Water & sewer across Prince Edward Island
What are the water and sewer rules and rates?
16 of 59 municipalities in Prince Edward Island have an adopted bylaw on water & sewer on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberton Town |
Sewer Utility Corporation Bylaw (Bylaw #2021-7)
adopted 2021-09-13 |
billing basis: Council levies rates and/or frontage charges in respect of real property sufficient to cover service costs, subject to Commission approval | 2026-06-03 |
| Charlottetown City |
Water & Sewer Utility Bylaw (effective April 1, 1995; rules & regs amended through October 15, 2013)
adopted 1995-04-01 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
| Cornwall Town |
A Bylaw to Amend the Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 601 — Bylaw 2025-03
+1 more adopted 2025-09-24 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: Metered for all service other than Domestic Service and fire protection Service | 2026-06-03 |
| Crapaud Rural municipality |
Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 2024-02
+1 more adopted 2024-06-05 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
| Kensington Town |
Water and Sewer Utility Bylaw, Bylaw #2021-01
adopted 2021-01-01 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
| Kinkora Rural municipality |
Kinkora Sewer Utility Corporation Bylaw No. 2021-02 | billing basis: Council levies rates and/or frontage charges in respect of real property sufficient to cover service costs, subject to Commission approval | 2026-06-03 |
| Morell Rural municipality |
Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 2021-16
adopted 2021-01-01 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
| Murray Harbour Rural municipality |
Mandatory Sewer Connection Bylaw No. 103
+1 more |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: Utility shall levy such user rates or frontage charges as approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission | 2026-06-03 |
| North Rustico Town |
Bylaw #2024-01 – Sewer and Water Utility Corporation Bylaw
adopted 2024-11-12 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
| O'Leary Town |
Sewer Corporation Bylaw No. 2021-02
adopted 2021-03-29 |
billing basis: rates and/or frontage charges levied on real property, set by Council bylaw with IRAC approval | 2026-06-03 |
| Souris Town |
Sewer and Water Connection By-law 95-1
+1 more adopted 1995-02-13 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: User rates or frontage charges as approved by the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission | 2026-06-03 |
| Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico Resort municipality |
Cavendish Sewer Utility Bylaw No. 19-7
adopted 2019-01-01 |
connection mandatory: True · billing basis: user rates and/or frontage charges sufficient to cover costs, as approved by IRAC | 2026-06-03 |
| Stratford Town |
Water and Sewer Customer Service Regulations Bylaw No. 21 (office consolidation)
adopted 2001-04-15 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
| Summerside City |
Water and Sewer Bylaw SS-01
adopted 1999-03-01 |
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 | 2026-08-23 |
| Three Rivers Town |
Montague Sewerage and Water Collection and Treatment Corporation Bylaw 2021-03
+1 more adopted 2021-02-10 |
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) | 2026-06-03 |
| Victoria Rural municipality |
Fees and Water and Sewer Tariffs Bylaw #2024-02 (Schedules updated 2026)
+1 more adopted 2024-01-01 |
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 | 2026-06-03 |
Nothing on file for water & sewer
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Other bylaws on file, none on this topic (20) — Abram-Village, Alexandra, Belfast, Borden-Carleton, Brackley, Eastern Kings, Hazelbrook, Kingston, Linkletter, Malpeque Bay, Miltonvale Park, Miscouche, Murray River, North Shore, Sherbrooke, Union Road, Warren Grove, Wellington, West River, York.
No bylaws published online (21, verified negatives) — Annandale-Little Pond-Howe Bay, Bedeque and Area, Breadalbane, Central Kings, Central Prince, Darlington, Greenmount-Montrose, Hampshire, Hunter River, Lot 11 and Area, Miminegash, Mount Stewart, North Wiltshire, Northport, Souris West, St. Felix, St. Louis, St. Nicholas, St. Peters Bay, Tignish, Tignish Shore.
Unconfirmed (2, leads but nothing verified) — Clyde River, Tyne Valley.