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

(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.