Fee Schedule

Valley Sanitation District Fee Schedule

(Effective January 1, 2026)

Sewer Service Surcharge (Enterprise Service Fee)

Thirty five percent (35%) of the sewer bill amount charged to each Valley customer by the City of Englewood. This charge is billed to each Valley customer by the City of Englewood.

Sewer Tap Inspections & Fees (Current District Customers):

Only licensed contractors will be allowed to work on or adjacent to a District sewer main. Work requiring a license includes cured-in-place or any other internal sewer service lining process that extends through a sewer service to the District’s sewer main.

All excavation activity on, or within five feet of an existing District-owned sewer main MUST be inspected by a designated District representative. You must call the District office to schedule an inspection a minimum of 24 hours before the desired inspection date. 

1. Service Line Contractor License Processing Fee: $100
2. Initial Inspection:        No Charge
3. Subsequent inspections caused by contractor delays or failure to meet District standards during the initial inspection will be assessed a fee of $100.00.
4. Any inspection conducted after business hours (M-F 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) or on scheduled District holidays will be assessed a fee of $250.00.            

Record Retrieval and Copying Charges

Records Retrieval:      $41.37 per hour after first hour

Copying Charge:          $0.25 per standard (8.5” x 11” or 8.5” x 14”) page.  All other copies charged at actual production cost.

Tap/Permit Administration:

The district assesses a $100 fee for processing the reassignment or modification of previously issued sewer taps. 

Annexation into the District:

Annexation fee:          $2,300 per acre or fraction thereof

Administrative / Legal Charge:  $3,000 deposit which is applied to District costs for processing the annexation. The property owner is required to fully reimburse the District for all administrative and legal costs incurred to process the annexation.  The District will invoice all costs exceeding the deposit and will reimburse any remaining funds upon completion of the project.

License to Cross District Easement/Property:

License Processing Fee:             $1,500

The District assesses a $1,500 fee to review and process any request to cross or otherwise encroach upon any District easement or other real property interest.

Easement Processing:

Easement Fee:                    Actual costs incurred by District to process the easement 

Minimum Deposit Required:     $3,000

The District will invoice all costs incurred to process the easement.  Should costs exceed the amount of the deposit, the applicant will be invoiced, and any remaining funds after recording of the easement will be returned to the applicant.

Grease Interceptors:

Grease Interceptor Review Fee             $1,000 per unit

The District assesses a $1,000 fee to review plans, confirm sizing requirements and inspect the construction installation or renovation of any grease interceptors.

Grease Interceptor Variance Review Fee       $1,000 per unit

Where a variance is requested from District standards, the District assesses a $1,000 fee to review the variance request.

New Construction & Development Projects:

Plan Review Fees:            Sewer:                                $3.00/linear foot

Minimum Deposit Required:             $3,000

Construction Inspection Fees:              Sewer:                                $3.00/linear foot

Inclination Survey:      $4.00/linear foot

Minimum Deposit Required:             $3,000

The District will invoice all costs exceeding the deposit and will reimburse any remaining funds upon completion of the project.

• Plan review and construction inspection fees shall be in the form of a pre-paid deposit based on the District’s per foot plan review and construction inspection fee schedule and the footage of sewer mains to be installed.
• Actual costs incurred are reconciled against the initial deposit each month. If the deposit has been depleted or the current statement balance is insufficient to complete the process, an additional deposit will be required.
• At the conclusion of plan review and construction activities each account is reconciled, and an invoice is submitted for costs not previously reimbursed. After project conditional acceptance has been obtained any remaining funds are returned to the applicant.

Sewer Capacity Study:

       Sewer Capacity Study Fee                         $500 deposit

For each new development project, the District requires a sewer capacity study to assess the available capacity to serve the proposed development. The District will invoice all costs exceeding the deposit and will reimburse any remaining funds upon completion of the project.

Sewer Connection Inspections (New Development Projects):

For new development projects that have achieved conditional acceptance but not final acceptance, all sewer connections MUST be inspected by a District representative. 

1. Initial Inspection:        $100.00 per utility connection.
2. Subsequent inspections caused by contractor delays or failure to meet District standards during the initial inspection will be assessed a fee of $250.00.
3. Any inspection conducted after business hours (M-F 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) or on scheduled District holidays will be assessed a fee of $250.00.

Sewer Connection (Tap) Fees

Sewer Tap Fees

In addition to the Valley sewer tap fee, the City of Littleton or the City of Englewood will assess a sewer tap fee for all connections made to District facilities.

* single family residential equivalents