District of Columbia § 34-2108 Persons obligated to pay sanitary sewer service charge.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 34-2108 — Persons obligated to pay sanitary sewer service charge.

District of Columbia § 34-2108

Title 34Public Utilities.

Ch. 21Sanitary Sewage Works.

Subch. IDistrict Sanitary Sewage Works.

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D.C. Code § 34-2108 (2026).

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(a)The owner or occupant of each building, establishment, or other place in the District connected with any District sewer conducting sanitary sewage shall pay the sewer service charge authorized by this subchapter.

(b)If the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subchapter is based on a water charge any part of which is for a period beginning prior to the imposition of the sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the sanitary sewer service charge shall be prorated, on a monthly basis, on so much of such water

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*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all temporary and emergency legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*

(a) The owner or occupant of each building, establishment, or other place in the District connected with any District sewer conducting sanitary sewage shall pay the sewer service charge authorized by this subchapter.

(b) If the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subchapter is based on a water charge any part of which is for a period beginning prior to the imposition of the sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the sanitary sewer service charge shall be prorated, on a monthly basis, on so much of such water charge as shall have accrued subsequent to August 1, 1954.

(c) In computing the charge for sanitary sewer service, if such charge is for a period beginning prior to a change in the established sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the charge shall be based on the rate in effect at the time the charge is rendered.

(d) The owner or occupant of each property in the District shall pay any impervious area charge that the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority establishes pursuant to § 34-2202.16(c-1) .

Legislative History

May 18, 1954, 68 Stat. 107, ch. 218, title II, § 208; Mar. 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 18, Pub. L. 87-408, § 503; Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1931, Pub. L. 91-650, title I, § 105(c)