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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF OLIVER PAIPOONGE
BY-LAW NO. 54 - 2023
A By-law to enact rules and regulationsfor water
meters and
back?owpreventers forthe Rosslyn Village Drinking Water
System
WHEREAS
1. The Corporation of the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge owns, operates and maintains
the Rosslyn Village Drinking Water System
2. The Council of the said Municipality deems it expedient to make certain rules and
regulations for the Rosslyn Village Drinking Water System
NOWTHEREFOREthe Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge
enacts as follows:
1. Definitions
In this By-law:
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"back?ow"
is the ?owing back or reversal of the normal direction of ?ow of water
within a plumbing system
"back?ow
preventer" means a device approvedby the Municipality that prevents
back?ow
"meter" means a device approvedand owned by the Municipality that measures the
consumption of water
"Municipality" means The Corporation of the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge; and
in the geographic sense the lands within its limits;
"owner" means any person who is the registered owner of a premisesthat is supplied
water from the Rosslyn Village Drinking Water System;
"premises" means any house, building, or other location at which water from the
Rosslyn Village Drinking Water System is suppliedthrough a water service
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2. Application
1. All premisesbeing supplied water from the Rosslyn Village Drinking Water System
shall have meters and back?ow
preventers effective September 23, 2023.
3. Installation
1. Meters and back?ow
preventers shall be supplied and installed during regular work
hours, weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at premises by the Municipality until
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September 22, 2023, at no cost to the owner. Owners shall pay a $109/hour premium
for installations done outside of regular work hours until September 22, 2023.
For meters installed a?er September 22, 2023, the Municipality shall providemeters
at no cost to the owner but the owner shall be responsiblefor installation costs. For
back?ow
preventers installed a?er September 22, 2023, the owner shall be
responsiblefor the supply and installation.
The CAO/Clerk is authorized to make exceptions to Sections 1 and 2 above if
circumstances warrant.
The Municipality shall supply and install meters that are replacing malfunctioning
meters
at no cost to the owner providedthat the owner is not responsiblefor the
mal?mction. Owners are responsiblefor the cost to supply and install meters to
replace malfunctioning meters if they are responsiblefor the malfunction.
Owners are responsible for the cost to supply and install back?ow
preventers to
replace malfunctioning back?ow
preventers.
Meters shall be installed at locations within premisesto ensure all water being
supplied to the premises runs through the meter.
Encoder Receiver Transmitters (ERT), or in the future devices witli the same
function, shall be installed on premisesto enable remote meter reading. Installation
will require running a wire from the meter to the ERT, which may involve drilling a
hole through a concrete foundationor some other measure.
Back?ow
preventers
shall be installed at locations within premises to ensure no water
from the premisescan enter the waterworks distribution system.
4.
Removal
and Tampering
1. No owner shall remove or tamper with or permit the removal or tampering with a
meter or back?ow
preventer after it has been installed.
5.
Inspection and Testing
. The owner shall allow the Municipality to enter premises to inspect and/or test meters
and back?ow
preventers.
The Municipality shall providereasonable notice.
The owner may request the Municipality to inspect and/or test meters and back?ow
preventers.
The owner shall pay for the inspection and testing of meters if the meters
are functioning properly. The owner shall not pay for the inspection and testing of
meters if the meters are malfunctioning. The owner shall pay for the inspection and
testing of back?ow
preventers.
6. Failure to Install
1. Owners who fail to install meters by the time the Municipality begins water billing
based on meter consumption shall pay a $250.00 monthly ?at rate charge.
Owners who fail to install or have removed or tampered with meters or back?ow
preventers
are subject to having their water service discontinued with reasonable
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3.
In instances where owners fail to install or have removed or tampered with back?ow
preventers and the Municipality considers the lack of back?ow
preventers poses an
immediatethreat of contaminationof the waterworksdistributionsystem, the
Municipality may without notice discontinue their water servicewithout reasonable
notice.
Enacted and passed this 8"'of August, A.D. 2023, as witnessed by the Seal of the Corporation and the
hands of its proper Officers.
THE CORPORATIONOF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF OLIVER PAIPOONGE
Mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis
Wayne
CAO/Clerk