Billing

Please contact us to determine exact costs for connection to the Langford sewer system.

Annual User Fees are collected to help offset the cost of operation and maintenance of the Langford sewer system.

Annual User Fees are based on your winter domestic water consumption averaged over 12 months and are invoiced by WSES in June of each year.

The fees WSES charged were fixed for the first five years after signing of the partnership agreement with the City of Langford on September 20, 2004. Fees and rates are governed by the City and as such, account setup fees, user fees and physical connection fees may be increased annually as approved by City Council.

View the complete Sewer Utility Agreement.

No. West Shore Environmental Services is a private company and has no means of billing through municipal taxes.

The Sewer Capital Recovery Fee is a one-time fee charged to the applicant by WSES at the time of the sewer connection application in order to recover the cost of the installation of sewer lines and related infrastructure in general. Often, this SCRF will be charged to property owners wishing to connect an existing structure to a WSES constructed sewer; other times, it will be charged to a developer if the application is for a new development or subdivision wishing to connect to a WSES constructed sewer.

Sewer Capital Recovery Fees are assessed by either WSES or the City of Langford and are paid for each single family equivalent based on the current property zoning and development potential.

Physical Connection Fees are charged to cover the cost of installation of sewer services to new or existing properties where main line sewers already exist but the property was not serviced.

Physical Connection Fees are determined by the size of the connecting pipe required to provide service.

WSES will subsidize grinder pump supply costs for certain properties. Property owners who wish to apply for the subsidy offer must do so within the first six months of the sewer service being available for use.

WSES will provide grinder pumps at a subsidized rate to existing lots (one to each lot only) where those lots (residences) are impacted by water bodies including lakes, creeks, ponds, wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas. The subsidy does not extend to new residences constructed in such areas after September 29, 2004.

Households (typically in strata situations) that currently pump to a common disposal field with effluent type pumps and who will be required to change their pump to a grinder type pump to connect to the new sewer built by WSES may also be eligible to receive the subsidy. 

The subsidy does not extend to strata developments constructed after September 29, 2004.

In this instance, we understand having your own individual connection may not relieve you of your strata fees. This should be discussed with the Strata Corporation.

Individual bills are determined by whether or not you have your own water meter.  If the strata has one water meter the strata will be billed as a whole.

WSES does not get involved in Strata Amendments including dissolving of stratas. This would be governed by the Condominium Act, and requires the approval of City of Langford Council. You should seek legal advice on this matter. Do not assume that the potential conversion of your sewer system to public ownership will necessarily allow you to de-stratify. It is the responsibility of the Strata Corporation to determine all requirements for de-stratification before undertaking any connection of sewers to the municipal system.