[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 1; as amended by Ord. 313,
10/17/1983, § 1]
All water service from the water main to the owner's curb
box shall consist of a 3/4-inch ID line and shall be installed by
the Township at Township's expense provided same does not exceed
a maximum length of 50 feet. Any such service connection which exceeds
50 feet in length and/or consists of a line more than 3/4-inch ID
in diameter will be installed by the Township but the property owner
will be charged for the added expense of all materials, including
additional road repair, over and above said standard installation.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 2]
It shall be the duty of the Supervisor of Water to install meters
for the water consumption if not now metered, as soon as conveniently
may be done.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, §§ 1 and 3; as amended
by Ord. 313, 10/17/1983, § 1]
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 4]
1.
In carrying out the program of metering existing buildings presently
furnished with water, the Supervisor shall install such meters according
to the following priority, classification and schedule:
2.
Within each of the above three categories meters shall be installed
according to a schedule, and in the order, determined by the Water
Supervisor.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 5]
The Township shall own, control, furnish and install, and maintain
all meters, which shall be of the same size as the service pipe entering
the building in which such meters are installed. With special permission
of the Supervisor, a meter either one size larger or one size smaller
than the service pipe may be installed, if there is a particular reason
for the use thereof. Upon notice by the Supervisor that a meter is
to be installed in a premises, the owner thereof shall, at his own
expense, prepare the pipe, ready for the installation of the meter
as well as any stop, waste or valve required to drain it. When convenient,
the meter shall be place within the property line of the customer,
in a convenient, accessible, and unobstructed position within a building.
When not convenient to place a meter within a building, a suitable
meter box or masonry pit shall be built, at the expense of the owner
of the property, such box to have a suitable cover with lock and key.
No person other than an authorized officer or employee of the Township,
or duly authorized independent contractor designated by the Township,
shall install, remove, inspect or change, alter, or interfere with
any meter or any of the dials thereof.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 6]
The customer shall, at all times, properly protect the meter
upon his property from injury, by the frost or other cause, and shall
be responsible for the cost of all repairs to such meter damaged through
his negligence, or that of the members of his family, his agent, workmen,
servants or employees, such charge to be payable in full at the time
when his next water bill shall be due and payable.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 7]
If a meter fails to register or otherwise becomes out of order,
such meter shall be replaced or repaired by the Township, and the
current bill shall be estimated as determined by the average amount
of water used in a previous corresponding period. No deduction from
any water bill shall be allowed on account of leakage.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 8; as amended by Ord. 327,
8/19/1985, § 1]
No consumer shall remove or tamper with the meter installation
or curb stop, nor permit any other person except an authorized employee
of the Township to do so. When a meter seal has been removed by an
unauthorized person, the Township may remove, test, reset, reseal
and reinstall the meter at the expense of the consumer.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 9; as amended by Ord. 316,
3/19/1984; and by Ord. 454, 9/2/2008]
If any customer shall doubt, the correctness of the meter measuring
the water delivered to his premises, he may, upon application to the
supervisor, and upon making a deposit as set forth in the schedule
set forth below, to defray the cost thereof, have such meter tested,
by the Supervisor or any person designated by him to do so. Should
such test show such meter to be correct within 4%, the customer shall
forfeit the deposit made. Should such test show the meter to be registering
incorrectly beyond 4% of the accurate amount, such deposit shall be
refunded to the customer, and his account shall be adjusted accordingly
and the entire cost of such test shall be borne by the Township. The
deposit to be required shall be in an amount as established from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 10, as amended by Ord.
295, 10/1/1979]
In all cases where the service connection serves a building
occupied by two or more establishments, firms, or families, only one
meter shall be furnished by the Township to such building. The water
rate as registered by such meter shall be chargeable to and payable
by the owner of such building. Provided, in any such case, the owner
of the building may, after having given notice thereof to the Supervisor,
furnish and install separate meters at his own expense, for each portion
of such building separately occupied. Such owner shall be responsible
for all expenses incurred in the maintenance and repair of such meters.
