The town may:
(1) 
Construct, operate and maintain a water system and water plant.
(2) 
Construct, operate, and maintain a sanitary sewerage system and a sewage treatment plant.
(3) 
Construct, operate, and maintain a storm water drainage system and storm water sewers.
(4) 
Construct, maintain, reconstruct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, or dispose of all parts, installations, and structures of the above plants and systems.
(5) 
Have surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates made for any of the above plants and systems or parts thereof or the extension thereof.
(6) 
Do all things it deems necessary for the efficient operations and maintenance of the above plants and systems.
Any public service corporation, company, or individual, before beginning any construction of or placing of or changing the location of any main, conduit, pipe, or other structure in the public ways of the town, shall submit plans to the town and obtain written approval upon such conditions and subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the town. Any public service corporation, company, or individual violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. If any unauthorized main, conduit, pipe, or other structure interferes either the operation of the water, sewerage, or storm water systems, the town may order it removed.
All individuals, firms or corporations, company having mains, pipes, conduits, or other structures, in, on, or over any public way in the town or in the county which impede the establishment, construction, or operation of any town sewer or water main, upon reasonable notice, shall remove or adjust the obstructions at their own expense to the satisfaction of the town. If necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, the town may use its condemnation powers.
The town may enter upon or do construction in, on or over any county public way for the purpose of installing or repairing any equipment or doing any other things necessary to establish, operate, and maintain the water system, water plant, sanitary sewerage system, sewage treatment plant, or storm water sewers provided for in this charter. Unless required by the county, the town need not obtain any permit or pay any charge for these operations, but it must notify the county of its intent to enter on the public way and must leave the public way in a condition not inferior to that existing before.
The town shall provide a connection with water and sanitary sewer mains for all property abutting on any public way in which a sanitary sewer or water main is laid. When any water main or sanitary sewer is declared ready for operation by the town, all abutting property owners after reasonable notices shall connect all fixtures with the water or sewer main. The town may require that, if it considers existing fixtures unsatisfactory, satisfactory ones be installed at owner's expense and may require that all cesspools, sinkdrains, and privies be abandoned at owner's expense, filled removed or left in such a way as not to injure public health. All wells found to be polluted or a menace to health may be ordered to be abandoned or closed at owner's expense. Any violation of an ordinance passed under the provisions of this section shall be made a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,0000.
The town may make a charge, the amount to be determined by the council, for each connection made to the town's water or sewer mains. This charge shall be uniform throughout the town, but may be changed from year to year. Arrangements for the payment of this charge shall be made before the connection is made.
The town by ordinance may provide that no water supply, sewerage, or storm water drainage system, and no water mains, sewers, drains, or connection therewith, shall be constructed or operated by any person or persons, firm, corporation, institution, or community, whether upon private premises or otherwise, and may provide that cesspools or other private methods of sewage disposal shall be operated and maintained in such a manner that they do not and will not be likely to affect adversely the public comfort and health and any cesspool or other private method of sewage disposal affecting or likely to affect adversely the public comfort and health may be deemed a nuisance and may be abated by the town. Any violation of an ordinance passed under the provisions of this section shall be made a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Any employee or agent of the town, while in the necessary pursuit of his/her official duties with regard to the water or sewage disposal systems operated by the town, has a right of entry, for access to water or sewer installations, at all reasonable hours, and after reasonable advance notice to the owner, tenant or person in possession, upon any premises and into any building in the town or in the county served by the town's water or sewage disposal system. Any restraint or hindrance offered to the entry by any owner, tenant, or person in possession, or the agent of any of them, by ordinance, may be made a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.
The town, if it deems it advisable, may contract with any party or parties, inside or outside the town, to obtain water or to provide for the removal of sewage.
The town may charge and collect such service rates, water rents, ready-to-serve charges, or other charges as it deems necessary for water supplied and for the removal of sewage. These charges are to be billed and collected by the clerk-treasurer, and if bills are unpaid within thirty days, the service may be discontinued. All charges shall be a lien on the property, collectible in the same manner as town taxes or by suit at law.
The provisions of this subheading shall not extend to any town located in a sanitary district or special tax area or district authorized to discharge the powers provided in this subheading, as to the particular powers included in the authorization.
[Added 6-12-2006by Charter Amendment No. CA-06-01]
In addition to other fees and charges authorized by this Article 10 or other law, the town may impose and collect fees and charges for the allocation of water and sanitary sewer capacity in the town's water and sanitary sewer systems, and to pay for the construction and expansion of, capital improvements to, and maintenance of the town's water and sanitary sewer systems.