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Town of Kentville Bylaw 203
REGULATION OF CONNECTING AND DISCHARGING TO TOWN
SEWER SYSTEM
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of Town of Kentville under the authority of the
Municipal Government Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1998, Chapter 18, and
amendments thereto as follows:
1.
SHORT TITLE
This Bylaw shall be known as Bylaw 203 and may be cited as the "Sewer
Bylaw".
2.
DEFINITIONS
2.1
"Biochemical Oxygen Demand" or "BOD" means the quantity of
oxygen utilized, expressed in milligrams per litre, in the biochemical
oxidation of matter within a one-hundred-and-twenty-hour period at
a temperature of twenty degrees Celsius as determined in procedures
set forth in "Standard Methods";
2.2
"Chemical Oxygen Demand" or "COD" means the quantity of
oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory procedure, expressed in milligrams per litre,
according to "Standard Methods";
2.3
"Clerk" means the Municipal Clerk of the Town and includes a
person acting under the supervision and direction of the Clerk;
2.4
"colour of liquid" means the appearance of a liquid from which the
suspended solids have been removed;
2.5
"cooling water" means water that is used in a process for the
purpose of removing heat and that has not, by design, come into
contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product
or finished product;
2.6
"Council" means the Council of the Town of Kentville;
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2.7
"Council Advisory Committee" means the committee of Council
designated as such;
2.8
"domestic waste" means waste typically derived from dwellings,
which complies with the discharge requirements of this Bylaw without
treatment prior to discharge into wastewater facilities;
2.9
"effluent" means treated wastewater flowing out of a treatment
plant;
2.10 "Engineer" means the Town Engineer for the Town and includes a
person acting under the supervision and direction of the Town
Engineer;
2.11 "grab sample" means a volume of wastewater, uncontaminated
water or effluent which is collected from the wastewater stream over
a period not exceeding ten (10) minutes;
2.12 "grease" means total fat, oil and grease extracted from aqueous
solution or suspension according to the laboratory procedures set
forth in "Standard Methods", and includes, but is not limited to,
hydrocarbons, esters, oils, fats, waxes and high molecular fatty acids;
2.13 "hauled waste" means any industrial waste which is transported to
and deposited into wastewater facilities, excluding hauled
wastewater;
2.14 "hauled wastewater" means domestic waste removed from a
cesspool, septic tank system, a privy vault or privy pit, a chemical
toilet, a portable toilet, or a holding tank, which is transported to and
deposited into wastewater facilities;
2.15 "industrial waste" includes waste typically derived from
manufacturing, commerce, trade, business or institutions, and includes
all waste which is not domestic waste;
2.16 "institution" means a facility, usually owned by a government,
operated for public purposes such as a school, university, medical
facility, museum, prison, government office, or military base;
2.17 "maintenance access point" means an access point, such as a
chamber, in a private sewer connection to allow for observation,
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sampling and flow measurement of the wastewater, uncontaminated
water or storm water therein;
2.18 "matter" includes any solid, liquid, or gas;
2.19 "pathologic waste" means waste generated in a hospital or similar
institution which contains human or animal tissue altered or affected
by disease, and instruments or other materials which may have come
in contact with diseased tissue;
2.20 "person" includes a corporation and the heirs, executors,
administrators or other legal representatives of a person, but
specifically excludes the Town;
2.21 "pH" means the measure of the intensity of the acid or alkaline
condition of a solution determined by the hydrogen ion concentration
of the solution in accordance with the "Standard Methods";
2.22 "phenolic compounds" means hydroxyl derivatives of benzene and its
condensed nuclei, concentrations of which shall be determined by
"Standard Methods";
2.23 "professional engineer" means a registered member in good standing
of the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia;
2.24 "Provincial Regulations" means the requirements and provisions of the
Province of Nova Scotia contained in any Provincial Statute or in any
Regulation or order made pursuant to the authority of any Statute of
Nova Scotia;
2.25 "spill" means the deposit or discharge of matter into wastewater
facilities or a storm sewer in a quality or quantity that is not in
compliance with this By-law;
2.26 "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater"
(herein referred to as "Standard Methods") means the analytical and
examination procedures provided in the edition of the publication of
the same name current at the time of testing, published jointly by the
American Public Health Association and the American Water Works
Association;
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2.27 "suspended solids" means insoluble matter that can be removed by
filtration through a standard glass fibre filter as provided by "Standard
Methods";
2.28 "TKN" means total kjeldahl nitrogen;
2.29
"Town" means the Town of Kentville;
2.30
"true colour units" means the measure of the colour of the water from
which turbidity has been removed;
2.31
"uncontaminated water" means any water, including water from a
public or private water works, to which no matter has been added as
a consequence of its use, or to modify its use, by any person, and
may include cooling water;
2.32
"waste" means any material discharged into wastewater facilities;
2.33
"wastewater" means any liquid waste containing animal, vegetable,
mineral or chemical matter in solution or suspension carried from any
premises;
3.
