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Water & Sewer Department
Billing
Billing is quarterly by district.; there are 3 districts. Water bills are mailed on the 10th of the month for your district.Payment
For your convenience, you can now pay your water bill online. https://wipp.edmundsassoc.com/Wipp/?wippid=WHEAIf you choose not to mail your payment, or pay online, it can be taken to the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall, 2800 Church Road, or you can use the drop box located at the front entrance of Town Hall. Cash, check or money orders are accepted.
Compliance Inspections
Inspections are required for the sale and transfer of property within the Town of Wheatfield. A letter of request from the sellers attorney to schedule an inspection is required. The fee for the inspection is $80, made payable to the Town of Wheatfield Water and Sewer Department.
Locates
Call 811 to request a locate of underground infrastructure.
Call 811 to request a locate of underground infrastructure.
Water Meters & Fire Hydrants
Electronic water meters are mandatory for all residential and commercial properties in the Town of Wheatfield.
Per local law, homeowners are not permitted to plant anything within 5 feet of a fire hydrant this includes snow piling. The steamer cap on the front of each hydrant is color coded to identify the size of the water main supplying it - do not alter these steamer cap colors.
Summer Help
In May, maintenance on outside grinder tanks and fire hydrants will be started and we will need to hire summer help.
Electronic water meters are mandatory for all residential and commercial properties in the Town of Wheatfield.
Per local law, homeowners are not permitted to plant anything within 5 feet of a fire hydrant this includes snow piling. The steamer cap on the front of each hydrant is color coded to identify the size of the water main supplying it - do not alter these steamer cap colors.
Summer Help
In May, maintenance on outside grinder tanks and fire hydrants will be started and we will need to hire summer help.
Landlord / Tenant Guidelines
Landlords are required to have a signed form for each tenant that wants billing in their own name. The landlord's signature must be signed in office or notarized. The application fee is $25 made payable to the Town of Wheatfield Water and Sewer Department and billed to the tenant.
Landlords are required to have a signed form for each tenant that wants billing in their own name. The landlord's signature must be signed in office or notarized. The application fee is $25 made payable to the Town of Wheatfield Water and Sewer Department and billed to the tenant.
Statistics
- 16 sanitary sewer pump stations and 650 grinder pumps maintained
- 1,000 fire hydrants and 2,000 related valves
- All maintenance staff are subject to 24-hour call out, 365 days a year
- Over 1,000 sanitary sewer manholes
- Over 6,900 water/sewer customer's
- Staffing:
- 1 department head
- 1 crew leader
- 2 office staff
- 7 maintenance staff
- The Town services, maintains and repairs 120 miles of water lines and 140 miles of sewer lines