[Amended 2-13-1995]
A. 
All Water Users within the Village of Dwight shall have the Village of Dwight Water Distribution System as their sole source of water for domestic, industrial and business purposes, and no party shall be allowed to derive, drill, dig or otherwise provide an alternate source of water either by well, pond, lake, or source from within the corporate limits of the Village of Dwight piped or by other means of conduit or connection have such water pumped or piped into the Village of Dwight for use within the Village of Dwight. However, any party may transport water into the Village of Dwight in bulk for use within the Village of Dwight for such purposes as filling swimming pools, conducting lawn care services, or otherwise so long as said water is transported in bulk rather than by conduit from a source or sources outside of the Village of Dwight. Further, any property serviced by a private water source on the effective date of this chapter may continue to use said private water source and may continue to maintain said private source; provided, however, if said private water source shall become depleted or otherwise unusable, such User shall at that time be obligated to connect to the Water Distribution System of the Village of Dwight. Further provided, any User other than a User that has a current private source of water existing on the date of this agreement, until such private source is depleted or otherwise unusable, must connect to the Water Distribution System of the Village of Dwight as long as a water main or other connection to the Village Water Distribution System is within 300 feet of the property line of such User.
B. 
No water from the Village of Dwight Distribution System shall be activated for service onto or into the premises of any person but by the direction of the Director of Public Works, or some person authorized by the Director of Public Works to perform this service.
[Amended 11-26-2001]
Applications to have water turned on shall be made to the Village and shall contain an agreement by the applicant to abide by and accept all of the provisions of this chapter as conditions governing the use of the Village water supply. Applicants must have no outstanding balances on previous Water Service and/or Sewer Service accounts in the Village of Dwight prior to having water turned on at a new location in the Village of Dwight.
[Amended 10-1-2021]
A deposit of $100 shall be made with each application, this sum to be retained by the Village, to ensure payment of all bills. When service to the applicant is discontinued permanently, this deposit, less any amount still owing to the Village for water service, shall be refunded. Provided that where any applicant for water service is the owner of the premises to be served, no such deposit shall be required.
No water shall be turned on for service in premises in which the plumbing does not comply with the provisions of the plumbing regulations of the Village; provided that water may be turned on for construction work in unfinished buildings, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 11-12-1996; 5-26-1998]
No connections with a water main shall be made without a permit being issued and 24 hours' notice having been given to the Director of Public Works.
A. 
All multi-unit buildings are required to have each unit individually served water from separate buffalo box, curb key, and water meter. All curb keys service pipes shall be properly sized for the demand. Exceptions to this regulation shall be those multi-unit buildings that have a separate mechanical room that provides for the location of separate meters and valves.
B. 
A second water meter may be installed in a residential single-family dwelling within the Corporate limits and used for outside watering only. It is the responsibility of the owner to have all necessary plumbing done that meets the Illinois State Plumbing Code that is in effect at that time, the Village of Dwight's Cross-connection Ordinance (§ 215-5) and to pay the Village for the water meter in advance of the Village installing the second water meter. The Village Plumbing Inspector shall have final approval of the installation of the water meter. There will be no sewer charges on the second water meter.
(1) 
All such connections shall be made by or under the direction of the Director of Public Works.
(2) 
Before connection is made with the water distribution system, the premises to be served must be equipped with a meter and buffalo box properly installed on the service pipe. When the meter is located within a building service pipe shall be installed from the buffalo box to the meter and shall be at least four feet underground. No installation shall be covered until it has been inspected by the Director of Public Works or the Director's designee and found to be satisfactory.
The fee schedule shall be established and periodically reviewed and modified by the Village Board of Trustees. The fee for the desired services shall be double any established rate for installations outside the Village corporate boundaries. These fees shall cover any line not to exceed a distance of 50 feet from the water main to the property line and any additional footage in excess of 50 feet shall be charged an additional fee based upon the cost of materials and labor.
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the Village to tamper with, alter or injure any part of the Village waterworks or supply system, or any meter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be fined as designated in the fine rate schedule for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.