If you’re new to Town and require a new utility and water connection or would like to sign up for our TIPP program for taxes, please come visit us at the Town Office so we can assist you.

Utilities can be paid at the Town Office or financial institutions. Payments are also accepted through online banking and can be made through e-transfer at payments@magrath.ca.

Water rates are based on two elements: a flat rate charge to cover fixed customer-related costs (routine maintenance, billing, accounting, fire protection [hydrant systems], and debt payments) and, a consumption (variable) charge for each cubic meter of water used. The total rate covers the cost of supplying water service and improvements to the Town’s water system. The water meters are read every two months and are billed per unit. If the property is vacant, water will be billed unless the service is shut off by Town employees.

Water Rates: 

Single Family Residence Flat Rate $25.00/month

Consumption $1.73/m3

Multiple Unit Dwellings Flat Rate $25.00/month/unit

Consumption $1.73/m3

Commercial Flat Rate $35.00/month/unit

Consumption $1.73/m3

Institutional Flat Rate $125.00/month

Consumption $1.73/m3

Additional Fees When Applicable:

Water Shut-off/Turn-on $50.00

Meter Tampering/Bypass Cost of concrete pit & meter

Sewer fees are comprised of a flat rate charge (80% water flat rate) to cover maintenance, operation, debt payments and improvements of the sewer system. Residential, commercial and institutional fees are billed per unit.

Sewer Rates:

Single Family Residence Flat Rate $20.00/month

Multiple Unit Dwellings Flat Rate $20.00/month/unit

Commercial Flat Rate $28.00/month/unit

Institutional Flat Rate - $100.00/month

The Town will provide one garbage cart for all residents at no cost. If the garbage cart is lost, stolen or damaged, it will be replaced by the resident at their cost.

Garbage Rates:

Garbage cart pickup - Residential - $20.00/month

Residential (Annual) - $240.00/year

Commercial 1 Cart pickup/week - $20.00/month

Commercial 1 Cart pickup 2 times/week - $54.00/month

Irrigation Rates:  

Residential (monthly fee) - $12.00/month

Charge per acre annually - $56.00/acre/year

Minimum rate per property $144.00/year

FortisAlberta has launched a Streetlight Repair Map. With this map, you can view streetlights in FortisAlberta’s service area and request a repair online within minutes. The map was designed with you in mind, to be user-friendly, simple and easy to use. Once a streetlight repair request is submitted, a service order is automatically generated to facilitate repairs.

Interested in learning how to use the new Streetlight Repair Map? 

View FortisAlberta’s online video tutorial at: https://youtu.be/fGtEpqftF8k

Follow the links below to compare electricity and gas prices in our area, view historical rates or get help.

ucahelps.alberta.ca (Utilities Consumer Advocate website)

ucahelps.alberta.ca/cost-comparison-tool.aspx (prices)

ucahelps.alberta.ca/historic-rates.aspx (rates)

ucahelps.alberta.ca/contact-a-mediation-officer.aspx (issues)

Visit the following website for energy review and a list of all retailers for electricity and natural gas options.

https://energyrates.ca/alberta/

Telus (TV, Phone, Internet) 

Tel: 310-2255

Shaw (TV, Phone, Internet)

Tel: 1-888-472-2222

Axia (Internet)

Tel: (403) 538-4000

Direct Energy (Gas, Power)

Tel: 1-844-807-7070

Enmax (Gas, Power)

Tel: 310-2010

Ridge Utilities (Gas, Power)

(403) 308-8850

EPCOR (Power)

Customer Service

Tel: 310-4300

Transfer Station

Landfill Hours: Wednesday and Saturday 9 am to 6 pm.

Fridges and Deep freezes require a permit to be dumped at our Transfer Station. Please come to Town Hall to purchase a permit for $30.00.

Garbage Collection

The Town will provide one garbage cart for all residents at no cost. If the garbage cart is lost, stolen or damaged, it will be replaced by the resident at their cost. 

Businesses and Commercial Institutional may continue to use the large hydraulic garbage bins or individual garbage carts as best meets their needs. If more than one garbage cart is required, pickup will be charged on a flat rate per bin used basis.

PROCEDURE:

General Rules

In order to establish a standardized method of collecting waste, all Town businesses, commercial institutions, and residents shall adhere to the following regulations:

1. Waste includes:

 Wet or dry offal refuse, animal and vegetable matter created from a domestic or commercial kitchen, stoves, or ovens.

 Waste or trash created from domestic activities

2. Waste does not include:

 Automobile bodies

 Trees

 Manure

 Dead Animals

 Waste from lawns and gardens

 Any larger object that does not fit into a Town supplied garbage cart

 Dangerous, toxic or hazardous waste

 Concrete

 Dirt

3. Every residency on their collection day shall ensure that there is nothing that would obstruct the pickup of the garbage cart ensuring that there is nothing located directly in front of nor found within a one-meter circumference of the refuse receptacle.

4. If a residency is not in adherence to Section 3 the garbage will not be picked up on that day or any other day of the week and will only be picked up on the next scheduled collection day if it is in adherence to Section 3.

5. The Town of Magrath will collect waste weekly according to the following schedule :

Tuesday: All residential pickups in the area between the east side of 1st Street West (Main Street) to the most eastern Town boundary and any commercial double pickups.

Thursday: All residential pickups in the area between the west side of 1st Street West (Main Street to the most western Town boundary.

Friday: All commercial, institution and large container pickups throughout the Town of Magrath.

6. If a scheduled pickup as outlined in Section 5 falls upon a statutory holiday notification of the waste collection schedule shall be advertised on the Town of Magrath website.

Recycling

Our Recycling facilities are located at the Old Town shop by the Transfer Station. Head south of Town past the Golf Course road turn off and turn left at the old shop!

Sash Blue Bin Program

The blue box program enables residents of Magrath to recycle materials such as newsprint, paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass and plastics by supplying each resident with a blue box container. Residents place their recycling materials in the box and on collection day set them out on your front porch for pickup. The items are then picked up by SASH and delivered to the Magrath recycling center for further sorting and processing. 

For more details and pricing, call SASH at 403-758-3334 

Whether you are landscaping, building a new fence or deck, or simply planting a garden, disturbing the ground on your property can cause damage to a buried utility. Some utilities are buried only centimeters below the surface.

The results of contact with a buried utility can be the loss of an essential service for you or your neighbors, costly repairs, and most importantly serious injury or death.

Submit your locate request online or by phone

To request that buried utilities on your property be located and marked, Submit a request online anytime at ClickBeforeYouDig or call 1-800-242-3447 (Monday – Friday, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm). Plan ahead and place your request at least three full working days before you start your project.