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2023 Annual Waterworks Information
Town of Imperial July 31, 2024
Waterworks Rate Policy
Council will work towards water and sewer works revenues that cover water and sewer works
expenditures, beginning January 1, 2019 and also to work towards establishing a waterworks capital
investment strategy. Council will closely monitor water and sewer works expenditures and an annual
review of rates will take place. Within this time frame there may be a need for an additional water and
sewer works infrastructure charge.
By planning water and sewer works rate increases, residents and businesses will be able to prepare for
and adjust to increases. Bylaws will be passed annually if water and sewer rate changes are required and
implemented.
On August 17, 2022 Council passed a bylaw to fix the rates to be charged for the use and consumption
of water and to fix the rates to be charged by way of rent and service charge for the use of sewer. The
water and sewer rates that were adopted under the Water and Sewer Bylaw, #6-2022, dated August 17,
2022 were chosen to be an acceptable rate for residents and businesses at the time. The rates did not
generate enough revenues to cover the water and sewer works operating expenditures. Water and
sewer works operating expenditures include waterworks' staff salaries; benefits; training; power;
telephone; heat; insurance; chemicals; repairs; maintenance; supplies; etc. The water and sewer rates
do not include an infrastructure charge.
Below are the rates that were adopted under the Water and Sewer Bylaw, dated August 17, 2022:
Quarterly Water Rates:
Consumption - Water
Effective Jan. 1, 2023
Effective Jan. 1, 2024 Effective Jan. 1,2025
0 - 10,000 gallons
$114.00
$1117.00
$120.00
10,001 to 35,000 gallons
$1.00
$1.00
$1.00
(per 1,000 gals or part thereof)
$6.00
$6.00
$6.00
35,000 + (per 1,000 gals or part thereof)
Quarterly Sewer Rates:
Carwash
$218.00
$221.00
$224.00
All others
$43.00
$46.00
$49.00
The objective of the water and sewer works rate policy is to work towards water and sewer works that
are self financing, where the users pay for the cost of the service. To accomplish this, the water and
sewer works rates need to increase over time so that the revenues cover the operating costs, to the
extent possible. At the end of every year of the planned increase, Council will also need to consider
increasing rates to build the water and sewer works reserves in order to cover future infrastructure
maintenance and replacement costs. This water and sewer works rate policy will work towards
financially independent water and sewer works that do not have to compete with the other key
municipal financial demands under the municipal general revenue fund. This will ensure our waterworks
can provide safe drinking water. Also, rates that cover costs will influence consumer demand and water
conservation, and self-financing water and sewer works will reduce pressures on property taxes.
Waterworks Capital Investment Strategy
The objective of the water and sewer works capital investment strategy is to address anticipated water
and sewer works infrastructure maintenance, the immediate drinking water infrastructure problems and
future infrastructure replacements in a timely fashion so as to ensure the municipal waterworks
provides safe drinking water to residents and businesses. To cover the costs of future water and sewer
works infrastructure maintenance and replacements, Council will need to undertake in the future a
combination of increasing water and sewer rates to build the water and sewer works reserves, once the
water and sewer rates cover the water and sewer works operating cost.
This capital investment strategy will ensure that safe drinking water can be provided to the residents
and businesses in the community in the present and future.
Annual Waterworks Financial Overview
The following is information on the waterworks, as required under The Municipalities Regulations:
2022 Waterworks Overview:
Total waterworks revenues: $*
Total waterworks expenditures: $152455*
Total debt payments on waterworks infrastructure loans: zero
Comparison of waterworks revenues to expenditures plus debt payments, expressed as a ratio
$149038
= .89
$166684 + ($0)
*Water and sewer are recorded together.
Reserves
Reserves available for waterworks capital infrastructure: $60,000
The following additional information is available at the Municipal Office on the waterworks:
2023 financial overview of the waterworks
Bylaw #6-2022 - Water & Sewer Works Rate Policy