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Cross Reference: As to cross-connection policy, see Chapter 710.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.010; CC 1980 § 67.100]
The Superintendent of the Water Department shall have general charge and supervision and control of the waterworks system of the City and he/she shall abide by all ordinances, resolutions, or other orders of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.020; CC 1980 § 67.110; Ord. No. 03-001, 1-9-2003]
Any person, firm or corporation carrying on a plumbing business and desiring to introduce water from the water system of the City to any premises within or without the corporate limits of said City, shall first procure a permit to do so from City Hall; the application for a permit shall be in writing and signed by the applicant, and shall state the size and kind of service pipe to be used, the location of the premises, the name of the owner of the premises, the main tapped and for what purpose the water is used. The cost of the water tapping permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00); the tapping permit is in addition to any materials, labor or heavy equipment charges incurred by City personnel in making the tap. For every extension of pipe of new attachment to take place of old ones, applications shall be made for a permit, as provided herein. All such applications shall be numbered, filed and registered by the Superintendent.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.030; CC 1980 § 67.120; Ord. No. 89-7 §§ 1 — 2, 6-8-1989; Ord. No. 00-05, 8-10-2000]
A. 
Deposit Required Prior To Receiving Service. A water deposit shall be made with the City Collector before water is turned on to any premises owned by any person, firm, or corporation; this sum is to be retained by the City of Bismarck to ensure payment of all bills.
[Ord. No. 16-10, 9-8-2016]
1. 
Deposit amounts shall be as follows:
a. 
Home owner: seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
b. 
Renter: one hundred dollars ($100.00).
c. 
Commercial: one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
B. 
Water Deposit To Be Refunded When.
[Ord. No. 16-10, 9-8-2016]
1. 
If the customer pays his/her bills on or before the due date for thirty-six (36) consecutive months, the deposit will be refunded, without interest, or it will be applied to their water bill as credit. Otherwise, when service to the customer is discontinued permanently, the deposit, less any amount still due the City of Bismarck for water service, shall be refunded without interest.
2. 
If, after receiving their deposit back for good payment, the customer's water is turned off for non-payment, the customer will have to repay the designated deposit, plus the reconnection fee, before water is turned back on.
C. 
Any customer who has their water shut off a second time for non-payment shall be assessed a double deposit fee. This deposit shall be refunded upon request, as a credit on his/her water bill, after having paid his or her bills on or before the due date for thirty-six (36) consecutive months.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.040; CC 1980 § 67.130; Ord. No. 00-05, 8-10-2000]
A. 
After the plumber has received his/her water tap permit and the Utility Superintendent has approved it, he/she may proceed with the water line. If the water main is in the street under concrete or blacktop pavement, it must be cut in straight and even lines in such a way as not to damage the pavement. He/she shall dig down to the water main and dig the ditch from the main to the location of curb valve, which will be at property owner's line, or as close to the property line as possible. The plumber will then notify the Utility Superintendent he/she is ready for the water tap to be made. The Superintendent shall go or send his/her assistant as soon as possible to make the tap and lay the water line from the main line to the curb valve.
B. 
The tap will be made not smaller than three quarters (3/4) of an inch or larger than two (2) inches. When the tap is made, a corporation cock will be screwed into the main. A copper or plastic pipe of the proper size, with a loop or goose neck, shall be connected to the corporation cock. When plastic material is used, a tracer wire must be laid alongside the pipe. The loop or goose neck must be large enough to allow for a twelve (12) inch expansion, contraction or settling of pipe so it cannot pull connection from main. The copper or plastic pipe shall be laid to the curb valve. The water pipe must be at least thirty (30) inches deep to prevent freezing.
C. 
The curb valve shall be installed, and the water turned into the line. The water should remain on for thirty (30) minutes before the ditch is backfilled. After the new line has been tested for the prescribed time, the plumber may start to backfill the ditch. He/she will fill in six (6) inches of dirt and tamp dirt solid with an air tamp and continue to fill and tamp until the fill is two (2) inches above the level of the pavement. In the event of failure to procure an air tamper, then the same procedure will be accomplished by hand at the direction of the Utility Superintendent.
