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TOWN OF WADENA
PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN
BYLAW NO. 2025-04
A BYLAW TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE AND
CONSUMPTION OF WATER AND TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR
THE USE OF THE SEWER SYSTEM AND CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SS ESE — SS SS
The Council of the Town of Wadena, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
1. This Bylaw may be cited as the “Water and Sewer Rates Bylaw’ or “Utilities Bylaw’.
2. Any person requiring water service shall make application to the Town of Wadena.
The application shall be in a form prescribed by the Town and shall be
accompanied by the payment of an account deposit in accordance with Schedule
“B” attached. The amount of account deposit shall be refunded when the water
services have been discontinued less any outstanding amounts due at the time of
the service being discontinued.
3. Property owners are held responsible for all billings connected to their property.
4. The utility charges to be paid by the property owner whose water service has been
tured on, or whose premises drains or is by bylaw required to be drained into the
sewer, shall be those set out in Schedule "A" attached. For all services that have
been turned on at the curb stop, the minimums shall be payable in every case,
whether or not any water is consumed. The Wadena Housing Authority may be
exempt from minimum charges if such is regulated by a policy of Council.
5: Water meters may read/display in either gallons or cubic meters. All utility accounts
will be billed in imperial gallons regardless of the type of meter. The conversion
factor shall be 220 gallons per cubic meter.
6. Property owners whose water service is disconnected and/or reconnected shall pay
service fees as set out in Schedule “B” attached.
7. Rural residents supplied with water from the Town’s water supply system shall pay
the infrastructure fee and the applicable water and sewer charges and rates. If the
rural resident is not hooked into the Town sewer infrastructure they will not be
subject to the sewer charges and rates.
8. Utility Accounts for water and/or sewer service shall cover a period of three
successive months and shall be rendered on or before the fifteenth day of the
month next following such period.
9. Utility accounts shall be paid within a period of thirty (30) days from the date in
which such accounts are rendered. If a utility account is not paid within the period of
thirty (30) days, a past due notice will be issued. If a utility account is not paid within
the period of thirty (30) days of the past due notice, a 24-hour disconnection notice
will be posted on the door of the property. For a business, a 24-hour notice shall be
delivered during their regular business hours. If payment or suitable arrangements
to pay is not made with the Town Office within 24 hours of delivering the notice, the
water service will be disconnected without further notice. Upon disconnection, a final
bill including a disconnection fee will be issued. The account deposit will be applied
against the arrears. Once a final bill has been issued, the property owner must open
a new account including completed and signed forms and an account deposit for
reconnection of utility service. A reconnection fee will also be required to
commence utility service.
10. Any unpaid utility charges for service provided to the parcel will be added to the tax
roll of the parcel of land, provided that:
i. Prior notice to the property owner that the utility charges for the service to
the parcel are in arrears, and
ii. |Aregistered letter was sent to the property owner respecting the unpaid
utility charges and the consequences of the unpaid utility charges at least 30
days before the amounts are to be added to the tax roll. Unpaid utility Ad.
charges shall be transferred to tax roll as of December 31st of each year.
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ii. | Ministry of Social Service shail be contacted directly regarding their
corresponding utility accounts and are not subject to interest charges.
11. | Amonthly penalty as set out in Schedule “B” shall be added to all water and sewer
accounts outstanding on the first day of each month following the due date for
accounts over 30 days from the date in which such accounts were rendered.
DRIPLINES / RUNNING WATER
1. Where the Town deems it fiscally or structurally appropriate, the Town may install a
drip line or running water to reduce the likelihood of lines freezing. Turning on and
off drip lines or running water will require the property owner to be present and sign
a waiver in a form prescribed by the Town.
2. Under such cases as in Section 1, from the time that the drip line or running water
has been turned on until it is turned off the utility account will be billed the minimum
billing or the average usage whichever is more. Average usage will be based on the
previous two billing periods.
3. Drip lines / running water are turned on and off at the discretion of the Town and
such work may be performed only by a Public Works Employee. Property owner or
may be liable for actual usage if they turn their own drip lines or running water on.
4. Bylaw No. 2023-06 is hereby repealed.
The rates, charges, tolls or rents contained in this bylaw shall come into force and take effect
on the day of approval being issued by the Local Government Committee of the
Saskatchewan Municipal Board, a copy of such approval being attached to this bylaw once
received.
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Mayor / ~
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Chief Administrative Officer
Read a third time and adopted
this 2™ day of becerber , 2025
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Chief Administrative Officer
Certified o true copy of Bylaw # QOAS- OU
adopted by resolution of Council on D2C 2 AQ
Admifistrator
TOWN OF WADENA
SCHEDULE "A”
TO BYLAW NO. 2025-04
RESIDENTIAL
1) WATER RATES: QUARTERLY Residential
Jan.1 | Jan.1
Gallons Used | 2026 | 2027 =
1- 2,500 | $53.40 | $58.74 Flat Fee
2,501+ | $6.69 | $6.69 | per 1,000 gallons
2) SEWER RATES: QUARTERLY
Jan.1 | Jan.1
Gallons Used | 2026 | 2027
1—2,500 | $31.87 | $34.10 Flat Fee
2,501 + | $2.43 | $2.43 | per 1,000 gallons
COMMERCIAL
3) WATER RATES: QUARTERLY Commercial
Jan.1 | Jan.1
Gallons Used | 2026 | 2027
4 - 2,500 | $88.65 | $93.08 Flat Fee
2,501-5,000 | $7.39 | $7.76 | per 1,000 gallons.
