The property owner is responsible for the house
service from the curb box and shutoff to the house. The WSD is responsible
from the curb box to the water main.
No one except the WSD shall tap the water main
pipe for service connections unless prior written approval is received
from the Superintendent of the WSD. The property owner shall pay all
expenses incurred for making the tap.
There shall be no water turned on to any property
until a meter and outside register has been installed, along with
a shutoff on the discharge side of the meter and the hookup approved
by the Superintendent. Materials from the main to the building shall
be supplied by the applicant. Compliances with all the WSD's rules
and regulations must be made.
One (1) inspection of a house service shall
be made by the WSD during normal working hours. Additional inspections
of the same service or inspections requested to be performed outside
normal working hours shall be chargeable according to the billing
section of this chapter.
The location of all water services must be planned
to avoid the placing of service valves and boxes in driveways or sidewalks.
Water shall not be supplied to services located otherwise.
All expense from the water main to house or
building shall be borne by the property owner.
The sizes of service pipes shall be approved
by the Superintendent. The nomograph illustrated as Figure 1 shall
be used to determine the required size of the service pipe.
In all cases, water mains shall extend to the
front of the property before service connections are constructed.
No one except the WSD's representative shall
turn on or off a service valve.
The owner of a new home or building erected
beyond the existing water main in any town street shall extend the
main to the middle of his property before a service is supplied.