In order to receive service from the Greater Peoria Sanitary
District, potential customers must have an available sanitary sewer system, be
annexed into the corporate limits of the District, and pay certain fees. The
following is a brief description of the procedures to follow in order to obtain
wastewater collection and treatment service.
For all of these steps the District’s Planning and Construction
Department must be contacted at
New
Connections Outside Existing Corporate Limits (Annexation Procedure)
The
Greater Peoria Sanitary District is a municipal corporation, separate from the
cities, villages, and county it serves. As
such, the District’s corporate boundaries are not the same as the
municipalities that are within the District.
Before service can be established a potential customer must be annexed
into the corporate limits of the District. If
a customer is already within the corporate limits, no annexation is necessary.
If a potential customer is outside of the corporate limits, a couple of
things must be determined before annexation can proceed.
First, is the area under consideration contiguous to the current
corporate limits? An area must be
contiguous in order to annex. Second,
is service available? The District
must determine whether the collection system can be extended to serve a new
area. This determination must
consider location, depth, and capacity of the existing sanitary sewers.
Once
the District’s staff has determined that annexation is possible, the next step
is to prepare a Petition to
There
are undeveloped lots, and larger tracts of land, that are located within the
existing corporate limits of the Greater Peoria Sanitary District.
In this case annexation is not required.
The questions to answer in this case are:
Does the existing sewer system have the capacity to accept the flow from
the proposed development? Can the
existing sanitary sewer system be extended to the development?
These questions can be answered by working with the District’s Planning
and Construction Department.
Extension
of Public Sanitary Sewers
If
the existing public sanitary sewer system is immediately adjacent to the
property to be served, the new home or business can be connected directly to
this sewer. However, prior to
connection all fees must be paid and a permit must be obtained as detailed
below.
If
an existing sanitary sewer is not adjacent to the property, an extension of the
sanitary sewer system will be required. In
order to extend public sewers the developer must have plans approved by the
District, have a construction permit from the Illinois EPA, and have a Permit to
Construct from the District. Actual
construction will be inspected on a full time basis by the District to ensure
that District standards are followed. The
developer is responsible for all costs associated with the public sewer
extension, including the cost of the District’s inspector.
Final approval of the sewer extension includes resolution of all punch
list items and payment of all fees as detailed below.
Fees
When
public sewers are extended, two fees are due to the District prior to any new
connection to the sanitary sewer system. These
are the Sewer Extension Charge and the Treatment Capacity Charge. Both charges
reflect the public investment to provide sewer service to the specific area
being served. As such, the rate is location specific.
Sewer Extension Charge
The Sewer Extension Charge (SEC) is due for almost all
properties that have never previously been served by the District.
In some cases the SEC has been prepaid and would be noted in District
records. The charge is based on the
area of the property (in acres).
The Sewer Extension Charge is used to offset of portion of
the District’s cost for construction of trunk sewers that serve a large area.
The Planning and Construction Department must be contacted for a
calculation of the Sewer Extension Charge.
Treatment Capacity Charge
The Treatment Capacity Charge (
The
Building
Connection Charge
At
the time a building is constructed, a Building Connection Charge is due. The
purpose of this charge is to recover additional public capital investment in
sewer construction. This charge is based on the use of the building and reflects
the amount of sewage expected to be generated within that building. Since this
charge is dependent on the building being constructed, contact the Planning and
Construction Department to determine the amount.
Building
Sewer Permit
After
annexation, construction of needed public sewers, and payment of all applicable
charges, the final step before installation of a building sewer is to obtain a
permit from the Engineering Department. The
permit will be issued only to a company, or person, that is licensed and bonded
as required by District ordinance. The
fee for residential development is based on the number of living units being
served. A fixed fee applies to commercial.
The
District inspects all building sewers to verify compliance with ordinance
requirements and construction standards. The
inspection must be done after pipe installation and prior to backfilling the
trench. Re-excavation will be
required when a trench is backfilled prior to inspection by the District.