[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, §§ 1 and 3; as amended by Ord. 313, 10/17/1983, § 1]
1. 
Every building hereafter constructed and every building hereafter for the first time furnished with water shall be metered before any water shall be furnished to such building.
2. 
All water services, except those classified as temporary for building purposes, must be metered.
[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:
A. 
All commercial and industrial premises shall be metered.
B. 
Next, all residential buildings occupied by more than one family shall be metered.
C. 
Finally, all single-family residences shall be metered.
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; Ord. 454, 9/2/2008; Ord. No. 543, 4/7/2025]
Any person, firm, corporation, organization, equitable interest, or other entity who or which shall be in violation of 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, will be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $200 and not to exceed $1,000 and/or to undergo imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day that a violation continues beyond the date fixed for compliance shall constitute a separate offense. In any enforcement action brought under this section, the guilty party shall in addition to any fines pay the costs of prosecution, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Township of West Lebanon.
[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]
BACKFLOW DEVICE
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.
CONSUMER
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.
CONSUMER'S SERVICE LINE
The connecting facilities from the Township's curb stop and curb box into and in a consumer's premises, except the water meter.
CROSS-CONNECTION
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.
METER
A device for measuring the quantity of water used, which is a basis for determining charges for water service to a customer.
PREMISES
The property, building, or other site to which water service is furnished, including:
A. 
A building under one roof, owned, or eased by one person and occupied as one residence or business.
B. 
Each combination of buildings owned or leased by one person, served by one service line and occupied by one family or business.
C. 
Each side of a double house or each housing unit.
D. 
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.
E. 
Such other situation as the Township shall deem proper and advisable.
PROPERTY OWNER
A person in whose name the deed for a property is designated.
TENANT
A person who leases or rents premises from a property owner.
TOWNSHIP
West Lebanon Township.
WATER SERVICE
Provision by the Township of water as a commodity, of readiness to serve water for any purposes and of any services related hereto.
WATER SYSTEM
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]
1. 
The type of protection required under § 26-206 of this Part shall depend on the degree of hazard which exists as follows:
A. 
An approved single check valve shall be installed where the public water supply system may be contaminated with a substance that could cause a system or health hazard.
[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.