Authorized employees of the Department shall
have reasonable access to customers' premises for the purpose of reading,
testing, repairing, installing or replacing meters and meter appurtenances;
inspecting plumbing connections, fixtures or pipes or discontinuing
service for any reason listed further on. Such employee will wear
a Department uniform or carry a badge, identification card or insignia
identifying him/her as a Department employee. Services rendered after
hours or on weekends or holidays are subject to special charges.
Customers who plan to install air-conditioning
or refrigeration equipment totaling over three tons in capacity shall
provide water-conserving equipment as approved by the Department,
except that if such water is subsequently reused in industrial processing
or similar purposes, water-conserving equipment shall not be required.
Whenever the public interest so requires, the
Department reserves the right to curtail or suspend entirely the use
of water for nonessential purposes. Such limitation of use shall be
without liability on the part of the Department.
The rules and regulations as herein set forth
constitute a part of the contract with every customer taking water
from the Department, each of whom shall be deemed to assent and be
bound thereby.
The piping and plumbing on all premises supplied
from the Department's water system shall conform to the State of Connecticut
Public Health Regulations, Building and Sanitary Codes.
No person, except firemen for the use of the
Fire Department under the direction of the proper officer, shall open
any public fire hydrant without the consent of the Water Department.
No customer shall supply water to other persons
or permit any connection to be made on his/her premises for supply
to other premises.
No person except an authorized representative
of the Department shall be allowed to tap mains or distributing pipes,
insert corporation stops therein, set or remove meters on service
pipes or interfere with water gates and curb boxes, except in special
cases, after obtaining permission from the Department. A plumbing
permit will be required for all service connections.
Customers are responsible for keeping their
house connections and fixtures in good order and protected from freezing.
Failure to do so may result in interruption of service and costly
repairs, for which the Department is not liable.
Any changes in location of meters or services
requested by the customer shall, if approved by the Department, be
made at the customer's expense.
If there is not sufficient pressure or flow
in a particular system of the Department to permit a customer to qualify
for preferred risk insurance, the expense for any improvement in the
system for this specific purpose shall be borne by the customer.
In the event that any customer shall use water
at rates of flow that cause noticeable pressure variations in the
water system, the Department may require that the customer control
his flow rates or install equipment to minimize such variations.