The Department may refuse or discontinue service
for any of the following reasons:
A. Nonpayment of bills or charges: nonpayment of any
bills or charges due the Department.
B. Willful waste, use of unsafe equipment, etc.: for
willful waste or where apparatus, appliances or equipment using water
is dangerous, unsafe or not in conformity with laws or ordinance.
The Department does not assume liability for inspecting apparatus
on customer's property. The Department does reserve the right of inspection,
however, if there is reason to believe that unsafe apparatus is in
use.
C. Excessive demand: where demand is greatly in excess
of past average or seasonal use and where such excessive demand by
one customer is or may be deemed detrimental or injurious to service
furnished other customers.
D. Use of water through branch connections, etc.: for
use of water other than requested in the application or through branch
connections on the street side of a meter.
E. Damage to Department equipment: for damaging any service
pipe, seal, meter or other appurtenance owned or maintained by the
Department.
F. Cross-connections: for cross-connections with pipe
carrying water supplied by the Department with another source of supply
or with apparatus which may endanger the quality of the public water
supply or for any violation of the Sanitary Code of the State of New
York.
G. Refusing access to property: for refusal of reasonable
access to the property for the purpose of inspection of fixtures or
piping or for reading, testing or removing meters.
H. Submetering or reselling water: for submetering or
reselling water.
I. Wasteful or negligent use of water: where water is
wastefully used or negligently used on a customer's premises, seriously
affecting the general use.
J. Failure to comply with chapter regulations. The Department
may, unless otherwise provided, discontinue water service to a customer
for noncompliance with any of the regulations established in this
chapter if the customer fails to comply with such regulations within
five days after receiving written notice. If such noncompliance affects
matters of health and safety and conditions warrant, the Department
may discontinue water service immediately and with notice.