For the most current rates, click here. (a) There shall be and they are established, effective July 1, 2009, monthly rates and charges for use of and services rendered by the combined and consolidated municipal water works and sewerage system of the city which shall be paid by the owner or occupant of each and every residential, commercial and industrial establishment or other property, building and structure of any kind connected with and being served by said combined and consolidated system. The rates and charges shall be computed and billed monthly and such rates and charges shall be as above. (b) All owners and occupants of houses, apartments, hotels, motels, manufacturing or commercial establishments, or buildings of any kind situated upon lots abutting upon any street, alley or easement within the city accessible to the sanitary sewerage system shall connect therewith under such regulations as the city has heretofore established or may hereafter establish by ordinance, and failure to do so is hereby declared to unlawful and to constitute a nuisance injurious to the health of the residents of the city. (c) Water, sewer, and sanitation services once discontinued to the customer for failure to pay for said services shall not be reinstated until the account is paid in full and a reconnecting charges is paid for in full. The reconnecting charge shall be thirty dollars ($30.00), if same can be performed during regular working hours. Should the reconnecting service be required other than regular working hours, the charge shall be sixty dollars ($60.00). (d) A credit or discount against the basic monthly water and sewer rates of 10% of such basic rate shall be allowed to residential customers with respect to the first seven units of water and/or sewer used in any month where the aggregate income of the customer and all other members of the household is less than Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars ($22,000) per year. No such discount shall be allowed unless the customer has made written application therefore and has furnished to BGMU such information as it may require under regulations adopted to it. Application for the discount is required to be renewed in June of each year.