Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in this Part 3 shall be as follows. "Shall" is mandatory;
"may" is permissible.
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Westville or, where
such authority is specifically delegated, the Superintendent of the
Utilities Department.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The basic assessment levied on all users of the public water
system.
A charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct
the water works.
A shutoff valve attached to a water service pipe from a water
main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated
by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water-supply lines of
a building. Also called a "curb stop."
The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of
interest, principal and coverage of loan, bond, etc. outstanding.
The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
The federal 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act and amendments.
Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and
replacement costs, i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs.
A unit of the concentration of water constituent. It is 0.001
g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit
formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately
equivalent, in reporting the results of water analysis.
Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any
individual, firm or company, municipal or private corporation, association,
society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion
concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA
Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
Parts per million by weight.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works
were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
A valve box used with corporation or curb cock.
The Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970 (30 ILCS 405/1
et seq.).
The State of Illinois participation in the financing of the
construction of water works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution
Bond Act (30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.) and for making such loans as filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
The estimated period during which the water works will be
operated.
A charge levied on users of water works for the cost of operation,
maintenance and replacement.
The principal accounting designation for all revenues received
in the operation of the water system.
The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the
water facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined
in this article, and shall consist of the total of the basic user
charge and the local capital cost, if applicable.
An applicant desiring a water tap or service connection with
the waterworks system of the Village shall file a written application
at the Village Hall, signed by the owner of the property for which
the tap or service connection is desired, or by the duly authorized
agent of such owner. The application shall be accompanied by payment
of the fee hereinafter prescribed to cover the cost of such service
connection. In the event the application is made by an agent for the
owner, then the application shall also be accompanied by the written
authority of the owner to the agent for the making of the application.
(See Appendix #1.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix 1 is on file in the Village offices.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All water service, whether for domestic, commercial or industrial
use, shall be metered. All meters shall be so placed and installed
as to render the same accessible at all times for the purpose of reading
or repairing and so as to be free from danger of freezing. Meters
outside of a building shall be set in a suitable meter box approved
by the Utilities Committee. Water shall not be turned on for new connections
until the meter has been installed and all other requirements of this
Part 3 on the part of the property owner have been fully complied
with.
All meters shall remain the property of the Department and may
be removed from the customer's premises at any time without notice
for the purpose of testing and repairing the same or upon discontinuance
of service. Upon discovery of any unlawful act by any customer, his
agent, or employee herein prohibited or upon failure to comply with
any other rules and regulations of the Department, such service shall
be disconnected.
A.
The user shall be responsible for installation and maintenance of
service lines between the meter and the residence or business. Such
service lines must be at least 3/4 inch in diameter, and must be installed
at a minimum depth of three feet. Service lines must have a minimum
working pressure rating of 160 psi at 73.4° F. and must be constructed
of one of the following types of materials: copper (Type K), polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), polyethylene or polybutylene. Service lines shall
not be covered until they are inspected and approved by the Superintendent.
B.
The user shall not connect any service line or any plumbing connected
with the service line to any other water source. The service line
shall meet all requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency's rules and regulations, the Illinois Plumbing Code, and the
regulations in this Part 3.
A.
Access to premises. The Village shall have access to all portions
of the premises of the consumer at any reasonable time for inspection
of the use of water and the consumer's pipes, fixtures, plumbing,
and any other apparatus in any manner connected to the waterworks
system of the Village. The Village shall have the right and option
to demand change or stopping of use or to require any repair, change,
removal or improvement of any pipe, fixture, plumbing or other apparatus
that would in any manner affect the water supply or system of the
Village or the supply or fixtures of other consumers.
B.
Meters to be open to inspection. All water meters and water fixtures,
connections and appurtenances on private property connected with the
waterworks system of the Village shall be open to the inspection of
the proper officers and employees of the Village at all reasonable
hours.
Whenever a meter is found to have been damaged by hot water
being forced back into it from the consumer's hot water or heating
apparatus or for any other cause within control of the consumer, the
consumer shall pay the Village for the actual cost of the removal,
repair, and replacement of the damaged meter and all previous water
bills shall be corrected on an estimated basis to cover such period
as it appears that the meter was out of order for such damage.
