Utilities
There are many utility providers in Saugeen Shores that make residents' and visitors' lives more comfortable by providing quality service. We deliver water and wastewater service to homes and businesses, while other services are provided by private businesses.
Water and Wastewater
View more information on paying your water bill, including:
- Opening/closing a water/wastewater account
- Options on how to pay
- Forms
- Rates
- Due dates
Other Utilities and Service Providers
Find more information on each utility's service provider in Saugeen Shores below.
Electricity
Any property within the boundaries of the former towns of Port Elgin and Southampton is serviced by Westario Power. Any property outside those boundaries (in the former Saugeen Township) is serviced by Hydro One.
Natural Gas
Telephone, Cable and Internet
Call Before You Dig
Are you planning a home project? View the procedures to call before you dig. You need to get locates for all services and utilities before starting a project.
Locates
| What Is a Utility Locate? |
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Prior to excavating, a utility locates request prompts utility owners to confirm the location of utilities that a project could potentially impact. Utility owners will ensure that utilities within your project area are properly marked with paint and/or flags and that the excavator has an up-to-date drawing, or locate sketch, to avoid utility damage/strikes. Like other municipalities, the Town of Saugeen Shores submits a locate request at the planning stage for any of its approved projects to determine the location of utilities. Locates will assist in identifying issues with buried infrastructure for future planning initiatives. |
| Red & Orange Flags/Paint: What Do They Mean? |
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When someone is planning to dig, Infrastructure Owners must provide locate responses for the infrastructure they own. Unless an infrastructure owner provides a clearance, locates come with field markings, usually flags and/or paint. Locate marks, be they paint, stakes or flags, should be in sufficient quantity and close enough together to clearly identify the horizontal alignment of the buried facilities. These field markings come in different colours to help identify which utility type is buried under the ground in that location.
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| Why Does the Town Need Locates for Road Projects? |
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It is the law. It is illegal to dig in Ontario without having located natural gas lines. |
| Locate Requests |
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By filing a locate request, you are providing the Town (and/or its contractors) with locate information for:
The Town will also contact other utility companies like Hydro One, Bell Canada and Enbridge Gas, and supply information based on where you plan to dig.
You can request a utility locate by contacting Ontario One Call at 1-800-400-2255, or www.on1call.com. |
