). Source: Sewage Collection and Treatment Utility Bylaw No. SU1-1988; Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 2024-02, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003192",
   "name": "Kensington",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/kensington/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/kensington/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/kensington/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw, Bylaw #2021-01",
   "document_number": "2021-01",
   "adopted_date": "2021-01-01",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/kensington/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-01/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Kensington, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Rates levied in respect of real property, approved by IRAC; a property is charged only where physically connected by lateral lines to a water or sewer main. Source: Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw, Bylaw #2021-01, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003194",
   "name": "Kinkora",
   "type": "Rural municipality",
   "path": "/ca/pe/kinkora/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/kinkora/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/kinkora/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Kinkora Sewer Utility Corporation Bylaw No. 2021-02",
   "document_number": "2021-02",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/kinkora/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-02/",
   "answer": "In the Rural municipality of Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Council levies rates and/or frontage charges in respect of real property sufficient to cover service costs, subject to Commission approval. Source: Kinkora Sewer Utility Corporation Bylaw No. 2021-02, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003201",
   "name": "Morell",
   "type": "Rural municipality",
   "path": "/ca/pe/morell/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/morell/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/morell/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 2021-16",
   "document_number": "2021-16",
   "adopted_date": "2021-01-01",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/morell/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-16/",
   "answer": "In the Rural municipality of Morell, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Council shall by bylaw levy rates and/or frontage charges in respect of real property sufficient to cover the cost of the public utility, subject to Commission approval. Source: Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 2021-16, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003203",
   "name": "Murray Harbour",
   "type": "Rural municipality",
   "path": "/ca/pe/murray-harbour/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/murray-harbour/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/murray-harbour/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw No. 103",
   "document_number": "103",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/murray-harbour/water-sewer/bylaw-103/",
   "answer": "In the Rural municipality of Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: Utility shall levy such user rates or frontage charges as approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. Source: Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw No. 103; Sewage Utility Bylaw No. 102, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003205",
   "name": "North Rustico",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/north-rustico/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/north-rustico/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/north-rustico/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Bylaw #2024-01 – Sewer and Water Utility Corporation Bylaw",
   "document_number": "2024-01",
   "adopted_date": "2024-11-12",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/north-rustico/water-sewer/bylaw-2024-01/",
   "answer": "In the Town of North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Council shall by bylaw levy rates and/or frontage charges in respect of real property sufficient to cover the cost of the public utility, subject to Commission approval. Source: Bylaw #2024-01 – Sewer and Water Utility Corporation Bylaw, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003209",
   "name": "O'Leary",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/o-leary/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/o-leary/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/o-leary/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Sewer Corporation Bylaw No. 2021-02",
   "document_number": "2021-02",
   "adopted_date": "2021-03-29",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/o-leary/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-02/",
   "answer": "In the Town of O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: rates and/or frontage charges levied on real property, set by Council bylaw with IRAC approval. Source: Sewer Corporation Bylaw No. 2021-02, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003211",
   "name": "Souris",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/souris/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/souris/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/souris/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Sewer and Water Connection By-law 95-1",
   "document_number": "95-1",
   "adopted_date": "1995-02-13",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/souris/water-sewer/bylaw-95-1/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Souris, Prince Edward Island, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: User rates or frontage charges as approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission. Source: Sewer and Water Connection By-law 95-1; Sewer and Water Utility By-law 94-1, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003217",
   "name": "Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico",
   "type": "Resort municipality",
   "path": "/ca/pe/stanley-bridge-hope-river-bayview-cavendish-and-north-rustico/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/stanley-bridge-hope-river-bayview-cavendish-and-north-rustico/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/stanley-bridge-hope-river-bayview-cavendish-and-north-rustico/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Cavendish Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 19-7",
   "document_number": "19-7",
   "adopted_date": "2019-01-01",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/stanley-bridge-hope-river-bayview-cavendish-and-north-rustico/water-sewer/bylaw-19-7/",
   "answer": "In the Resort municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, Prince Edward Island, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: user rates and/or frontage charges sufficient to cover costs, as approved by IRAC. Source: Cavendish Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 19-7, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003218",
   "name": "Stratford",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/stratford/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/stratford/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/stratford/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Water and Sewer Customer Service Regulations Bylaw No. 21 (office consolidation)",
   "document_number": "21",
   "adopted_date": "2001-04-15",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/stratford/water-sewer/regulations-21/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Stratford, Prince Edward Island, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: Tariff of user rates and frontage charges set by Council on the user-pay principle; metered for general service, flat/base charge for domestic. Source: Water and Sewer Customer Service Regulations Bylaw No. 21 (office consolidation), verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003219",
   "name": "Summerside",
   "type": "City",
   "path": "/ca/pe/summerside/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/summerside/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/summerside/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 1,
   "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
   "document": "Water and Sewer Bylaw SS-01",
   "document_number": "SS-01",
   "adopted_date": "1999-03-01",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/summerside/water-sewer/bylaw-ss-01/",
   "answer": "In the City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, connection mandatory: True; billing basis: Tariff (user rate or frontage charge) on user-pay principle; rate classifications Flat Rate, Apartment Rate, Metered Rate; general service connections metered. Source: Water and Sewer Bylaw SS-01, verified 2026-08-23."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003220",
   "name": "Three Rivers",
   "type": "Town",
   "path": "/ca/pe/three-rivers/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/three-rivers/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/three-rivers/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Montague Sewerage and Water Collection and Treatment Corporation Bylaw 2021-03",
   "document_number": "2021-03",
   "adopted_date": "2021-02-10",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/three-rivers/water-sewer/bylaw-2021-03/",
   "answer": "In the Town of Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: User rates or frontage charges as approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC); billing basis: User rates or frontage charges as approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC). Source: Georgetown Sewerage Collection and Treatment Corporation Bylaw 2021-02; Montague Sewerage and Water Collection and Treatment Corporation Bylaw 2021-03, verified 2026-06-03."