All connections for the water services applied for hereunder
and all connections now attached to the present Village waterworks
system and all use or service of the system shall be upon the express
condition that the Village shall not be liable for nor shall any claim
be made against it for damages or injury caused by reason of the breaking
of any main, service, pipe, apparatus or appurtenance connected with
the waterworks system or for any interruption of the supply of water
by reason of the breaking of machinery or by reason of stoppages,
alterations, extensions or renewals.
No water supplied by the waterworks system shall be resold by
any user. No water user may supply water to other families or allow
them to take it, except for use on the premises and for the purpose
specified in such user's approved application; nor after water is
introduced into any building or upon any premises shall any person
make or employ any other person to make any tap or connection with
work upon the premises for alterations, repairs, extension or attachments
without written permit therefor. Resale or unauthorized use of water
shall be grounds for discontinuance of water service to the user,
or the premises, or both.
The Village shall have the right to refuse water service or
to discontinue water service, without notice, at any time to any consumer
if the Village finds any apparatus or appliances, the operation of
which will be detrimental to the water system of the Village or to
any or all of its consumers. Standpipes, hydrants, gate valves and
any other apparatus that causes water hammer or any danger to the
water system or other customer's plumbing shall be immediately repaired
or removed upon notice from the Village or, at its option, the Village
may immediately discontinue service without notice and without any
liability for direct or resulting damages therefrom.
A.
All persons are strictly forbidden to attach any electric ground
wire to any plumbing or water piping which is or may be connected
to any water service pipe, water meter, or water main belonging to
the Village.
B.
The Village shall hold the owner of the premises responsible and
liable for any damage to the property or injury to the employees of
the Village caused by such ground wire. Any and all owners and consumers
shall remove any existing ground wires immediately upon written notice
from the Village. If not so disconnected five days after notice, the
Village, through its officials, may enter the property and remove
such ground wires and the consumer shall pay all costs.
A.
Applicants desiring to use water from the Village waterworks system
for building or construction purposes shall make application therefor
to the Superintendent on a form provided by the Utilities Department
for that purpose.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Upon a permit being granted, the service pipe shall be carried at
the expense of the applicant to the inside of the curbline where a
service cock and meter shall be placed with pipe leading to the surface
and a faucet placed at the end thereof above the surface. When the
building or construction is completed, the faucet and meter shall
be removed and the water shut off unless permanent connection is made
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Charge for the
use and connection of the meter shall be prescribed by the Superintendent.
A.
All public fire hydrants with gate valves, tees, and connections
from the main, inside the Village limits, shall be owned, maintained
and used only by the Village and shall be solely responsible for same.
Use of water from fire hydrants by contractors and others shall be
only upon permission by the Village and after approved application
to the Village.
B.
The Village shall not be held liable and will not assume any responsibility
for the condition of any fire hydrant inside or outside of the Village
limits or the pressure or amount of water obtainable therefrom or
any damage either direct or resultant because of the condition, pressure
or amount of water available at any fire hydrant.
C.
All public fire hydrants located outside the Village limits owned
by the Village shall be maintained in as good order as reasonably
possible, but the Village will not undertake or assume any responsibility
or liability for their condition or use or abuse. Such public fire
hydrants shall be used only for the purpose of extinguishing fires
except when the Village may issue a special permit for their use to
contractors, who shall then be responsible for the hydrants and the
use of water from them.
A.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to proclaim the existence of an emergency
whenever it appears that the Village water supply is inadequate for
all general uses and purposes, which proclamation shall be published
in a newspaper of general circulation in the community; and the Mayor
is further authorized to declare in similar manner the end of an emergency
period.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Village shall not be held responsible for or in any manner
liable to any person, company, consumer or public body for any claim
or damage, either direct or indirect, resulting from any shortage
of water supply, any shutoff of water for any reason, any bursting
or leakage of either the consumer's or Village's mains, pipes and
fixtures, any pollution or impurity in water supply or any fire or
water damage.
If any consumer fails to comply with any of the rules and regulations
in force, the Village shall notify the consumer of such failure. If
the consumer does not remedy the same as the rules provide and within
a reasonable time, the Village shall have the right to discontinue
service. Except in case of nonpayment, emergency, necessity, or as
otherwise provided, the Village will not discontinue service for violation
of any rule until five days after notice has been given and the violation
has not been remedied.
