Oelwein Utilities Department

2008 Oelwein Municipal Water Report

If you would like more information, please contact the Utility Department.

The Utility Department is located at 460 Seventh Ave SW in the Public Works Complex. Our hours are from 7:00 am to 12:00 and 12:30 to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday. For water or sewer questions during working hours call (319) 283–1197. For billing questions or to schedule work appointments call City Hall at (319) 283-5440 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. For water or sewer emergencies, after working hours, on weekends or holidays, call 283-4311.

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History of the Water and Wastewater Departments

The Oelwein sewer system was established August 12th, 1901. The first treatment area was a septic tank & intermittent sand filter basin built on land that was condemned on April 8th 1902.

The Oelwein Waterworks was established December 19th, 1895. The following annual rates where adopted:
Barber shop, first chair - $4.00
Barber shop, each additional chair - $2.00
Bath tubs, public each - $10.00
Bath tubs, private each - $3.00
Banks - $5.00
Bakeries - $8.00
Butcher shops - $8.00
Brick yards - Special
Book binderies - Special
Buggy wash - $2.00
Building purposes per 1000 brick - $0.10
Building purposes per perch of stone - $0.05
Building purposes per 100 square yard of plaster - $0.20
Blacksmith shop, first fire - $3.00
Blacksmith shop, each additional fire - $2.00
Boarding and lodging house kitchens - $8.00
Boarding and lodging house per room - $0.25
Cigar factories, not over six men - $5.00
Churches - $4.00
Confectionaries - Special
Fountains, 6 hours per day, per season, 1/16in jet, - $5.00; 1/8in jet, - $8.00; 8/16in jet, - $12.00.
Halls - Special
Hose for sprinkling lot including sidewalks and washing windows per front ft - $0.10
Hotel - Special
Lumber yards - Special
Lunch rooms - $10.00
Lawn sprinkling 50 ft front per season - $3.00
Lawn per season each additional 50 ft front - $1.00
Laundries - Special
Office including one wash basin - $3.00
Photograph galleries - $8.00
Printing offices - $7.00
Residences, one family - $5.00
Residences, one family including one bath tub - $6.50
Residences, each additional family - $3.00
Residences, extra for lawn sprinkling, 50 ft front - $2.00
Restaurants - Special
Railroads depots - Special
Schools - Special
Stables, private, two horses including carriage washing - $3.00 including each additional horse - $0.75including private two cows - $2.00including each additional cow - $0.75
Stables livery, including carriage washing - Special
Steam boilers - Special
Soda fountains - $5.00
Saloons - $15.00
Stock yards - Special
Stores, including washing windows, sprinkling walks, and streets - $5.00 to $8.00
Urinals, private - $3.00
Urinals, public - Special
Wash basins, one free in each building, all others each - $1.00
Water closets, public - Special
Water closets, private - $2.00
Warehouses - Special
Water carts per 100 gallons - $0.05
Water motors - Special
Water for cisterns, per 100 gallons - $0.05
Meter rates; 100 to 500 gallons per day, per 1000 - $0.40
500 to 1000 gallons per day, per 1000 - $0.35
1000 to 2000 gallons per day, per 1000 - $0.30
Over 2000 gallons per day, per 1000 - Special

Rents and rates for other purposes not enumerated above and those marked “Special” shall be fixed by the Town Council.

Parties wishing to pay meter rates must furnish and set at their own expense a meter of approved pattern subject to the approval of the water committee.

Meter rates must be paid monthly.