CONNECTIONS
3.1
Every owner of a building, the nearest part of which is not more than
one hundred feet from any portion of wastewater facilities, is required,
at the owner's expense, to connect and keep connected to
wastewater facilities any facilities in the building discharging sewage.
3.2
No person shall make a connection to, or a disconnection from,
wastewater facilities or a storm sewer without the written approval of
the Engineer.
3.3
Every person who seeks to make a connection to wastewater facilities
shall provide written notice to the Engineer of whether they will
deposit or permit the deposit of domestic waste and/or industrial
waste into the wastewater facilities, in addition to any other
information that the Engineer requires.
3.4
The Engineer's approval of a connection to wastewater facilities or a
storm sewer shall take the form of a connection permit authorizing the
discharge of the matter described in the permit.
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3.5
The owner of a building connected to the wastewater facilities is
responsible for the design, maintenance and construction of that part
of the building service connection that is on the owner's property.
3.6
No person shall discharge any matter into wastewater facilities or a
storm sewer without a connection permit authorizing the discharge of
that matter.
3.7
No person shall deposit industrial waste into wastewater facilities until:
a. Waste Survey Report has been filed with the Engineer; and
b. the Engineer has issued a connection permit.
3.8
A connection to, or a disconnection from, wastewater facilities or a
storm sewer shall comply with the Nova Scotia Road Builders
Association Consulting Engineers of Nova Scotia Standard
Specifications for Municipal Services, as amended from time to time,
and/or such other specifications as adopted by Council by policy.
4.
USE OF SEWERS
Discharges to Wastewater Facilities and/or Stormwater System
4.1
No person shall permit the discharge into wastewater facilities or a
stormwater system controlled by the Town, or into wastewater facilities
or a stormwater system or building service connection connecting
with the wastewater facilities or stormwater system controlled by the
Town, of:
a. Hydrogen sulphide, mercaptans, carbon disulphide, other
reduced sulphur compounds, amines and ammonia;
b. Ashes, cinders, sand, potters clay, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood or other solid or viscous
substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow of sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of wastewater
facilities;
c. Wastewater which consists of two or more separate liquid layers;
d. Hauled waste or hauled wastewater;
e. Paunch manure or intestinal contents from horses, cattle, sheep or
swine, hog bristles, pig hooves or toenails, animal intestines or
stomach casings, bones, hides or parts thereof, manure of any
kind, poultry entrails, heads, feet or feathers, eggshells, fleshing
and hair resulting from tanning operations;
f.
Animal fat or flesh in particles larger than will pass through a
quarter inch screen;
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g. Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, or fuel oil, or wastewater containing
any of these in any quantity;
h. Wastewater or uncontaminated water having a temperature in
excess of sixty (60) degrees Celsius;
i.
Wastewater having a pH less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5;
j.
Sewage containing dyes or colouring materials which pass
through wastewater facilities and discolour the effluent from such
facilities;
k. Wastewater containing any of the following in excess of the
indicated concentrations:
Aluminium (Al)
50 Milligrams/Litre
Antimony (Sb)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Arsenic (As)
0.1 Milligram/Litre
Barium (Ba)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Beryllium (Be)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Bismuth (Bi)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Cadmium (Cd)
0.1 Milligram/Litre
Chlorides (C1)
1500 Milligrams/Litre
Chloroform
0.01 Milligrams/Litre
Chromium (Cr)
0.37 Milligrams/Litre
Cobalt (Co)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Copper (Cu)
1 Milligrams/Litre
Cyanide (HCN)
1 Milligrams/Litre
Dichlorobenzene
0.09 Milligrams/Litre
Ethylbenzene
0.057 Milligrams/Litre
Fluorides (F)
10 Milligrams/Litre
Hexachlorobenzene
0.055 Milligrams/Litre
Iron (Fe)
50 Milligrams/Litre
Lead (Pb)
0.1 Milligrams/Litre
Manganese (Mn)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Mercury (Hg)
0.1 milligrams/Litre
Methylene Chloride
0.0981 Milligrams/Litre
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Molybdenum (Mo)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Nickel (Ni)
0.55 Milligrams/Litre
Phenolic Compounds
1 Milligrams/Litre
Phosphorus (P)
12 Milligrams/Litre
Sulphates (SO4)
1500 Milligrams/Litre
Sulphide (H2S)
0.3 Milligrams/Litre
Selenium (Se)
0.82 Milligrams/Litre
Silver (Ag)
0.29 Milligrams/Litre
Tetrachloroethane
0.04 Milligrams/Litre
Tetracholoethylene
0.05 Milligrams/Litre
Tin (Sn)
5 Milligrams/Litre
Toluene
0.08 Milligrams/Litre
Trichloroethylene
0.054 Milligrams/Litre
Zinc (Zn)
0.03 Milligrams/Litre
l.
