Town of Kindersley council approves updated water bylaw
By Stu Salkeld
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Your West Central Voice
KINDERSLEY – The Town of Kindersley council approved an updated water and wastewater bylaw. The bylaw was approved at the Aug. 24 regular meeting of council.
Director of Infrastructure and Development Chad Levitt presented councillors with Bylaw 08-26, regulation of maintenance and management of water, sanitary, storm water and plumbing systems, for all three readings.
Levitt explained during his verbal presentation that the bylaw in question was a small updated version that expands an eligible program map to include more areas. He stated the bylaw was revised in 2019 and this update includes clarification for the preventative sewer auger service for neighbourhoods like Churchill Place and some parts of 2nd Street E, which is intended to address pesky tree roots.
Under the heading “service line connections” the bylaw noted, “The Town shall maintain, repair and install distribution and collection mains to each connection point. The Owner shall maintain their service line from the main connection point to the premises at its expense.”
Under the heading “service line connections” the sub-section “obstructions and/or frozen lines or plumbing” noted, “The expense incidental to the removing of an obstruction (with the exception of sewer blockages for properties qualifying as per Section 7.8 and Schedule “F”) or blockage from a sewer service connection from the water main to the premises, and the thawing out of a frozen water service connection from the water main to the premise, shall be borne solely by the owner of the property.”
A section under the “cost of constructing” heading states, “The owner shall be responsible for the cost of any works undertaken by the Town pursuant to this Bylaw.”
The “water service account” heading stated, “Private wells or any type of underground storage for private water systems are not allowed where serviceable from the municipal waterworks system.”
Under the “sanitary sewer” heading it was noted, “The Town shall maintain, repair and install sanitary sewer mains to each connection point. The Owner shall maintain their sanitary sewage line from the main connection point to the premises at its expense.”
The bylaw also noted under the heading “sewer augers” that the town will provide one sewer auger service per calendar year to certain properties identified on Schedule “F” as being susceptible to tree roots.
Under “storm sewer system” the bylaw noted, “No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off or sub surface drainage, to any sanitary sewer unless otherwise approved in writing by the Town.”
The heading “water conservation” included the sub-section “wasting water,” which observed, “All consumers or persons are prohibited from wasting water when water rationing is in effect. Any consumer or person who wastes water supplied by the Town will pay a penalty as per Schedule ‘B’.”
Councillors unanimously passed all readings and motions needed to bring the bylaw into immediate effect.