5,001 - 50,000 | $5.17| $5.42 | per 1,000 gallons
50,0014 | $5.91 | $6.20 | per 1,000 gallons
4) SEWER RATES: QUARTERLY
Jan.1 | Jan.1
| Gallons Used | 2026 | 2027
1 — 2,500 | $63.73 | $68.19 Flat Fee
2,501-5,000 | $2.95 | $3.10 | per 1,000 gallons
§,001-50,000 | $3.70 | $3.88 | per 1,000 gallons
50,001+ | $4.44 | $4.66 | per 1,000 gallons |
5) SEWER RATES: QUARTERLY for Car Washes & Abattoirs
Equal to 100% OF Commercial WATER RATES
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL — HEAVY
Commercial/industrial users with an average usage of 150,000 gallons or more per
quarter will automatically be set up as a Heavy user. Users may request to switch from
Heavy rates if they do not fill the average gallon requirement. Users may switch rates
seasonally and no more than twice per year.
6) WATER RATES: QUARTERLY Heavy Commercial/ Industrial
Jan.1 Jan.1
Gallons Used 2026 2027 __|
4- 50,000 | $258.55 | $271.48 Flat Fee
50,001 — 200,000 $5.91 $6.20 er 1,000 gallons
200,001+ | $5.17 | $5.42 | per 1,000 gallons
7) SEWER RATES: QUARTERLY
Jan.1 | Jan.1 |
Gallons Used 2026 2027
1-50,000 | $199.16 | $213.10 Flat Fee
50,001-200,000 | $4.44| $4.66 | per 1,000 gallons
200,001+ | $3.70| $3.88 | per 1,000 gallons |
INFRASTRUCTURE FEES
8) INFRASTRUCTURE FEE: QUARTERLY
Jan.1 | Jan.1
2026 | 2027
Infrastructure
Replacement Fee - Residential 85.00 | 85.00
Infrastructure
Replacement Fee - Commercial 85.00 | 85.00
Infrastructure
Replacement Fee — Heavy
Commercial 175.00 | 175.00
TOWN OF WADENA
SCHEDULE "B"
TO BYLAW NO. 2025-04
1. ACCOUNT DEPOSITS
Residential (Single Dwelling): $200.00
Residential (Multi-Unit): $500.00
Commercial and/or Industrial: $500.00
2. SERVICE FEES
a) Water connection $25.00
b) Water disconnection $25.00
3. EMERGENCY CONNECT/DISCONNECT FEE
a) A fee of $150.00 shall be charged to disconnect or reinstate the water
services where the service is required or requested to be performed outside
the Town employees’ regular working hours.
4. METER REPLACEMENT FEE
a) Where a property owner permits a water meter to freeze, and damage to the
meter results, the repairs or replacement shall be made by the Town and
the cost of replacement and/or of materials and labour shall be billed to the
property owner and/or tenant.
b) Where damage to the meter results from tampering, any repairs including
the cost of replacement and/or of materials and labour shall be billed to the
property owner.
c) lf awater meter installed on a property is destroyed, lost, or damaged in any
way, the cost of replacement and/or of materials and labour shall be billed to
the property owner.
5. PENALTY FOR LATE PAYMENT
All Water & Sewer accounts that remain unpaid shall be charged a late payment
in the manner set forth:
a) A two percent (2%) late payment fee will be applied to water
and sewer accounts remaining unpaid as of the first day of the
month following the due date.
b) Accounts remaining unpaid will continue to accrue interest at a
rate of two percent (2%) monthly thereafter.
/, Saskatchewan
Municip al Room 480 * 2151 Scarth Street * Regina, SK S4P 2H8
Board Phone: 306-787-6221 Fax: 306-787-1610
December 3, 2025 Local Government Committee
Anna Lazar
CAO
Town of Wadena
Box 730
WADENA SK SOA 4JO
Dear Anna Lazar:
Enclosed for your records is approval of water and sewer rates excluding the management fees
(Schedule B: Clause 1: account deposits; Clause 2: connection and disconnection fee for service
requested by users; Clause 3: emergency connect/disconnect fee; Clause 4: meter replacement
fee as approval is not required) pursuant to subsection 23(3) of The Municipalities Act.
Yours truly,
Malina Dai
Financial Analyst
Enclosure
smb.gov.sk.ca
25-354 Eberl
TOWN OF WADENA — WATER AND SEWER RATES
That the Committee approve the water and sewer rates, excluding
the management fees, as outlined in the Town of Wadena’s Bylaw
No. 2025-04 in accordance with subsection 23(3) of The
Municipalities Act.
CARRIED
SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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DEC 0 3 2625
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Secretary