What Is Considered A “Unit” or “REU”* for Billing Purposes?

Business Unit.  Each individual space where commerce is conducted and having at least one employee that has bathroom facilities is considered an individual unit (REU)* for sewer billing purposes and is subject to quarterly sewer use billing.

Condominium Unit.  Means a form of property ownership of airspace and is eligible for individual sewer use charges as a unit (REU)*.

Dwelling Unit.  Means one room or rooms connected together for residential occupancy and including bathroom and kitchen facilities. If there is more than one meter for any utility, address to the property, or kitchen; or if there are separate entrances to rooms which could be used as separate dwelling units (REU)*; or if there is a lockable, physical separation between rooms in the dwelling unit (REU)* such that a room or rooms on each side of the separation could be used as a dwelling unit (REU)*, multiple dwelling units are presumed to exist; but this presumption may be rebutted by evidence that the residents of the dwelling share utilities and keys to all entrances to the property and that they (A) share a single common bathroom as the primary bathroom, or (B) share a single common kitchen as the primary kitchen. Each unit is eligible for individual sewer use charges as a unit (REU)*.

Townhouse Unit.  Means that part of a townhouse constituting a single dwelling unit (REU)*.

The Boothbay Harbor Sewer District will bill the Flat Rate Minimum for each type of these units up to 900 cubic feet of wastewater.  Should the wastewater be more than 900 cubic feet per unit, the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District will bill the actual usage at the current rate per 100 cubic feet. Please refer to Rates & Fees for the current rates.

*REU = Residential Equivalency Unit