After the installation of such separate meters, separate bills shall
be furnished to the owner of such property for each separately metered
portion of such building.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 11]
No customer serviced with metered water shall take or receive,
or permit to be taken or received, any water from the Township into
a building for which a meter is installed, except that such water
shall have passed through and been registered by such meter.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 12]
The owner of a metered property shall notify the supervisor
immediately of any change of ownership of such property, so that the
Supervisor may cause the meter to be read so that the final consumption
shall be billed to the seller and all future billing be made to the
buyer.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 13]
1.
All meters are to be set in accordance with the following regulations:
A.
For meters 5/8 inch to two inches:
(1)
There shall be placed in the service pipe, within the wall of
the building supplied, and so located as to drain all of the pipes
in the building as well as the meter, a brass roundway or compression
stop and waste cock, or gate valve, at the expense of the consumer,
for his protection in enabling him to turn off the water in the case
of leaks and to drain the pipes to prevent freezing.
(2)
The foregoing is followed by a meter and necessary couplings
furnished and installed by the Township.
(3)
A swing check valve must be placed on the outlet side of the
meter at the expense of the consumer.
B.
Meters larger than two inches shall be set in a similar manner as
the five-eighths-inch to two-inch meters except that iron body brass
mounted gate valves may be used in place of brass stop cock.
C.
A suitable valved bypass shall be provided by the consumer for meters
larger than one inch, when required by the Township.
D.
Meter installations larger than two inches shall be equipped with
a suitable test tee arrangement when specified by the Township. Information
concerning the requirements will be supplied by the Township when
the service is applied for.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 14, as amended by Ord.
295 10/1/1979; and by Ord. 313, 10/14/1983, § 2; and
by Ord. 454, 9/2/2008]
The rates for water furnished to customers by the Township shall
be in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of
the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 15, as amended by Ord.
313, 10/17/1983, §§ 3 and 4]
1.
Water meters will be read quarterly approximately one month prior
to the billing date, namely, March, June, September, and December.
2.
All bills for water rates shall be rendered to the owner of the premises
to which water is furnished by the Township, and such owner shall
in all cases be liable for payment of such bills. Said bills shall
be rendered to the owner quarterly during the months of April, July,
October, and January.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 16, as amended by Ord.
313, 10/17/1983, § 5; by Ord. 373, 2/3/1997, § 1;
and by Ord. 454, 9/2/2008]
All water rates shall be payable to the Township Treasurer and
shall be due and payable upon the applicable billing date as hereinbefore
set forth and the appropriate amount as computed in accordance with
the applicable ordinance shall constitute the net bill. Payments not
made by the due date shall be subject to such penalties and late charges
as may be established from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Commissioners.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 17; as amended by Ord.
495, 12/1/2014, § 2]
In the event that the water rate shall not be paid on the aforementioned
dates, a penalty as established, from to time, by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners and shall be added thereto for each and every
month that same is delinquent. Any part of any month shall be considered
as a full month in regard to such a penalty.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 18; as amended by Ord.
313, 10/17/1983, § 6; by Ord. 327, 8/19/1985, § 2;
and by Ord. 454, 9/2/2008]
1.
If the owner of the property connected to the water system shall
neglect or fail to pay, for a period of 30 days from the due date
thereof, any water rates imposed by the Township:
A.
The Township shall have the right to cut-off water services for such
premises and not to restore the same until all bills against the same
and the cost of cutting off and restoring service shall have been
paid.
B.
The Township shall have the right to request that public water supply
be shut off to such property until all such overdue rates and charges,
together with any penalty and interest thereon shall be paid. In no
case shall the water supply be shut off to any premises until 10 days
after written notice of an intention so to do has been mailed to the
person liable for the payment of the charges, and, in addition thereto,
there has been posted a written notice of such intention at a main
entrance to the property. These penalties and provisions are subject
to the existing statutory regulations of discontinuing service to
rental properties, and in such cases, said statutory requirements
must be followed.
C.
The fee for restoring of services to premises for which that water
service has been cut off because of delinquency shall be in an amount
as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 19, as amended by Ord.
295, 10/1/1979; by Ord. 454, 9/2/2008; and by Ord. 487, 8/5/2013]
1.
The following regulations shall govern abatement of charges for water:
A.
No abatement of charges shall be allowed for vacancy of premises,
except from the date that notice shall have been given by the owner
of such premises, at the office of the Supervisor, that such premises
have been vacated.
B.
