Town of North Greenbush, NY Article VII General Rules

§ 189-15 Termination of water service.

A. Water service may be discontinued by the Superintendent of Water, the Water Inspector or other duly authorized officials of the Town for any one of the following reasons:

(1) For use of water other than as represented in customer's applications or through branch connections on the street side of the meter or place reserved therefor.

(2) For willful waste by use of water through improper and imperfect pipes, or by any other means.

(3) For molesting any service line, seal or meter.

(4) For nonpayment of bills for water or services rendered by the district in accordance with these rules and regulations.

(5) For cross-connecting pipes carrying water supplied by the district with other source of supply or with any apparatus which may endanger the quality of the districts water supply.

(6) For refusal of reasonable access to the property for the purpose of reading, repairing, testing or removing meters or inspecting water piping and other fixtures.

(7) For violation of the rules of the district as set forth in its rules and regulations.

(8) For failure to repair leaky services line after two days' notice.

B. Other than fire departments, no person shall open or interfere with fire hydrants or draw therefrom without permission from the Superintendent of Water, the Water Inspector or other duly authorized officials of the Town. In addition, the fire departments will notify the Superintendent of Water monthly in writing of the approximate gallons used in each district, the hydrant location and the size of the main.

C. In the interest of public health, the district will not permit its mains or service lines to be connected in any way to any piping, tank, vat or other apparatus which contains liquids, chemicals or any matter which may flow back into the districts service lines or mains and consequently endanger the water supply.

D. Upon receipt of an application for a new service or for the reinstatement of an existing service, the district will assume that the piping and fixtures which the service will supply are in proper order to receive the same, and the district will not be liable in any event for any accident, breaks or leakage arising in any connection with the supply of water or failure to supply the same.

E. Any person who damages any street hydrant shall be liable for the actual damages sustained to the hydrant as well as the loss of water wasted before the hydrant can be shut off.

F. The district undertakes to use reasonable care and diligence to provide a constant supply of water at a reasonable pressure to customers, but reserves the right, at any time, without notice, to shut off the water in its mains for the purposes of making repairs or extensions, or for other purposes, and it is expressly agreed that the district shall not be liable for a deficiency or failure in the supply of water or the pressure thereof for any cause whatsoever, not for any damage thereby or by the bursting or breaking of any main or service line or any attachment to the district property. All property owners having boilers upon their premises, depending upon the pressure in the district's pipes to keep them supplied, are cautioned against danger of collapse and all such damage shall be borne exclusively by the property owner.

G. In those cases where a customer-owned service line is frozen, the thawing, shall be done at the expense of the customer. To avoid a recurrence of freezing, the Superintendent of Water, the Water Inspector or other duly authorized officials of the Town may order an examination of the customer's service line and, if the same is not at a depth of 60 inches as required, the Superintendent of Water, the Water Inspector or other duly authorized officials of the Town reserves the right to require it to be relocated before service is resumed.

H. The Superintendent of Water, the Water Inspector or other duly authorized officials of the Town shall have the right in periods of drought or emergency to restrict the use of water for sprinkling, pools or other outside use or to prohibit such use entirely. Notice of such restriction shall be published by the Superintendent of Water, the Water Inspector or other duly authorized officials of the Town in the official Town newspaper or by other appropriate means.