Applications for water service shall be made on forms provided by the Department and signed by the owner of the premises to be supplied or his duly authorized representative. Service connection fees are payable in advance.
A. 
The Department may, within certain legal restrictions, require from a customer or prospective customer a deposit to guarantee payment of bills. Such a deposit will not exceed an amount equivalent to the estimated maximum bill for 90 days. Interest of 5% will be credited to each deposit account semiannually, payable to the customer at the time of return of the deposit.
B. 
If the customer is not the owner, the owner may be required to sign a guaranty of payment of the customer's bill for water service.
A. 
Customers shall notify the Department, in writing, when premises are to be vacated so that the water may be turned off, the meters read and/or removed and the account transferred.
B. 
If the premises are to be permanently abandoned, owners shall notify the Department immediately so that service connection can be closed; closure will be made at Department expense.
Water for construction purposes shall be applied for on forms provided by the Department. Meters may be installed on a temporary basis to account for usage where practicable. Applicants will notify the Department of the date of occupancy in advance.
When the Department renders temporary or intermittent service to a customer, it may require that the customer bear the costs in excess of any salvage realized for installing and removing the service.
A. 
Applicants desiring to attach to a main already under contract may be required to pay the Department an amount which, in its judgment, represents their equitable share of the original costs of the main or to assume their equitable share of an existing guaranty provision as provided herein and/or by Town ordinance.
B. 
Applicants taking service from an extension of a main under special contract may be required to pay the Department an equitable share of the original cost of a pump station, storage tank or other facility.
C. 
Payments to the Department as shares of original costs will be refunded to the original depositors if connections are made within 10 years of the installation.