Wastewater of which the BOD exceeds:
i. two hundred (200) milligrams per litre for domestic waste; and
ii. twelve hundred (1200) milligrams per litre for industrial waste
produced by pie manufacturing plants;
iii. five hundred and fifty (550) milligrams per litre for industrial
waste produced by value added food manufacturers or
processors;
m. Wastewater containing more than two hundred (200) milligrams
per litre of suspended solids.
n. Wastewater containing more than eighty-five (85) milligrams per
litre of animal fat, grease, or vegetable oil, in liquid or solid form,
and, in the case of mineral oils, in concentrations exceeding
fifteen (15) milligrams per litre;
o. Wastewater containing more than sixty (60) milligrams per litre of
TKN.
4.2
Compliance with any limit is not attainable simply by dilution or
through the use of enzymes.
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4.3
Where there is a storm sewer or other method or means of carrying
stormwater situate in the portion of the street on which the property
immediately abuts, no person shall discharge, or permit the discharge
of, stormwater from the property into wastewater facilities. Despite the
foregoing, no person shall discharge, or permit the discharge of,
stormwater into wastewater facilities if the stormwater, or some
portion of the stormwater, was collected from a roof.
DISCHARGES TO STORM SEWERS
4.4
No person shall discharge, release, place, or cause to be placed, any
substance other than stormwater, uncontaminated water, or cooling
water into a storm sewer.
4.5
Notwithstanding subsection 4.4, no person shall discharge, or permit
the discharge of, uncontaminated water or cooling water that is
greater than sixty (60) degrees Celsius into a storm sewer.
5.
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
5.1
Where sampling is done by the Town for the purposes of determining
the characteristics or contents of the wastewater, uncontaminated
water, or stormwater, to which reference is made in this By-law, which
is suspected not to be in compliance with this Bylaw:
a. one composite sample alone is sufficient and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the sample may be comprised of three
(3) or four (4) grab samples taken over a maximum ten (10) minute
period, may contain additives for its preservation and may be
collected manually or by using an automatic sampling device;
b. except as otherwise specifically provided in this Bylaw, all tests,
measurements, analyses and examinations of wastewater,
uncontaminated water and stormwater, shall be carried out in
accordance with Standard Methods;
c. for each of the metals whose concentration is limited in this Bylaw
the analysis shall be for the quantity of total metal, which includes
all metal both dissolved and particulate; and
d. wastewater flow shall be the average daily flow determined by
dividing the monthly flow by the number of days in the month, or
the actual daily flow.
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5.2
Where a common building service connection connects different
premises in a building, any of which premises discharge industrial
waste, but which premises have separate water meters, and only one
maintenance access point is available, the results of tests performed
or samples collected from the maintenance access point shall be
used to determine compliance with this Bylaw by each of the
premises connected to the common building service connection.
5.3
The Engineer may from time to time conduct tests at the
maintenance access point, or, where there is no maintenance access
point at a place determined by the Engineer to be satisfactory to test
wastewater being discharged, the Engineer may enter upon the
premises from which the wastewater originates and conduct the tests
as the Engineer deems necessary.
5.4
For the purpose of determining compliance with Section 4.1, the
Engineer may test discrete wastewater streams within premises and
each stream must comply with Section 4.1.
5.5
Where there is more than one maintenance access point for a
building, the Engineer may add together the test results from all
maintenance access points to determine compliance, but need not
do so.
5.6
All costs associated with the sampling and analyzing required to
determine the characteristics and contents of wastewater,
uncontaminated water or stormwater referred to in this By-law shall be
paid by the owner or operator of the premises from which the water
was discharged.
6.
