RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION

Redident Application If you are not sure that the public water and/or sewer system is available to your residence, please refer to our Internet screen titled “IS PUBLIC WATER AND/OR SEWER AVAILABLE TO YOUR PROPERTY?” which tells you how to get that information.

When you know that you can connect, call the Water and Sewer Administration Office at 410-638-3300 or stop in at the Lower Level of 101 South Main Street in Bel Air. Tell the person answering the telephone or the receptionist that you are interested in submitting a Residential Application, and you need to speak to the Permits Technician in the New Connection Services office. The Permits Technician will assist you while you work through the process. Very briefly, that process involves the following steps:

Provide the information required on the application form.

If a new service must be constructed (a service is the actual “tap” to the line), a drawing must be done, and you may have to hire a utility contractor to install the service.

Hook-Up Charges must be paid before the plumbing permit can be issued to make the actual connection of the house to the service. (Hook-Up Charges is the money collected for each new connection and is used to pay the debt incurred to build the major water and sewer treatment plants, the main infrastructure, booster stations, etc. that brings the treated water to your property and takes the sewage away for treatment and disposal).

When the application is approved and the charges are paid, you may have the service installed if necessary, and you may hire the plumber to make the final connection.

Once you are connected, you will begin to receive quarterly usage bills, and the User Benefit Charge, which is paid annually ($70 for water and $70 for sewer), will be billed to you beginning the July 1st following the connection each year for 25 years. If your property is subject to any other assessments, they will also be billed to you beginning on the July 1st following the connection. The number of years for these other assessments vary.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU AND HAVING YOU AS A NEW CUSTOMER!