Water & Sewer By-Laws — full text

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## WATER & SEWER BY-LAWS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Pursuant to the authority conferred by the Towns and Local Service Districts Act, the Town of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity has made the following By-Laws: - These By-Laws may be cited as the Town of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity (Water Supply and / or Sewerage Disposal) By- Laws. Interpretation: In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires. - a) "Act" means The Towns and Local Service Districts Act. - b) "Council" means the Town/Community Council of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity. - c) "Customer" means any person, firm or corporation who or which contracts with Council to be connected to the system. - d) "Municipality" means the Town/Community of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity. - e) "Services" means water supply and/or sewerage disposal supplied to a customer. 6. "System" means the water supply and/or sewerage disposal system of the Town /Community of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity. 2. The owner or occupier or both of a: - a) Residence (Occupied) and/or Business (Operating) shall have such building connected to the system. 3. No service shall be provided by the system until the prospective customer contracts with Council to be connected to the system. 4. a) New service lines for water supply and future replacement lines where a leak occurs shall be 19 mm (¾") approved pipe for a single-family residential unit or such greater size as may be approved by Council for multiple residential units and commercial buildings. 11. Council recommends a ¾" line (from curbstop to residence) for all new services and in the case of replacement lines where a leak occurs. - c) Service lines for water supply shall be installed at a minimum underground depth of - 1.5 m (5 ft) unless otherwise approved by council. - d) It is required that a ribbon marker be placed in the ditch above the water line indicating the water line is close when digging. 5. a) Service lines for sewerage disposal shall be 100 mm (4") PVC or equivalent for a single-family residential unit or such greater size as may be approved by Council for multiple residential units and commercial buildings. - Service lines for sewerage disposal shall be installed at a minimum underground depth of 1.5 m (5 fl) unless otherwise approved by Council and may be installed lateral with the service line for water supply in the same trench with a depth of less than 5ft. - c) The grade for a service line for sewerage disposal shall be a minimum of 2.00% and shall be as much as possible in a continuous straight line without sages or crests; but where a bend is necessary it shall be with the use of a clean out flue. - d) It is prohibited to connect weeping tile to the sewerage disposal system. - e) Effective from the date of adopting those regulations, all new sewer installations must install a back flow valve. 6. There shall be one only service line for water supply and one only service line for sewerage disposal to each building unless otherwise approved by Council. 7. a) New service lines from the main to the building shall be installed by customer or his representative with the prior approval of council, at the customers' expense except for the curbstop, which will be supplied and owned by the town. - b) The cutting and replacing of pavement on Town streets will be at a full cost to the homeowner. Pavement must be approved by Council. - c) Service lines installed by the customer or his representative shall be subject to inspection by Maintenance Staff prior to backfilling. - Council will not be responsible for replacing pavement in private driveways unless it is related to a leak in the main line. 8. No customer shall have his property connected to the system where such customer is in arrears of taxes payable to Council. - No person, except an employee of Council or other representative engaged for that purpose, shall connect service lines to the system. 10. Representatives of Council shall have the right of access to all parts of a customer's property or premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting and repairing service lines or for the purpose of installing, reading, inspecting, repairing or removing meters and Council shall have the right to suspend services to any customer who refuses such access. 11. a) If trouble occurs in a service line between the main and the property line and/or curb stop, it shall be repaired at council's expense. Where trouble occurs elsewhere in the service line, it shall be the responsibility of the customer. - b) In the event of a leak in a water supply service line, Council may discontinue the supply of water to the service line if such action is necessary to prevent wastage of water, and, except in the case of an emergency, the customer shall be given adequate prior notice of Council's intention to discontinue the supply of water until repairs have been completed - c) In the case where water lines cross other residents' property and a leak or problem occur, it will be Council's responsibility to rectify the problem from the main line to the new location of the curb stop, which will be placed at the property line. Residents will be responsible for the service line from the curbstop to the house. 12. No person shall indiscriminately use water nor shall sell or give water to any person except under such conditions or for purpose as may be approved by Council in writing. 13. No person shall dispose of chemicals or other such materials not normally used by a household into a service line for sewerage disposal. 14. No person, unless authorized by Council, shall draw water from, open, close, cut, break, obstruct from free access, to or in any way injure or interfere with any hydrant, watermain, water supply pipe, stop cock, meter, or any other part of the system, that nothing contained in these regulations shall deemed to prevent a member of a fire department, when engaged in work of such department, from using any hydrant or other part of the system. 15. a) Invoices for water and sewerage tax shall be rendered annually and shall be due and payable on such a date as set by Council, except where special arrangements for deferred payment of bills for water and sewerage tax have been made with Council. - b) Water supply service may be discontinued with 24-hour notice for any customer whose bill for water and sewerage taxes remains unpaid for a period of 30 days after the due date shown on invoice. - c) As per Section 131 (2), where the sewer or water main runs along any person's property, that person will be charged accordingly as per the tax rate structure of that year. 16. Cut off date for water and sewerage installation will be September 30th. Any request after this date will be subject to weather conditions. 17. Resident may request to have their water turned on and off with no fee for the first time. There will be a fee of $25.00 for each additional time the curb stop to the property is turned on/off. 18. Every person who fails to comply with or otherwise contravenes any of the provisions of these regulations is guilty of an offense and is liable on summary conviction to the penalty set out in the Towns and Local Service Districts Act. 19. These regulations were adopted by resolution of Council at a meeting held on the ioth day of February 202 l and will come into effect on the ioth day of February 202c. 20. All previously adopted (Water Supply and/or Sewerage Disposal) regulations for the Municipality are hereby repealed. own Clerk/Manager Ningu timage