The Town may:
A.
Construct, operate and maintain a water system and
water plant within and outside of the corporate boundaries of the
Town.
B.
Construct, operate and maintain a sanitary sewerage
system and a sewage treatment plant within and outside of the corporate
boundaries of the Town.
C.
Construct, operate, and maintain a stormwater drainage
system and stormwater sewers.
D.
Construct, maintain, reconstruct, enlarge, alter,
repair, improve, or dispose of all parts, installations, and structures
of the above plants and systems.
E.
Have surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates
made for any of the above plants and systems or parts thereof or the
extension thereof.
F.
Do all things it deems necessary for the efficient
operation and maintenance of the above plants and systems.
Any public service corporation, company, or
individual, before beginning any construction of or placing of or
changing the location of any main, conduit, pipe, or other structure
in the public ways of the Town, shall submit plans to the Town and
obtain written approval upon such conditions and subject to such limitations
as may be imposed by the Town. Any public service corporation, company,
or individual violating the provisions of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor. If any unauthorized main, conduit, pipe, or other structure
interferes with the operation of the water, sewerage, or stormwater
systems, the Town may order it removed.
All individuals, firms or corporation having mains, pipes, conduits, or other structures, in, on, or over any public way in the Town or in the county which impede the establishment, construction, or operation of any Town sewer or water main, upon reasonable notice, shall remove or adjust the obstructions at their own expense to the satisfaction of the Town. If necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, the Town may use its condemnation powers provided in § C-89. Any violation of an ordinance passed under the provisions of this section may be made a misdemeanor or municipal infraction.
The Town shall provide a connection with water
and sanitary sewer mains which it owns for all property abutting on
any public way in which a sanitary sewer or water main is laid. When
any water main or sanitary sewer is declared ready for operation by
the owner of the water or sewer system, all abutting property owners
after reasonable notice shall connect all fixtures with the water
or sewer main. The Town may require that if existing fixtures are
determined unsatisfactory, satisfactory ones will be installed and
may require that all cesspools, sink drains, and privies be abandoned,
filled, removed or left in such a way as not to injure public health.
All wells found to be polluted or a menace to health may be ordered
to be abandoned and closed. Any violation of an ordinance passed under
the provisions of this section may be made a misdemeanor or municipal
infraction.
The Town may make a charge, the amount to be
determined by the Commission, for each connection made to the Town's
water or sewer mains. This charge shall be uniform throughout the
Town as to various classes of users, but a different schedule of charges
may apply outside of the Town boundaries. The charges may be changed
from year to year. Arrangements for the payment of this charge shall
be made before the connection is made.
In order to prevent any leakage or waste of
water or other improper use of the Town's water system or sewage disposal
system, the Town may require such changes in plumbing, fixtures, or
connections as is necessary to prevent such waste or improper use.
The Town by ordinance may provide that no water
supply, sewerage, or stormwater drainage system, and no water mains,
sewers, drains, or connections therewith, shall be constructed or
operated by any person or persons, firm, corporation, institutions,
or community, whether upon private premises or otherwise, and may
provide that cesspools or other private methods of sewage disposal
shall be operated and maintained in such a manner that they do not
and will not affect adversely the public comfort and health and any
cesspool or other private method of sewage disposal affecting or likely
to affect adversely the public comfort and health may be deemed a
nuisance and may be abated by the Town. Any violation of an ordinance
passed under the provisions of this section may be made a misdemeanor
or municipal infraction.
The Town may extend its water or sewerage systems
beyond the Town limits.
Any employee or agent of the Town, while in
the necessary pursuit of official duties with regard to the water
or sewer installations, at all reasonable hours, and after reasonable
advance notice to the owner, tenant, or person in possession, may
enter upon any premises and into any building in the Town or in the
county served by the Town's water or sewage disposal system. Any restraint
or hindrance offered to the entry by any owner, tenant, or person
in possession, or the agent of any of them, may be made a misdemeanor
or municipal infraction.
A.
Tampering. Any person who tampers with a public water
system shall be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined
in accordance with Title 18, or both.
B.
Attempt or threat. Any person who attempts to tamper,
or makes a threat to tamper, with a public drinking water system be
imprisoned for not more than three years, or fined in accordance with
Title 18, or both.
C.
Civil penalty. The administrator may bring a civil
action in the appropriate United States District Court (as determined
under the provisions of Title 28) against any person who tampers,
attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water
system. The court may impose on such person a civil penalty of not
more than $50,000 for such tampering or not more than $20,000 for
such attempt to threat.
The Town, if it deems it advisable, may contract
with any party or parties, inside or outside the Town, to obtain water
or to provide for the removal of sewage.
The Town may charge and collect such service
rates, water rents, ready-to-serve charges, or other charges as it
deems necessary for water supplied and for the removal of sewage.
These charges are to be billed and collected by the Town Clerk, and
if bills are unpaid within 30 days, the service may be discontinued.
All charges shall be a lien on the property, collectible in the same
manner as Town taxes or by suit at law.