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003225",
   "name": "Victoria",
   "type": "Rural municipality",
   "path": "/ca/pe/victoria/",
   "answer_page": "/ca/pe/victoria/water-sewer/",
   "json": "/ca/pe/victoria/water-sewer.json",
   "status": "found",
   "n_adopted": 2,
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03",
   "document": "Fees and Water and Sewer Tariffs Bylaw #2024-02 (Schedules updated 2026)",
   "document_number": "2024-02",
   "adopted_date": "2024-01-01",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/pe/victoria/water-sewer/bylaw-2024-02/",
   "answer": "In the Rural municipality of Victoria, Prince Edward Island, billing basis: Both unmetered and metered: unmetered customers billed in advance (pro-rata if partial period); metered customers billed every 3 months; utility tariff structure approved by IRAC. Source: Fees and Water and Sewer Tariffs Bylaw #2024-02 (Schedules updated 2026), verified 2026-06-03."
  }
 ],
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  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003171",
   "name": "Abram-Village",
   "path": "/ca/pe/abram-village/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003173",
   "name": "Alexandra",
   "path": "/ca/pe/alexandra/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003176",
   "name": "Belfast",
   "path": "/ca/pe/belfast/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003177",
   "name": "Borden-Carleton",
   "path": "/ca/pe/borden-carleton/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003178",
   "name": "Brackley",
   "path": "/ca/pe/brackley/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003187",
   "name": "Eastern Kings",
   "path": "/ca/pe/eastern-kings/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003190",
   "name": "Hazelbrook",
   "path": "/ca/pe/hazelbrook/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003193",
   "name": "Kingston",
   "path": "/ca/pe/kingston/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003195",
   "name": "Linkletter",
   "path": "/ca/pe/linkletter/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003197",
   "name": "Malpeque Bay",
   "path": "/ca/pe/malpeque-bay/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003198",
   "name": "Miltonvale Park",
   "path": "/ca/pe/miltonvale-park/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003200",
   "name": "Miscouche",
   "path": "/ca/pe/miscouche/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003204",
   "name": "Murray River",
   "path": "/ca/pe/murray-river/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003206",
   "name": "North Shore",
   "path": "/ca/pe/north-shore/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003210",
   "name": "Sherbrooke",
   "path": "/ca/pe/sherbrooke/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003224",
   "name": "Union Road",
   "path": "/ca/pe/union-road/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003226",
   "name": "Warren Grove",
   "path": "/ca/pe/warren-grove/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003227",
   "name": "Wellington",
   "path": "/ca/pe/wellington/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003228",
   "name": "West River",
   "path": "/ca/pe/west-river/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003229",
   "name": "York",
   "path": "/ca/pe/york/",
   "status": "found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003174",
   "name": "Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay",
   "path": "/ca/pe/annandale-little-pond-howe-bay/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003175",
   "name": "Bedeque and Area",
   "path": "/ca/pe/bedeque-and-area/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003179",
   "name": "Breadalbane",
   "path": "/ca/pe/breadalbane/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003180",
   "name": "Central Kings",
   "path": "/ca/pe/central-kings/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003181",
   "name": "Central Prince",
   "path": "/ca/pe/central-prince/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003186",
   "name": "Darlington",
   "path": "/ca/pe/darlington/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003188",
   "name": "Greenmount-Montrose",
   "path": "/ca/pe/greenmount-montrose/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003189",
   "name": "Hampshire",
   "path": "/ca/pe/hampshire/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003191",
   "name": "Hunter River",
   "path": "/ca/pe/hunter-river/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003196",
   "name": "Lot 11 and Area",
   "path": "/ca/pe/lot-11-and-area/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003199",
   "name": "Miminegash",
   "path": "/ca/pe/miminegash/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003202",
   "name": "Mount Stewart",
   "path": "/ca/pe/mount-stewart/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003207",
   "name": "North Wiltshire",
   "path": "/ca/pe/north-wiltshire/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003208",
   "name": "Northport",
   "path": "/ca/pe/northport/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003212",
   "name": "Souris West",
   "path": "/ca/pe/souris-west/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003213",
   "name": "St. Felix",
   "path": "/ca/pe/st-felix/",
   "status": "none_found",
   "last_verified": "2026-06-03"
  },
  {
   "municipality_id": "gx-003214",
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