Water & Sewer Rates

The Town’s current water and sewer rates can be found in our Water Rates bylaw on our Bylaws page.

Let’s start with an explanation of the charges you see on your bill each month:

• Water: This is based on water consumption and is calculated using the variable rate set in our bylaw.
• Water Base Fee: The base fee was brought in to offset the high cost of water charged to the Town for our water supply.
• Sewer: This is based on water consumption and is calculated using the variable rate set in our bylaw.
• W\S Inf. Fee: The infrastructure fee is in place to fund reserves in order to plan for future replacement costs for our water and sewer infrastructure.

As per legislation and the Saskatchewan Municipal Board, the water and sewer budget is required to be self-sustaining. All water and sewer user charges are used to cover the expenses needed to maintain our water and sewer systems. These expenses include the cost of water, materials and labour needed to maintain our systems, repairs, etc. Our 2021 water rate was $30 per 1000 imperial gallons (or roughly $6.599 per m3) and our sewer rate was $7.50 per 1000 imperial gallons (or $1.6497 per m3).

The Town has an agreement through SaskWater to purchase water from the Buffalo Pound water supply. SaskWater in turn has an agreement with Regina for bulk water. As a result we are charged:

• SaskWater Quality Control and Transmission Rate of $1.7158 per m3 (2021 rates)
• City of Regina Bulk Water Charge of $3.7210 per m3 (2021 rates)

As you can see the Regina surcharge makes up the majority of our water costs.

We are always looking for ways to reduce costs to our residents while maintaining our water supply quality and capacity.