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Sparta Garbage Service
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| Garbage Service is available to all town residents within the City Limits. The garbage fee is $6.00 a month for residential. (Fees vary for businesses with dumpsters.) Business garbage collection is on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Residential is Tuesdays, and on Thursdays, cardboard pick-up and recycling collection is on alternate weeks. (Recycling dates are printed on monthly water bills.)
Special Trash Pick-up is in the Spring and Fall
and is also printed on the water bills.
All trash must be put in metal or plastic receptacle and placed at the curbside by 6:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. 90 gallon trash cans are available at the Town Office for $59 or to lease $5 a month for 12 months until paid, added to the water bill.
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Sparta Water Bill Information
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| Water meters are read in increments of three books. Book one is read on the first Tuesday of the month, book two is read the second Tuesday, and book three the third. To understand which book your residence is in, look at the number printed in the bottom right corner. In an example like 03-003340, the 03 is for "book three."
Water bills are mailed at the first of the month and due by the 15th of the month. If not paid by the 20th, service may be disconnected and a reconnection fee of $10 charged before service resumes.
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Sparta Water & Sewer Service
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When building a home in Town:
You must check with Town Manager/Zoning Administrator- Kevin Dowell regarding zoning. Any remoldeling or refurbishing you must check with the Zoning Administrator.
Connection (tap) fees for new water and sewer service are as follows:
In City Limits, $200 for water and $200 for sewer.
Outside City Limits, $250 for water and $250 for sewer.
Note: Property owner is responsible for water & sewer lines from the house to the road right-of-way where water & sewer hook-ups are available.
A $25 Water Service Deposit is required before service connection.
Water & Sewer Rates billed monthly.
Water-2000 gallons minimum $9.24
Sewer-2000 gallons minimum $9.24
(Inside City Limits, Outside rates are higher)
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