National Parks of Canada Water and Sewer Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1134)

• 17.2 (1) Every owner of a lot located in Banff National Park of Canada, Jasper National Park of Canada or Yoho National Park of Canada shall, where the lot is connected to the park sewer system, pay an annual sewerage charge that is calculated by multiplying the volume of water consumed that year indicated by the lot’s water meter by the rate determined under subsection (2).

• (2) The superintendent of each of the parks referred to in subsection (1) shall, on or before March 31 of each year, determine the rate, corresponding to the estimated cost per cubic metre of water, of providing sewerage services in the park in the following year, in accordance with the formula

  D = E / F

  where

  D

  is the rate corresponding to the estimated cost per cubic metre of water of providing sewerage services in the park for the following year,

  E

  is the estimated total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for the following year, determined under subsection (3), and

  F

  is the estimated total water volume, in cubic metres, to be provided by the park water system for the following year.

• (3) The estimated total cost of providing sewerage services in the park in any year shall include the cost of the following:

  • (a) sewage collection;

  • (b) facility maintenance;

  • (c) sewage treatment;

  • (d) reservoir maintenance;

  • (e) pumping;

  • (f) sewage meter maintenance and reading;

  • (g) maintenance relating to thawing, leak detection and main breaks;

  • (h) debt servicing;

  • (i) capital infrastructure;

  • (j) power supply;

  • (k) sewerage utility fee invoicing and invoice collection and recording; and

  • (l) anything else related to the establishment, operation, maintenance and administration of the sewer system.

• (4) The superintendent of each of the parks referred to in subsection (1) shall, on or before June 30 of each year, calculate the actual total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for the immediately preceding year in accordance with the description of E of the formula in subsection (2) by substituting actual costs for estimated costs.

• (5) If the actual total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for the immediately preceding year calculated in accordance with subsection (4) differs from the estimated total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for that year, the estimated total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for the current year shall be adjusted as follows:

  • (a) if the actual total cost is greater than the estimated total cost, the difference shall be added to the estimated total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for the current year; or

  • (b) if the actual total cost is less than the estimated total cost, the difference shall be deducted from the estimated total cost of providing sewerage services in the park for the current year.

• (6) Every owner of a lot located in any of the parks referred to in subsection (1) shall, if the lot is not connected to the park water system and the lot is served with water from another source, install a water meter, approved by the superintendent under subsection (7), to measure the quantity of water consumed from that other source for the purpose of calculating the annual sewerage charge in accordance with subsections (1) to (3).

• (7) The superintendent shall approve any water meter that an owner proposes to install if the water meter is operational and compatible with the water metering system in the park.

• (8) Every owner of a lot located in any of the parks referred to in subsection (1) shall, if the owner uses a septic tank or holding tank sewage system and the sewage must be removed from the lot by mechanical means and delivered to a sewage treatment plant by truck, pay a sewage treatment fee of $40 per truckload.

18 For the purposes of subsection 16(1), the superintendent of each park referred to in that subsection shall, on March 31 of each year, make available to each owner of a lot in that park

• (a) the volume value of each unit on the lot;

• (b) the lot volume value for the lot;

• (c) the base factor for all units on the lot;

• (d) the total operating and maintenance costs and total capital costs incurred to provide water services in the park;

• (e) the total operating and maintenance costs and total capital costs incurred to provide sewer services in the park;

• (f) the aggregate of the lot volume values for all lots in the park that are connected to the water system;

• (g) the aggregate of the lot volume values for all lots in the park that are connected to the sewer system;

• (h) the aggregate of the base factors for all units in the park that are connected to the water system; and

• (i) the aggregate of the base factors for all units in the park that are connected to the sewer system.

19 [Repealed, SOR/96-171, s. 4]

General

• 20 (1) No general assessment charge or special assessment charge is payable in respect of any lot used for public school, church or registered charity purposes.

• (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), registered charity means a corporation that is a registered charity as defined in paragraph 110(8)(c) of the Income Tax Act.

21 A person in Kootenay National Park of Canada or Fundy National Park of Canada who requires water from a park water main for construction purposes shall

• (a) make application therefor in writing to the superintendent, giving an estimate of the quantity of brick, stone, cement, plaster or other construction materials in connection with which the water is to be used; and

• (b) pay, at the rate set out in the schedule for that park, an amount based on the estimate mentioned in paragraph (a) or, where in the opinion of the superintendent that estimate is too low, on the basis of an estimate made by the superintendent.

• 22 (1) If the water supply to a lot in Kootenay National Park of Canada or Fundy National Park of Canada is shut off or interrupted

  • (a) pursuant to section 14, for a period of not less than 10 days, a rebate of quantity charges for the period of suspension of the water supply shall be made to the owner, such rebate to be made in the next semi-annual account sent to him; or

  • (b) pursuant to a request from the owner or his agent authorized for the purpose, and the premises remain unoccupied

    • (i) for a period from April 1st in any year to March 31st in the next following year, no quantity charge is payable in respect of the lot for that period, or

    • (ii) for six months or more but less than 12 months in any period referred to in subparagraph (i), the quantity charge payable by the owner for such period is half the annual quantity charge in respect of the lot set out in the schedule for that park.

• (2) A service charge of $0.50 is payable by an owner of any lot each time the water supply in respect of the lot is turned on or turned off pursuant to section 13 or paragraph (1)(b) of this section.

23 If a building or business in Kootenay National Park of Canada or Fundy National Park of Canada does not match any of the descriptions set out in Schedules IV and VIII, respectively, the owner shall pay the charge set out in the applicable Schedule for the closest equivalent building or business.

24 Charges under these Regulations are payable within 30 days of the date on which a statement of account is sent by the superintendent.

25 [Repealed, SOR/96-171, s. 7]

26 [Repealed, SOR/2010-140, s. 9]

27 [Repealed, SOR/88-38, s. 4]