SPILLS
6.1
It is a condition of a connection permit for wastewater facilities or a
storm sewer that every person who has a spill shall forthwith notify the
Engineer by contacting the Town of Kentville 24-hour telephone
number 902-679-2500 and, if there is any chance of immediate
danger to human health and/or safety, the person who has a spill
shall forthwith notify the 911 emergency service.
6.2
For any spill for which the person is required to forthwith notify the
Engineer, the notification shall include the following information:
a. name of the person who has the spill and the address of the
location of the spill;
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b. name of person reporting the spill and telephone number where
that person can be reached;
c. time of the spill;
d. type and volume of material discharged and any associated
hazards; and
e. corrective actions being taken to control the spill.
6.3
Within five days following a spill, the person responsible for the spill
shall submit to the Engineer a detailed written report describing the
cause of the spill and the actions taken, or to be taken, to prevent a
recurrence.
6.4
For any spill, the person responsible for the spill, their employer, if the
spill occurred while carrying out duties on behalf of the employer, and
the owner of the property upon which the spill occurred, shall be
jointly and severally liable for all costs incurred by the Town as a result
of the spill, which shall include the costs set out in Schedule "A"
attached to and forming part of this By-law.
7.
REPORTS
7.1
It is a condition of a connection permit for wastewater facilities that
the owner of a property discharging industrial waste into wastewater
facilities shall file a Waste Survey Report with the Engineer. This applies
to connections made with or without a formal permit, installed both
prior to as well as after the effective date of this By-law.
7.2
The Waste Survey Report shall contain the following information and
shall be signed by an authorized representative of the owner or
operator of the premises:
a. name and address of the premises, and names of its owner and
operator;
b. description of process operations, including the type of waste to
be discharged, waste discharge rates and contaminant
concentrations, hours of operation and plans and reports certified
by a professional engineer indicating proposed expansion,
addition or new construction;
c. a schematic process diagram indicating waste discharge points
and waste descriptions;
d. the daily volumes and peak discharges of wastewater from the
premises;
e. the amount of total suspended solids, oil, grease or fat in the
wastewater;
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f.
the proposed pre-treatment, flow equalization or mixing facilities
to be utilized on the premises;
g.
the location of test manholes for wastewater and storm drainage
to be discharged from the premises;
h.
the monitoring equipment to be utilized on the premises; and
i.
such other information as the Engineer may request.
7.3
The Waste Survey Report shall be in the form specified by the
Engineer.
7.4
Where a change occurs in any information contained in a Waste
Survey Report, the owner or operator of the premises shall submit a
new Waste Survey Report, setting out the changes, within thirty days
of the change.
7.5
It is a condition of a connection permit for wastewater facilities that
owners discharging, or permitting the discharge of, industrial waste
into wastewater facilities provide reports of the content of that
industrial waste, in a form approved by the Engineer, as required by
the Engineer on a weekly basis or at such other intervals as the
Engineer determines.
7.6
All samples used for reporting the content of industrial waste
according to subsection 7.5 must be composite samples and all tests,
measurements, analyses and examinations of wastewater, its
characteristics or contents shall be carried out in accordance with
"Standard Methods".
7.7
All costs associated with the production of the reports in subsection
7.5 shall be borne by the owner of the property discharging the
industrial waste.
8.
MAINTENANCE ACCESS POINTS
8.1
Every owner of premises connected to wastewater facilities, which
premises produce industrial waste containing TKN, or grease, and that
uses an average of over 36,400 litres of water per day in any twelve
month period, must install and maintain a suitable maintenance
access point to allow observation, sampling, and flow measurement
of the wastewater, uncontaminated water or stormwater therein,
provided that where installation of a maintenance access point is not
possible, an alternative device or facility may be substituted with
written approval of the Engineer.
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8.2
The maintenance access point, or alternative device, shall be
located on the property of the owner or operator of the premises,
unless it is not physically possible and the Engineer has given written
approval for a different location.
8.3
Every maintenance access point, device, or facility shall be designed
and constructed in accordance with good engineering practice and
the requirements of the Engineer, and shall be constructed and
maintained by the owner and operator of the premises at the
expense of the owner and operator. If the maintenance access
point, device or facility is not installed as required, the Engineer may
cause it to be installed at the expense of the owner and operator of
the premises.
8.4
Where a maintenance access point, device, or facility is required, the
owner shall ensure that every maintenance access point, device, or
facility installed is at all times accessible for purposes of observing and
sampling the wastewater, uncontaminated water and stormwater
therein, and measuring the flow of wastewater, uncontaminated
water, and stormwater therein.