No abatement of charges shall be allowed for absence of the customer
unless the water shall have been shut off from the premises by the
order of the Supervisor, for which a charge in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners shall
be made.
C.
Whenever water shall be used on any metered premises for fire protection
or fire fighting, in an actual case of fire or conflagration, no charge
shall be made for the water so used, and the amount of water so used
shall be ascertained by comparison with the average use of water during
a corresponding billing period, as shown by the meter.
D.
The debt deficit portion of the water bill shall not be abated for
all connected users of the system, unless specifically waived by action
of the Township Commissioners. Merely shutting off of the water service
shall not abate the debt deficit payment so long as the user remains
connected to the water system.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 20]
The Water Supervisor is hereby authorized to limit or discontinue
the supply of water, in cases of emergency, and to shut off the supply
of water for repairs or extensions, he being the judge of the time
and necessity.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, as amended by Ord. 295, 10/1/1979]
The Water Supervisor or any Township employee (designated by
the Township Commissioners) shall have the right to enter upon or
into any premises to which water is supplied by the Township, at any
and all reasonable hours, for the purpose of inspecting any pipe or
fixture, setting, reading or repairing any meter, turning water off
or on, and enforcing the provisions of this Part generally. No person
shall deny entrance to any such premises to any officer or employee
hereby granted such right of entry.
[Ord. 242, 3/22/1967, § 22; as amended by Ord.
454, 9/2/2008]
Any person who shall violate the provisions of § 26-108 concerning tampering with meters, § 26-111 concerning circumventing or bypassing meters, or § 26-121 concerning the right of Township employees to enter the premises at all reasonable times, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, and in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 1]
1.
Purpose. The purpose of this Part is:
A.
To protect the public water supply system from contamination or pollution
by isolating within the consumer's water system contaminants
or pollutants which could backflow through the service connection
into the public water supply system.
B.
To promote the elimination or control of existing cross-connections,
actual or potential, between the public or consumer's potable
water system and nonpotable water systems, plumbing fixtures and sources,
or systems containing process fluids.
C.
To provide for the maintenance of a continuing program of cross-connection
control which will systematically and effectively prevent the contamination
or pollution of the public and consumer's potable water system.
2.
Application. This Part shall apply to all premises served by the
public water supply system of West Lebanon Township.
3.
Policy. The public water supplier and the consumer have the joint
responsibility for protection of the public water supply system from
contamination due to backflow of contaminants through water service
connection. Based upon the recognition of this need the Township has
determined that backflow prevention devices shall be required to be
installed at all consumer's places of residence or places of
business by December 31, 1999. The consumer shall install such devices
by said deadline and said devices shall be such as are approved by
the terms of this Part and said installation shall be at consumer's
expense. The failure, refusal or inability on the part of the consumer
to install such device or devices shall constitute grounds for discontinuing
water service to the premises until such device or devices have been
installed.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 2]
A device installed in the consumer's service line to
prevent steam, gas, chemicals, or water of unknown or questionable
quality from a separate piping system from entering the Township's
water system.
The party, either property owner or tenant, contracting with
the Township for water service for one or more families or for one
or more business/institutional units on the premises.
The connecting facilities from the Township's curb stop
and curb box into and in a consumer's premises, except the water
meter.
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise
separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the
other steam, gas, a chemical or water of unknown or questionable safety,
whereby there may be a flow from one system to the other, the direction
depending on the pressure differential between the two systems.
A device for measuring the quantity of water used, which
is a basis for determining charges for water service to a customer.
The property, building, or other site to which water service
is furnished, including:
A building under one roof, owned, or eased by one person and
occupied as one residence or business.
Each combination of buildings owned or leased by one person,
served by one service line and occupied by one family or business.
Each side of a double house or each housing unit.
Each apartment, office or suite of offices located in a building
having several such apartments, offices or suites of offices and using
in common one or more means of entrance.
Such other situation as the Township shall deem proper and advisable.
A person in whose name the deed for a property is designated.
A person who leases or rents premises from a property owner.
West Lebanon Township.
Provision by the Township of water as a commodity, of readiness
to serve water for any purposes and of any services related hereto.
Any pumping station, treatment plant, reservoir, standpipe,
water main, valve, hydrant, Township service line, or other appurtenance
which now exists or may be constructed or owned by the Township of
West Lebanon.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 3]
1.
