Route 9 Sewer District

Located on Route 9 from Weeks Road to Route 149, includes portions of Weeks, Sweet Roads, and Lawton Avenue.

Constructed in 2004 and completed in 2005, this serves the mostly commercial area.

The current design capacity of the pump station is 1,152,000 gallons per day.

Tax Rate: $47.8190 per unit

User Rate:$4.00 per 1000 gallons per quarter


Benefit Tax Unit Breakdown

Total Benefit Tax = Total Units x Tax Rate per Unit

Tax Rate: $47.8190 per Unit

Total Units = Acre Units + Consumption Units

Consumption Units = Total Consumption / 365 for daily average, then the daily average is divided by 120 GPD x 1.5 Consumption is used only on commercial properties.

Acre Units are determined by the following schedules:

Residential Benefit Tax Class Descriptions and Units
Class Description Acre Units
A Dwelling Unit 1 acre or less 3
B Vacant residential per acre 1
B1 Vacant/Common area townhouse & condos up to 1 acre per dwelling unit 0
  Apartment multiplier 1

Residential & Commercial Benefit Tax Class Descriptions and Units
Class Description Acre Units
C Exempt from hookup per acre .20
D1 Landlocked/Deed restricted per acre .20
D2 Wetlands per acre .20

Commercial Benefit Tax Class Descriptions and Units
Class Description Acre Units
E Vacant land per acre 3
F Occupied up to 10 acres/per acre
Over 10 acres/per acre
6
9

Water Consumption Rate
Description Rate
120 gallons per day based on annual water consumption 1.5

Mike Shaw, Wastewater Supervisor

Wastewater Department
823 Corinth Road, Queensbury, NY 12804
Office Phone: (518) 745-5589
Fax: (518) 798-3320
E mail: mikes@queensbury.net

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Page Updated:08-Dec-2006