Water Utility
Your touch pad is the small, black plastic oval that should be located in the front of your house. This device needs to be visible and accessible to the meter readers that walk the route for the quarterly billing. Bushes and trees must be trimmed away from the touch pad.
Touch pads that have been improperly placed on the house or are located in a locked area, are not read by the meter readers and must be moved to a proper location. Also, touch pads that are inaccessible due to snow and ice are not read. These situations may cause you to have an estimated bill and this bill may be higher or lower than your actual water consumption.
For the safety of our meter readers, we must remind property owners that they are responsible for their pet's behavior if the animal hurts someone. Please abide by the Village of Kronenwetter ordinances by keeping your pet's behavior under control.
Please remember that UNAUTHORIZED motor vehicles are prohibited on the wellsite. The Village of Kronenwetter has tried to discourage unauthorized motor vehicle use on the wellsite by trenching ditches and placing signs at entrances. Unauthorized motor vehicles do include recreation vehicles such as ATVs and snowmobiles!!
All of the Village's wastewater is pumped to the Rib Mountain Metro Sewerage District. We must not only abide by the sewer ordinances, but also the Rib Mountain Metro Sewerage District sewer ordinances. Dumping of automobile oil, gasoline, or other contaminants down a drain is prohibited.
The municipal sewer system is equipped to handle normal sanitary wastewater removal. Sewer backups occasionally occur on a sudden and random basis. Please do not use your toilet as an ashtray, wastebasket, or garbage disposal. Cooking oil should not be dumped down the drain as it can solidify in the cooler, deep sewers. Please do not flush items that may become long and stringy, such as rags or wash clothes, paper products, plastic, grease, or diapers down the drain.
These items can clog pumps and valves, creating backups or damage to lift station equipment. When these items are flushed into the system, there is a chance that you may have a sewer backup in your basement. The water and sewer department will not provide any compensation to property owners (or renters) for damage done by sudden and accidental sewer backups.
These costs are impacting our operating expenses and could force a rate increase. As a residential user, you can control what goes down the drain. Property owners and renters can make a difference in keeping our system operational and our sewer rates down.