The consumer shall give to the Village such easements and rights-of-way
as necessary and allow access for the purpose of construction, repair,
maintenance, meter reading, relocation or expansion of the water system.
The necessity shall be determined by the Superintendent.
The Village shall reserve the right to use the water from the
consumer's facilities at any time deemed necessary. No charge shall
be made by the consumer for the use of the facilities and no charge
shall be made by the Village for the water used by the Village.
The Village shall maintain and repair all water service pipes
between the water mains and the curblines. Any repairs to service
lines or taps between the water mains and the sidewalk or property
line shall be at the Village's expense. Any repairs or renewals of
water service pipes between the property line or curbline and extending
to the owner's premises shall be made at the sole expense of the consumer
or owner of the premises.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
The Village shall have the right to shut off the supply of water
whenever it is necessary to make repairs, improvements, enforce rules
or for any purpose or emergency. Notice as circumstances allow, will
be given to consumers but in emergencies, the water may be shut off
without notice. All hot water faucets shall be left open during any
shut-off to prevent damage to plumbing. Such necessary work will be
done as rapidly as may be practical and whenever feasible at such
times as will cause the least inconvenience. The Village shall not
be held responsible or liable for any direct or resultant damages
to any person, company or consumer or to any pipe, fixtures, or plumbing
because of any shut-off of supply.
B.
Water for steam boilers, gas engines, ice plants, or other industrial
use shall not be furnished by direct pressure from the mains, but
only to tanks holding ample reserve supply. Should any equipment be
supplied directly from mains, then in case of any shutoff of water,
the Village will not be held responsible or liable for any direct
or resulting damage because of interrupted supply, insufficient pressure,
or otherwise.
C.
Whenever water mains, pipes and service connections are taken up,
shut off or interfered with by reason of any Village street improvements,
the Village will endeavor to maintain service so far as reasonably
possible, but will not be directly or indirectly liable for any interruption,
poor pressure, or damage of any kind, either to consumers, adjacent
property owners or to other consumers affected thereby.
D.
The Village expressly stipulates with all its consumers and other
persons that it will not insure or be responsible or liable in any
manner for any losses, or damages, direct or indirect, resulting from
any fire, and all water service furnished shall always be conditional
upon acts of God, inevitable accidents, fire, strikes, riots, war,
or any other cause not within the reasonable control of the Village.
It shall be unlawful to drill a water well in the Village without the proper permits from the State of Illinois and the Village Board. All wells shall comply with the Article III, Cross-Connection Control, in this chapter. No wells shall be drilled when the property is within 200 feet of the municipal water main.
Whenever any connection to the waterworks system is abandoned,
because the building to which the water connection is made has been
abandoned, destroyed or removed, the Superintendent may remove the
meter and any pipe or connections in the public right-of-way or easement,
and cap, plug or otherwise seal the pipe or main. Before taking any
such steps, the Superintendent shall notify the owner of the real
estate if the owner's name and address are known, and shall notify
the person shown on the real estate tax records as having paid taxes
on the property the last time taxes were paid. Such notice shall be
made by mail, at least 30 days before any action is taken under this
section. If water is leaking, the Superintendent shall take immediate
action, and send the notices within three working days of the time
action was taken.
A.
Any customer with critical water requirements shall have an alternate
water source. Failure to provide such shall be considered a violation
of customer rules and loss or damages resulting therefrom shall be
the responsibility of the customer. Those customers shall include
but not be limited to manufacturers, hospitals, nursing homes, schools,
greenhouses, hatcheries or any other building or business which might
suffer any type of loss due to interruption of water service.
B.
The Village expressly stipulates with all customers and other persons
who may be affected by the discontinuance of service that it will
neither insure nor be responsible or liable in any manner for any
loss or damages, direct or indirect, by reason of fire or any other
cause and all water service furnished shall also be conditional upon
acts of God, inevitable accidents, failure of supply, fire, strikes,
riots or any other causes.
All of the rules and regulations concerning the use of the facilities
of the water system and the consumption of water shall be adopted
and the same shall become part of the contract with every water consumer
and every water consumer shall be considered to take water from the
Village subject thereto and bound thereby.
