The Electric Engineering Department and Water\Wastewater Engineering Department are available to support your construction project. Please contact us as early as possible in your project. To avoid delays and costly overruns, please review our construction guidelines and MISS DIG requirements.
Electric
Phone: 616.355.1603
Email: ee@hollandbpw.com
The Electrical Engineering Department provides services to our customers, contractors, and field crews. These services include assistance and planning for the installation of electric services to homes, commercial and industrial facilities, and community infrastructure. We ensure projects meet the requirements of the National Electric Safety Code and any applicable City Ordinances. The Electrical Engineering Department is here to answer your questions and assist with your project. We encourage you to contact us as early as possible in your project.
Water and Sewer
Phone: 616.355.1643
Email: waterengineer@hollandbpw.com
Please contact the Water/Wastewater Services Group, during normal business hours, to connect to the public water or wastewater systems. This process begins by determining if there is public water or sewer in your area to connect to. Please review maps of our service areas for 
water and sanitary sewer.
If your property is in the one of the surrounding townships that we serve...
then you will be directed to contact that township for assessments, service taps, and inspections.
If your property is within the Holland City limits...
then the following process will apply to you
Holland Board of Public Works' staff will perform a record search on the property to see whether there are any unpaid assessments or trunkages. Assessment and Trunkage Fees are adjusted annually in December based on the Construction Cost Index published in the Engineering New Record. These fees pay for the system to be expanded to meet future capacity and for the first time installation of infrastructure including but not limited to pipes and pumps. The current schedule of assessment and trunkage fees may be found on our Service Rate web page.
Holland Board of Public Works' staff will also assist you in determining what size water meter you may need. The following table provides available water meter sizes offered and their corresponding average flow capacity:
|
| 5/8 |
20 |
| 3/4 |
30 |
| 1 |
50 |
| 1 1/2 |
100 |
| 2 |
160 |
| 3 |
350 |
| 4 |
600 |
| 6 |
1500 | |
Most single family residential homes have a ⅝-inch meter. Even larger homes with multiple stories and multiple bathrooms can be accommodated by a ⅝-inch water meter. If you choose to use City water for external landscape irrigation, you will likely require a larger water meter. Try to use the smallest meter you can by limiting the size of the zones and watering over longer periods of times. There are increasing monthly fees based on the size of the meter to account for readiness to serve (i.e. sizing the overall system capacity to meet the demands). Please see our current rate schedules for water and sewer, again found on our Service Rate web page.
You should hire a licensed plumber to install your plumbing from the home to the public main. If you are working in the public Right of Way, you or your contractor will need get a ‘Street Cut’ permit from the City Transportation Service Department by calling 616.928.2430. They will require that you be bonded and insured for such work. The Holland Board of Public Works is responsible for making the connection (tap) to the public main. We do not allow contractors or plumbers to do this work to ensure the work is done consistently and to protect the integrity of the overall system.
The Holland Board of Public Works charges a fee for the water service tap based on the size of the water service pipe. The minimum service size is 1-inch for water services and 4-inch for sanitary sewer services. Larger water services may be required for large irrigation areas and for fire protection services. For water services over 2-inches, a Site Plan Review will be required. Please refer to our Site Plan Requirements. The Holland Board of Public Works also has requirements for Fire Protection Services to protect the public drinking water supply. The Holland Board of Public Works does require an inspection of the water service before it is buried and the local municipal building department will require an inspection of the sanitary sewer service before it is buried. Remember that all applicable building permits must be obtained.
The Holland Board of Public Works will install the water meter after all assessments are paid or scheduled with a payment arrangement. All other fees will be billed out. The valve outside the building that is near the property line will then be opened and water will be fed to the new building.