8.5
All commercial food establishments shall have fat, oil and grease
separators installed and maintained regularly so as not to allow fat, oil
or grease to enter the wastewater facilities. The Engineer shall be
permitted access to the commercial establishment to inspect the
separators and to determine compliance with this Bylaw. Failure to
install or maintain a working separator shall be an offence under this
Bylaw.
9.
DISCONNECTION
9.1
It is a condition of any connection permit that failure to comply with
this Bylaw or Part XIV of the Municipal Government Act may result in
revocation of approval by the Engineer upon ten (10) days prior
notice to the owner of the property.
9.2
Revocation of a connection permit by the Engineer may be
appealed to Council within ten days of the communication of the
Engineer's decision to the owner of the property affected by filing a
notice of appeal with the Clerk. The notice of appeal shall specify the
basis for the appeal and the relief sought.
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9.3
Council shall provide the appellant with an opportunity to be heard
prior to any decision.
9.4
Council may uphold or reverse the Engineer's decision or amend it to
include terms or conditions.
10. INSPECTION
The Engineer may inspect, observe, measure, sample and test the
wastewater and stormwater on any premises to determine compliance with
this Bylaw.
11. FEES
Sanitary Sewer Service Charge
11.1 Every owner of land on which any building is connected with, or is
required to connect with, wastewater facilities shall pay to the Town
an annual Sanitary Sewer Service Charge for the construction,
operation and maintenance of the wastewater facilities of the Town.
11.2 The Town shall annually determine the Sewer Service Charge pursuant
to the Town sewer rate model, designed to recover, in whole or in
part, the total annual cost of the sewer system, including capital
repayment obligations, through the estimated annual Water Utility
consumption and applicable base charges.
11.3 Every owner of property who is a non-user of the Water Utility but is a
user of the sewer system shall pay a Sewer Service Charge based on
the amount of water consumed by a similar classification of user.
11.4 The Sanitary Sewer charge shall be billed either quarterly or monthly
depending on the classification of the user.
11.5 No exemption from the sewer service charge shall be granted for
water that is metered and used in production processes, swimming
pools, irrigation, or any other purpose where the water is not
discharged into wastewater facilities.
11.6 The Sanitary Sewer Service Charge shall be calculated as described in
Schedule "B" attached to and forming part of this Bylaw.
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Service Connection Charge
11.7 Every person who connects to wastewater facilities or a storm sewer
shall pay to the Town a "Building Service Connection Charge" for
each connection for the administration of the connection permit and
inspection of the connection, in the amount specified in Schedule "C"
attached to and forming part of this By-law.
12. OFFENCES
12.1 Any person who contravenes any section of this Bylaw is guilty of an
offence and is liable on conviction to a penalty of not less than
$500.00 and not more than $10,000 and in default of payment to
imprisonment for a term of not more than one year. Every day during
which a contravention of, or failure to comply with, this Bylaw
continues is a separate offence.
12.2 Notwithstanding section 12.1, every person who contravenes section
4.1(n) of this Bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to
a penalty of not less than $1,500 and not more than $10,000 and in
default of payment to imprisonment for a term of not more than one
year. Every day during which a contravention of, or failure to comply
with, this Bylaw continues is a separate offence.
13. COSTS
13.1 All costs and fees chargeable under this Bylaw shall be due and
payable from the date they are assessed.
13.2 The Treasurer shall notify anyone liable for the costs or fees of the basis
for the costs or fees and the account payable by either by emailing
notice to the last known email address of such persons or by posting it
on the Owner's property in respect of which it is charged.
13.3 All costs or fees remaining unpaid for more than thirty (30) days
subsequent to being due and payable shall bear interest at the same
rate as charged by the Town for unpaid rates and taxes.
13.4 All costs, fees and interest thereon may be sued for and collected in
the name of the Town in the same manner as the ordinary rates and
taxes payable to the Town may be sued for and collected, and at the
option of the Treasurer be collectable at the same time and by the
same proceedings as taxes.
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13.5 All costs, fees and interest thereon shall be a first lien on the property
in respect of which it is payable.
14. REPEAL
Chapter 72 of the Town Bylaws entitled A Bylaw Respecting the Regulation
of Connecting and Discharging to the Sewers of the Town of Kentville
adopted on February 28, 2011, and Chapter 86 of the Town Bylaws entitled
Sanitary Sewer Charges adopted on February 28, 2011, are hereby
repealed.
