The Town may:
A. 
Construct, operate and maintain a water system and water plant within and outside of the corporate boundaries of the Town.
B. 
Construct, operate and maintain a sanitary sewerage system and a sewage treatment plant within and outside of the corporate boundaries of the Town.
C. 
Construct, operate, and maintain a stormwater drainage system and stormwater sewers.
D. 
Construct, maintain, reconstruct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, or dispose of all parts, installations, and structures of the above plants and systems.
E. 
Have surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates made for any of the above plants and systems or parts thereof or the extension thereof.
F. 
Do all things it deems necessary for the efficient operation 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. If any unauthorized main, conduit, pipe, or other structure interferes with the operation of the water, sewerage, or stormwater systems, the Town may order it removed.
All individuals, firms or corporation 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 provided in § C-89. Any violation of an ordinance passed under the provisions of this section may be made a misdemeanor or municipal infraction.
The Town shall provide a connection with water and sanitary sewer mains which it owns 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 owner of the water or sewer system, all abutting property owners after reasonable notice shall connect all fixtures with the water or sewer main. The Town may require that if existing fixtures are determined unsatisfactory, satisfactory ones will be installed and may require that all cesspools, sink drains, and privies be abandoned, 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 and closed. Any violation of an ordinance passed under the provisions of this section may be made a misdemeanor or municipal infraction.
The Town may make a charge, the amount to be determined by the Commission, for each connection made to the Town's water or sewer mains. This charge shall be uniform throughout the Town as to various classes of users, but a different schedule of charges may apply outside of the Town boundaries. The charges may be changed from year to year. Arrangements for the payment of this charge shall be made before the connection is made.
In order to prevent any leakage or waste of water or other improper use of the Town's water system or sewage disposal system, the Town may require such changes in plumbing, fixtures, or connections as is necessary to prevent such waste or improper use.
The Town by ordinance may provide that no water supply, sewerage, or stormwater drainage system, and no water mains, sewers, drains, or connections therewith, shall be constructed or operated by any person or persons, firm, corporation, institutions, 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 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 may be made a misdemeanor or municipal infraction.
Any employee or agent of the Town, while in the necessary pursuit of official duties with regard to the water or sewer installations, at all reasonable hours, and after reasonable advance notice to the owner, tenant, or person in possession, may enter 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, may be made a misdemeanor or municipal infraction.
A. 
Tampering. Any person who tampers with a public water system shall be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined in accordance with Title 18, or both.
B. 
Attempt or threat. Any person who attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper, with a public drinking water system be imprisoned for not more than three years, or fined in accordance with Title 18, or both.
C. 
Civil penalty. The administrator may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States District Court (as determined under the provisions of Title 28) against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system. The court may impose on such person a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for such tampering or not more than $20,000 for such attempt to threat.
D. 
"Tamper" defined. For purposes of this section, the term "tamper" means:
(1) 
To introduce a contaminant into a public water system with the intention of harming persons; or
(2) 
To otherwise interfere with the operation of a public water system with the intention of harming persons.
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 Town Clerk, and if bills are unpaid within 30 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.