This chapter establishes the procedures for making connections to the
public water system in the Town of East Hampton. It also regulates the use
of the public water system. The purpose of this chapter is to:
A. Inform the public as to the technical and administrative
procedures to be followed in obtaining connection to the East Hampton public
water system;
B. Authorize and empower the East Hampton Water Pollution
Control Authority to operate and manage the public water system on behalf
of the Town of East Hampton;
C. Ensure compliance with C.G.S. § 16-262m and
with §§ 16-262m-1 through 16-262m-9, inclusive, of the Connecticut
State Regulations;
D. Ensure compliance with all orders of the Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Department of Health
Services relating to the operation of water systems, and the use of water
in the Town of East Hampton.
The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the
following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
CONTRACTOR
Any person regularly offering to the general public services of his
employees or himself in the field of plumbing, piping, heating, piping and
cooling, who possesses a valid license to perform plumbing and piping work,
issued under Chapter 393 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
CUSTOMER
Any person, firm, corporation, company, association, governmental
unit or lessee who, by terms of a written lease, is responsible for the water
bill, or owner of property furnished water service by the East Hampton Public
Water System
DEP
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
DHS
The Connecticut Department of Health Services.
PLUMBING AND PIPING WORK
The installation, repair, replacement, alteration or maintenance
of water and associated fixtures, all water systems for human usage, and shall
include lateral storm lines from the buildings to the mains, swimming pools
and pumping equipment.
TOWN
The Town of East Hampton, a municipal corporation.
WPCA
The East Hampton Water Pollution Control Authority.