D. 
The plumber shall install the water line from the curb valve to the inside of the building. The pipe line must be at least thirty (30) inches deep at all points from the curb valve to inside of building. The pipe used in the water line should be copper or plastic tubing. When plastic material is used, a tracer wire should be laid alongside the tubing. The water service line may be placed in the same trench with the building sewer, provided that Missouri Department of Natural Resources regulations are carried out.
E. 
The filling and air tamping or hand tamping of all sewer and water line ditches that are in the City streets, will be tamped by the plumber or his/her representative under the supervision of the Utility Superintendent. If any sewer or water ditch is not filled and tamped in accordance to this Chapter, the City Utility Superintendent will have the ditch dug out, refilled and tamped and charge the expense to the firm, person or corporation that had the work done. The City, person, firm, or corporation making an opening in the streets must first erect a barricade around where the opening in the street is to be made. The barricade must be at least three (3) feet high, and danger signals placed that can be seen for at least one (1) block. If the ditch is to be left open at night, two (2) flares must be set at sundown. Mechanical (electrical) devices may be substituted for flares when available. If the ditch is ten (10) feet long or longer, there must be a flare or lighting device every ten (10) feet. If this is not done, it will be the duty of the Chief of Police to notify the Utility Superintendent at once and see to it that the proper signals are placed.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.050; CC 1980 § 67.140]
No permit for any attachment for water privileges shall be granted to any person when the service pipe connecting such attachment with the premises to be supplied with water must pass over or through the premises of any other person, unless the written permission of the owner of such intervening premises be first obtained and filed with the Superintendent of the Water Department.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.060; CC 1980 § 67.150; Ord. No. 89-14 § 1, 12-7-1989]
It shall be unlawful to connect any water or sewer lines between any property inside or outside the City limits. The owner of each lot making a connection with either the water or sewer shall make that connection with the understanding that no one shall connect to the water or sewer line that he/she has installed. In other words, each owner of any lot or parcel of ground shall make connections to the City water and sewer system, with the understanding that he/she has a private line from his/her lot or parcel of ground to the mains of the water and sewer systems.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.070; CC 1980 § 67.160]
Materials used shall be strong enough to resist the water pressure, and all work and materials used in connection with the water system shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the Superintendent of the Water Department. All stop-cocks and other appliances must be sufficiently strong and secure to resist the pressure and rain of the water from the water main. All plumbing tapping and other work materials herein provided shall be subject to the control, inspection and approval of the Superintendent of the Water Department and all underground work shall be inspected by him/her or his/her representative before being used.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.080; CC 1980 § 67.240]
The City reserves the right to change at any time by ordinance or resolution the rates for use of water expressed in this Chapter, the right to shut off the water in any main or pipe for the purpose of making improvements, alterations, or repairs, and to stop and restrict the supply of water whenever it may be found necessary, and the City shall not be liable for any suspension of the water supply to any holder of any water license every consumer of water, by accepting water from the City, shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.100; CC 1980 § 67.270]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport any water, with the exception of water for drinking purposes only, that has been obtained from any residence or place of business as connected to any pipe within the corporate limits of this City or outside the corporate limits of the City that is connected to the Bismarck Water Company system, unless any person, firm or company shall have first obtained a permit in writing from the Utility Superintendent with the approval of the Mayor. Rates to be charged for transporting water from Bismarck Water Company system:
1. 
Any person, firm, or corporation transporting any water from the Bismarck Water Company system with the exception of drinking water only, shall pay to the City Collector, seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per one thousand (1,000) gallons for every gallon so transported.
2. 
Any person, firm, or corporation transporting drinking water shall be allowed to transport a maximum of ten (10) gallons of water free of charge, and shall be governed by the above Sections of this Chapter on any amount of water transported above ten (10) gallons.
3. 
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provisions of this Chapter shall be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.110; Ord. No. 91-8 §§ 1 — 6, 11-14-1991]
A. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
CITY
The City of Bismarck, Missouri.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
WATER
Water from the City Water Supply System.
