Well Information

1 - Well Operation Permit

2 - Well Abandonment Procedure

Water Rates

General Information

Consumer Confidence Reports

Newsletters

Payment Information

Water Utility Plant Tours

Automatic Water Bill Payments

     The District offers a direct payment plan for water bills. Direct payment is an electronic payment alternative to online and paper checks. We have saved considerable time and money in processing payments from the residents already using this system, as well as saving our residents time to deliver or mail us their payments. Please consider taking advantage of this service. Click on the link to the left for the Automatic Payment Enrollment Form. Print it, fill it out, and drop it off or mail it in with a voided check. Please be sure all people on the check sign the enrollment form. We currently have 193 residents using this service and would like to extend this service to everyone.

Municipal Water Service Area

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Voluntary Water System – How to hook up

The steps necessary to hook up to the Municipal Water System, when/if you choose to, after the service valve is installed to your property line are as follows:

• Hire a contractor for installing a pipe from the service valve to your house and a plumber to install the water meter. The District wants to stress to you to be sure your contractor installs the correct size service pipe for you. The size of this pipe partly depends on the number of plumbing fixtures in your house.The District requires your plumber to supply water calculations for your house. The connection permit is $40.00. The District requires your plumber to pick up your water meter.Your plumber will be responsible to verify no cross connections exist between your residential well and the Municipal Water System.

• The District requires 24 hour notice to inspect both the exterior hookup and the interior connection. After inspection, the District will turn on the water service valve. The plumber is required to be onsite during inspection.

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Well Information

Per the District's Ordinance, when a homeowner chooses to hook up to the Municipal Water System, they must decide to either: 1) keep their well by obtaining a well permit, or 2) abandon their well. These options are discussed in detail in the following two sections for Well Operation Permit or Well Abandonment Procedure. 

Within the first two months of hoooking up to the Municipal Water System, and you decide to keep your well, you must obtain a well operation permit from the District. Wisconsin DNR requirements for applying for or renewing a well operation permit are:

• Two safe bacteriological sample results analyzed by a DNR-certified lab taken at least 14 days apart. Click here for a list of certified labs in Winnebago County

• Inspection by a well driller or pump installer to indicate that the well meets the new requirements of section NR 812.42.Wis. Adm. Code.

  • A list of licensed well pump installers and well drillers can be found on the WI DNR website at: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/dwg/Contacts.htm
  • Note: Winnebago County pump installers are on pages 96-97 and Winnebago County well drillers are on pages 20-21.
  • Once completed, a copy of the inspection form provided by the well pump installer or well driller must be submitted with your well permit application. Click here for the Wisconsin Well and Pressure System Inspection form.

• No cross-connections specifically between the residential well pump installation and the Municipal Water System. Your plumber must isolate the two water systems. Your existing well water may be used for outside hose bibs, toilets, and/or other fixtures as long as it is separated from the Municipal Water System. If you are renewing your well permit you must call the office to schedule a cross-connection inspection to be performed by a water utility operator. There must be an adult present to let the operator in the house. There is no charge for this procedure and will only take a few minutes.

Once these procedures are complete, the information above must be submitted to the District office to apply for your well permit. The well permit cost is $40.00 and is valid for 5 years. If you fail the bacteriological tests and the well does not test safe in repeat samples, the District’s Ordinance requires you to abandon your well within 3 months of the first failed sample.

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2)  Well Abandonment Procedure

If you choose to abandon your well, the following applies: All wells shall be abandoned according to the procedures and methods of Chapter NR 812 Wis. Adm. Code. A copy of the abandonment report form, supplied by the Department of Natural Resources, shall be completed and submitted by the well owner to the Sanitary District and the Department of Natural Resources within ten days of the completion of the well abandonment.

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Water Bills

Billing Schedule:

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Quarterly Utility Charges:

Plus Water Consumption Charge:

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General Information

Attention Plumbers, Contractors, & Excavators:

No meter will be released without a water calculation submitted. 

The District requires a 24 hour notice to have a water meter turned on and/or a water service inspected. Please take this into consideration when scheduling your jobs. 

Plumber must be on site when inspection is being conducted.

Before any water lateral can be installed and inspected, water calculations need to be submitted to verify that the correct size pipe is being installed. You will need to work with the homeowner and plumber to confirm the correct size.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Algoma Sanitary District No. 1

(920) 426-0335

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Consumer Confidence Reports

2010 Consumer Confidence Report  (Released June 2011)

2009 Consumer Confidence Report  (Released June 2010)

2008 Consumer Confidence Report  (Released June 2009)

2007 Consumer Confidence Report  (Released June 2008)

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Newsletters

Newsletter November 2007

Newsletter December 2005

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Payment Information

We accept checks, cash & money orders. We do have an automatic payment option available. All you need to do is fill out the Automatic Water Utility Payments form at the top of the page and drop the form off or mail it to our office along with a voided check from your account. At this time, we are not set up to accept credit or debit card payments.

Payments can be mailed or dropped off at:

Algoma Sanitary District

3477 Miller Drive

Oshkosh, WI 54904

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday

8:00 - 12:00 Noon

&

12:30 - 4:30 p.m.

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Water Utility Plant Tours

We offer tours to elementary school students who would like to learn more about our water system and high school students interested in the water treatment process and a career in the water sciences.  Please contact our office at (920) 426-0335 for more information or to schedule a tour for your student group today.

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