NOTICE OF APPLICATION
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RHINELAND
REVISED WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES
RHINELAND WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY
May 6, 2025
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland (RM) has applied to the Public Utilities Board (Board) for revised water and wastewater rates for the Rhineland Water and Wastewater Utility (Utility) as set out in By-Law No. 2025-05, read the first time on January 8, 2025. Rates were last approved in 2020 in Board Order No. 43/20, with current rates coming into effect January 1, 2022. There have been subsequent passthrough increases for Pembina Valley Water Co-op (PVWC) wholesale water purchase rate increases approved in PUB Order No. 138/22, with the most recent passthrough increase coming into effect January 1, 2025.
The current and proposed rates are as follows:
Current Rates | Proposed Rates | |||
| By-Law 2024-02 | By-Law 2025-05 | By-Law 2025-05 | By-Law 2025-05 | |
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | ||
Quarterly Service Charge | $ 17.09 | $ 19.05 | $ 21.01 | $ 22.97 |
Water (per cubic meter)* | $ 4.12 | $ 4.38 | $ 4.70 | $ 5.03 |
Wastewater (per cubic meter)** | $ 3.22 | $ 3.56 | $ 3.90 | $ 4.23 |
Minimum Quarterly Charge*** | $ 119.85 | $ 130.21 | $ 141.41 | $ 152.61 |
Treated Bulk Water (per cubic meter) | $ 4.22 | $ 4.72 | $ 5.05 | $ 5.39 |
Untreated Bulk Water (per cubic meter) | $ 2.45 | $ 2.45 | $ 2.45 | $ 2.45 |
Septic Dumping Fee (per 100 gallons) **** | $ 6.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - |
Hydrant Rental Fee | $ 150.00 | $ 200.00 | $ 200.00 | $ 200.00 |
*January 1, 2025 $18.74 per 1,000 gallons includes pass through increase for water purchased from Pembina Valley Water Coop (PVWC); converted from $/1,000 gallons to $/cubic meter (1,000 gallons = 4.546092 cubic meters
**Current rate is $14.62 per 1,000 gallons; converted from $/1,000 gallons to $/cubic meter; 1,000 gallons = 4.546092 cubic meters
***Based on 14 cubic meters
****Altona’s Utility tipping fee rate plus 10% administrative fee
Details of the RM’s application are available for review at the Municipal office or the Board’s office. Any questions concerning the application for revised rates, or the operation of the Utility, should be sent directly to the RM.
If you have concerns/comments regarding the RM’s application for water and wastewater rates, please go to www.pubmanitoba.ca and provide your comment. Please note all comments will be forwarded to the RM.
Questions or comments should be sent on or before June 20, 2025.
The Board is the provincial regulatory agency that reviews and approves rates for water and wastewater utilities in Manitoba, with the exception of the City of Winnipeg. The Board’s review process involves:
• the Utility filing a rate application to the Board,
• a public notification of proposed rate changes,
• the Board’s review of the application through a public hearing or paper review process, and
• the issuance of an Order which outlines the Board’s decision on the rate application and the rates to be charged.
The Manitoba Ombudsman has privacy guidelines for administrative tribunals. The Board is mindful of its obligations under those guidelines. Its decisions in respect of the application being considered will be sensitive to the guidelines. Personal information will not be disclosed unless it is appropriate and necessary to do so. However, the Board advises participants that these proceedings are public and that as a result, personal information protections are reduced.
The Board will then decide whether any further notice is required and whether to proceed with a public hearing or paper review process. All concerns received by the Board will be considered in the Board’s decision on rates to be charged.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IN CONSIDERING THIS APPLICATION, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD MAY OR MAY NOT FIND IT NECESSARY TO DETERMINE RATES DIFFERENT FROM THOSE APPLIED FOR BY THE APPLICANT.
Note: All proceedings will be conducted in accordance with the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, which the Board may vary in order to constrain regulatory costs. The Rules are available at www.pubmanitoba.ca.
Frederick Mykytyshyn
Assistant Associate Secretary
Manitoba Public Utilities Board