B. 
Application Of Regulations. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all persons using water both in and outside the City of Bismarck, and regardless of whether any person using water shall have a contract for water service with the City of Bismarck.
C. 
Certain Uses Prohibited. The use and withdrawal of water by any person for the following purposes is hereby prohibited as specified.
1. 
Watering Yards. The sprinkling, watering or irrigating of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, ground covers, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers, or any other vegetation during the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. is prohibited.
2. 
Escape Through Defective Plumbing. The escape of water through defective plumbing, which shall mean the knowing permission for defective plumbing to remain out of repair is prohibited.
D. 
Exception To Maintain Sanitation. The Board of Aldermen or Mayor shall have the authority to permit a reasonable use of water in any case necessary to maintain adequate health and sanitation standards.
E. 
Enforcement.
1. 
Police Officers Enforce. Every Police Officer of the City shall, in connection with his/her duties imposed by law, diligently enforce the provisions of this Section.
2. 
Discontinuance Of Service. The Mayor shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this Section by the discontinuance of water service in the event of violation hereof.
[Ord. No. 10-14, 7-8-2010]
A. 
Drilling Of Wells Prohibited And Hook-Up Required. All potable water users, within the incorporated limits of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, where a water distribution line is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property line of the property to be served, shall be connected to the City's water distribution line. Furthermore, It shall be unlawful for anyone to drill a water well within the incorporated limits of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, when a City water line is located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the property line of the property to be served.
B. 
Customer Service Line Defined. The customer's water service line shall be defined as the section of pipe or conduit and all associated fittings thereof, that extends from the customer's "point of usage" to the customer side of the City supplied "water meter." The provision for and the upkeep of the "service line" shall be the sole responsibility of the customer.
C. 
Prior Drilled Wells Shall Be Exempted. Any water well drilled within the incorporated limits of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, prior to the passage of this Section, shall be exempt from the prohibition as stated in Subsection (A) of this Section.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.120; Ord. No. 90-18 § 1, 12-13-1990]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this Article is:
1. 
To ban the use of lead materials in the public drinking water system and private plumbing connected to the public drinking water system; and
2. 
To protect City residents from lead contamination in the City's public drinking water system and their own private plumbing.
B. 
Application. This Article shall apply to all premises served by the public drinking water system of the City of Bismarck.
C. 
Policy.
1. 
This Article will be reasonably interpreted by the water purveyor. It is the purveyor's intent to ban the use of lead-based material in the construction or modification of the City's drinking water system or private plumbing connected to the City system. The cooperation of all consumers is required to implement the lead ban.
2. 
If, in the judgment of the water purveyor or his/her authorized representative, lead-based materials have been used in new construction or modifications after January 1, 1989, due notice shall be given to the consumer. The consumer shall immediately comply by having the lead-based materials removed from the plumbing system and replaced with lead-free materials. If the lead-based materials are not removed from the plumbing system, the water purveyor shall have the right to discontinue water service to the premises.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.130; Ord. No. 90-18 § 2, 12-13-1990]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Article.
CONSUMER
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public drinking water system.
LEAD-BASED MATERIALS
Any material containing lead in excess of the quantities specified in the definition of "lead-free" below.
LEAD-FREE
1. 
When used with respect to solder and flux, refers to solders and flux containing not more than two-tenths percent (0.2%) lead; and
2. 
When used with respect to pipes and pipe fittings containing not more than eight percent (8%) lead.
PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEM
Any publicly or privately owned water system supplying water to the general public which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
WATER PURVEYOR
The owner, operator, or individual in responsible charge of a public water system.
[R.O. 1998 § 705.140; Ord. No. 90-18 § 3, 12-13-1990]
A. 
No water service connection shall be installed or maintained to any premises where lead-base materials were used in new construction or modifications of the drinking water plumbing after January 1, 1989.
B. 
If a premises is found to be in violation of Subsection (A) above, water service shall be discontinued until such time that the drinking water plumbing is lead-free.