15. EFFECT
This Bylaw shall take effect retroactive to April 1, 2025.
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CLERK'S ANNOTATION FOR OFFICIAL BYLAW BOOK
Date of first reading:
November 24, 2025
Date of advertisement of Notice of Intent to Consider: December 1, 2025
Date of second reading:
December 15, 2025
Date of advertisement of Passage of Bylaw:
January 2, 2026
Date of mailing a certified copy to Minister:
February 9, 2026
Effective Date:
January 2, 2026
I certify that this Bylaw 203 respecting the Regulation of Connecting and
Discharging to Town Sewer System was adopted by Council of the Town of
Kentville on the 15th day of December, 2025 and published as indicated above.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Clerk this 9th day of February, 2026.
Original signed by Andrew Zebian
___________________________________
Mayor
Original signed by Chris McNeill
__________________________________
Clerk
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Schedule "A"
SPILLS
Rates:
Rbod = rate in dollars per pound of BOD = $0.55
Rss = rate in dollars per pound of suspended solids = $.00
Rfog = rate in dollars per pound of fat, oil and grease = $.30
Cost recovery charges in Schedule "A" for spills are in addition to the sewer
charges outlined in Schedule "B".
Z = PT/Q
Z is the monthly cost in $ for the monthly billing period.
P is the total cost in $ of C1 + C2 + C3.... of all daily costs in the billing period.
C = total cost in $ per day for the particular test date as determined by the
following formula:
C= {[Rbod x Y x B) + (Rss x Y x S) + (Rfog x Y x G]} / 100,000
Rbod = $0.55 per pound of BOD.
Rss = $0.00 per pound of suspended solids.
Rfog = $0.30 per pound of fat, oil and grease, as approved by Council each
year.
B = is the concentration in milligrams per litre by which the BOD of the sewage
tested exceeds the two hundred (200) milligrams per litre.
S = is the concentration in milligrams per litre by which the suspended solids of
the sewage tested exceeds the two hundred (200) milligrams per litre.
G = is the concentration in milligrams per litre by which the grease content of the
sewage tested exceeds eighty-five (85) milligrams per litre.
Y = flow (water consumption) in the average number of imperial gallons per day,
used in the billing period.
T = number of days in the billing period.
Q is the total number of tests performed in the monthly billing period.
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Schedule "B"
Sanitary Sewer Service Charge
A. Where the sole source of water supplied to the property is the Kentville Water
Commission, the Sewer Service Charge is the total of the monthly rate based
on meter size and the monthly rate based on water consumption, calculated
as follows:
Meter Size Rate
Meter Size
Amount ($)
Apr 1 - Sept
30 2025
Monthly
Amount ($)
Apr- Sept
2025
Amount ($)
Oct 1, 2025-
Mar 31, 2026
Monthly
Amount ($)
Oct 1, 2025 -
Mar 31, 2026
Amount ($)
Apr 1, 2026 -
Mar 31, 2027
Monthly
Amount ($)
2026-2027
5/8"
74.94 12.49
163.86
27.31
244.50
20.38
3/4"
112.41 18.73
245.78
40.97
366.75
30.56
1"
187.35 31.22
409.64
68.28
611.25
50.94
1.5"
374.70 62.45
819.28
136.55
1,222.50
101.87
2"
599.52 99.92
1,310.85
218.48
1,955.99
163.00
3"
1,199.04
199.84
2,621.70
436.95
3,911.99
326.00
4"
1,873.50
312.25
4,096.40
682.74
6,112.46
509.37
6"
3,747.00
624.50
8,192.80
1,365.47
12,224.95
1,018.75
8"
6,744.59
1,124.10
14,747.05
2,457.84
22,004.90
1,833.74
Consumption Rate per 1000 imperial gallons
Amount ($)
Apr- Sept
2025
Amount ($)
Oct 1, 2025-
Mar 31, 2026
Amount ($)
2026-2027
3.80
7.60
5.69
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B. Where the property is supplied with water from a source other than the
Kentville Water Commission, the Sewer Service Charge per dwelling unit shall
be:
Monthly Amount ($)
Apr- Sept 2025
Monthly Amount ($)
Oct 1, 2025-
Mar 31, 2026
Monthly Amount ($)
2026-2027
30.86
57.71
43.14
Town of Kentville, Bylaw 203, Sewers
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Schedule "C"
Building Service Connection Charge
Domestic waste connection charge: $150
Industrial, commercial and multi-unit building waste connection charge: $400