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MAR? 319 Main Street Phone: 306-483-2300
Oxbow PO Box 149 Fax: 306-483-5277
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BYLAW NO. 1148-2024
A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF OXBOW IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN TO
ESTABLISH, CHARGE, AND COLLECT RATES FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER AND
WASTEWATER
WHEREAS Section 8(i) of The Municipalities Act authorizes the Council of the Town of Oxbow to enact a
bylaw respecting services provided by or on behalf of the municipality, including establishing fees
for providing those services; and
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Oxbow in the Province of Saskatchewan, pursuant to
Section 23 of The Municipalities Act, enacts as follows:
1, Title
1.1 This Bylaw may be cited at the “Water and Wastewater Rates Bylaw”.
2 Purpose
2.1 The purpose of this Bylaw is to manage charges and for water and wastewater services provided by
the Town of Oxbow.
3. Charges
3.1 The charges to be paid by the water consumer whose water has been turned on shall be those
set out in “Schedule “A” attached, provided, however, the minimum shall be payable in every
case whether any water is consumed or not.
3.2 Persons who own or occupy premises drained or that are by bylaw required to be drained into the
sewer shall pay for such services a charge in accordance with Schedule "B" attached.
3.3 Persons who dump effluent from sewage septic or holding ranks into the Town of Oxbow
wastewater lagoon shall pay for such services a charge in accordance with Schedule "C" attached.
3.4 The ‘Infrastructure Fee” charges shall be those set out in “Schedule “D” attached and designated
for future capital expenses for water and wastewater infrastructure. These charges are applicable
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to all persons who own or occupy premises to which property is serviced with Town water or
sewer services.
3.4.1 The infrastructure fee shall be applicable during any period of disconnection or
disruption of water and wastewater services if the property has a habitable assessed
improvement.
3.4.2 Allinfrastructure fees collected will be held in a special purpose reserve.
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3.6 Accounts for water service and/or wastewater service shall cover a period of one (1) month and shall
be rendered as soon as practical the month next following such period.
3.7 Accounts shall be due on the last day of each month following. If an account is not paid within the
period of thirty days, a notice to be pay will be issued and if not acted upon, the water service may be
cut off. When the water service is cut off, it shall not be turned on until all outstanding amounts plus
a reconnection fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) are paid to the municipality. Reconnection services
outside normal working hours of 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, will be charged a fee of
one-hundred fifty dollars ($150) which must be remitted prior to the reconnection either to the
Municipal Office by means of electronic payment or paid to the operator-in-charge at time of
reconnection.
3.8 A penalty of three percent (3%) per month will be added to all water and wastewater accounts
outstanding more than 30 days.
4. Coming Into Force
4.1 The rates, charges, or fees contained in this bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the
day of approval being issued by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board — Local Government
Committee.
5. Repeal ; ~~
5.1 Bylaw 1113 and Bylaw 1134 are hereby repealed. Jf )
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SCHEDULE "A"
TO BYLAW NO. 1148-2024
Water Rates
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1) The following billing rate shall be charged and levied against the water consumers within the
Town of Oxbow boundaries from the town’s waterworks where a meter has been installed.
For the Year 2024
Consumption
Per month
Minimum charge - first 2,000 gallons
$41.75
2,001 to 10,000 gallons
$5.20/1000 gL
10,001 to 25,000 gallons
$7.51/1000 gL
25,001 to 38,000 gallons
$11.30/1000 gL
Over 38,000 gallons
$15.15/1000 gL
For the Year 2025
Consumption
Per month
Minimum charge - first 2,000 gatlons
$43.85
2,001 to 10,000 gallons
$5.45/1000 gL
10,001 to 25,000 gallons
$7.85/1000 gL
25,001 to 38,000
gallons
$11.80/1000 gL
Over 38,000 gallons
$16.20/1000 gL
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2. Water sold from the Town’s reservoir, as general water sales (including the Town’s Bulk Water
Station) shall be at the following rate:
$0.06188 per gallon ($0.159 per liter)
SCHEDULE “B”
TO BYLAW No. 1148-2024
Wastewater Rates
1. The following billing rate shali be charged and levied against the who own or occupy premises
drained or required to be drained by bylaw into the Town of Oxbow’s sewer system based on
water consumption in accordance with the following:
For the Year 2024
Consumption Per month
Minimum charge - first 7,300 gallons $40.62
Over 7,300 gallons $1.50/1000 gL
For the Year 2025 __
Consumption Per month
Minimum charge - first 7,300 gallons $42.65
Over 7,300 gallons $1.60/1000 gL
Bylaw No.: 1148-2024
Approved: April 8, 2024 Res No,: 2024-0116
Water and Wastewater Rates
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SCHEDULE “C”
TO BYLAW No. 1148-2024
Septic Rates
1. Persons who dump effluent from sewage septic or holding ranks into the Town of Oxbow
wastewater lagoon shall be charged $32.00 per cubic meter.
SCHEDULE “D”
TO BYLAW No. 1148-2024
Infrastructure Fee
1, Persons who own or occupy premises to which property is serviced with Town water or sewer
services shall be charged a fee in accordance with the following:
For the Year 2024
| Per month |
|
| $10.00
For the Year 2025
Per month |
$10.00 |
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