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 "municipality_id": "gx-003122",
 "municipality": "Amherst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "water_sewer",
 "label": "Water & sewer",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.amherst.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "Bylaw Respecting Discharge into Public Sewers D-3",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-01-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/6574-d-3-bylaw-respecting-discharge-into-public-sewers-bylaw/file.html",
   "summary": "Wastewater Discharge Bylaw (D-3) regulating what may be discharged into Amherst's public sewer and wastewater facilities. Approval date January 21, 2026 (stated on document).",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
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   "facts": {
    "billing_basis": "Connection charge and fees per Town's Annual Review of User Fees Policy 03470-03 (Town provides installations within street rights-of-way when owner pays connection charge and property fronts a sewer main)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "billing_basis": "Section 18 FEES; Section 15 INSTALLATIONS"
   },
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sanitary Sewer Rates By-Law D-19",
   "category": "water_sewer",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/50-d19-sanitary-sewer-rates-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Sets sanitary sewer utility rates and connection charges for properties in the Town of Amherst. Consolidation effective June 19, 2015.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "facts": {
    "billing_basis": "Sewer Service Charge (rates, base charges, uniform charges) set by Council resolution, billed quarterly; unmetered mobile homes in land-leased communities pay an annual uniform charge"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "billing_basis": "s. 3; s. 5(1)-(2); s. 2"
   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/amherst/water-sewer/"
}