The water system shall be considered as made up of two parts: the
public water supply system and the consumer's water system.
2.
The public water supply system shall consist of the source facilities
and the distribution system and shall include all those facilities
of the public water supply system under the control of the public
water supplier up to the point where the consumer's water system
begins.
3.
The source shall include all components of the facilities utilized
in the production, treatment, storage, and delivery of water to the
public distribution system.
4.
The public distribution system shall include the network of conduits
used for delivery of water from the source to the consumer's
water system.
5.
The consumer's water system shall include all facilities beyond
the service connection which are utilized in conveying water from
the public distribution system to points of use.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 4]
1.
No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any
premises where actual or potential cross-connections to the public
water supply system or consumer's water system may exist unless
such actual or potential cross-connections are abated or controlled
to the satisfaction of the public water supplier.
2.
No connection shall be installed or maintained whereby water from
an auxiliary water supply may enter a public or consumer's water
system unless such auxiliary water supply and the method of connection
and use of such supply shall have been approved.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 5]
1.
The consumer's premises shall be open at all reasonable times
to the public water supplier, or his authorized representative, for
the purposes of conducting surveys and investigations of water use
practices within the consumer's premises to determine whether
there are actual or potential cross-connections to the consumer's
water system through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow
into the public potable water system.
2.
On request by the public water supplier the consumer shall furnish
information on water use practices within his premises.
3.
It shall be the responsibility of the water consumer to conduct periodic
surveys of water use practices on his premises to determine whether
there are actual or potential cross-connections to his water system
through which contaminants or pollutants could backflow into the public
water supply system.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 6]
An approved backflow prevention device shall be installed prior
to the first branch line leading off each service line to every consumer's
water system in the Township.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 7]
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 8]
1.
The backflow prevention device required by this Part shall be of
model or construction approved by the public water supplier and shall
comply with the following:
A.
A single check valve device shall be approved by the public water
backflow prevention supplier and shall mean a device that has been
manufactured in full conformance with standards established by the
American Water Works Association entitled, AWWA C506 Standards.
2.
Existing backflow prevention devices approved by the public water supplier at the time of installation and properly maintained shall, except for inspection and maintenance requirements, be excluded from the requirement of Subsection 1 of this section providing the public water supplier is assured that they will satisfactorily protect the public potable supply system. Whenever the existing device is moved from the present location or when the public water supplier finds that the maintenance of the device constitutes a hazard to health, the device shall be replaced by a backflow prevention device meeting the requirements of this Part.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 9]
1.
Backflow prevention devices required by this Part shall be installed
at a location and in a manner approved by the public water supplier
and shall be installed by a licensed plumber and at the expense of
the water consumer.
2.
Backflow prevention devices installed on the service line to a consumer's
water system shall be located on the consumer's side of the water
meter, as close to the meter as is reasonably practical and prior
to any other connection.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 10]
1.
Whenever backflow prevention devices required by this Part are found
to be defective, they shall be repaired or replaced at the expense
of the consumer without delay.
2.
Backflow prevention devices shall not be bypassed, made inoperative,
removed, or otherwise made ineffective without specific authorization
by the water supplier.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 11]
1.
Where a booster pump has been installed on the service line to or
within any premises, such pump shall be equipped with a low pressure
cut-off device designed to shut off the booster pump when the pressure
in the service line on the suction side of the pump drops to 10 pounds
per square inch gauge or less for a period of 30 seconds or longer.
2.
It shall be the duty of the water consumer to maintain the lo pressure
cut-off device in proper working order and to certify to the public
water supplier, at least once a year, that the device is operating
properly.
[Ord. 378, 12/7/1998, § 12]
1.
The public water supplier may deny or discontinue, after reasonable
notice to the occupants thereof, the water service to any premises
wherein any backflow prevention device required by this Part is not
installed, tested and maintained in a manner acceptable to the public
water supplier, or if it is found that the backflow prevention device
has been removed or bypassed, or if an unprotected cross-connection
exists on the premises or if a low pressure cut off device required
by this Part is not installed and maintained in working order.
2.
Water service to such premises shall not be restored until the consumer
has corrected or eliminated such conditions or defects in conformance
with this Part and to the satisfaction of the public water supplier.
