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REGULATION NO.
7 -
CUSTOMER'S INSTALLATION
7-1 GENERAL - The customer or developer
will install at customer's or developer’s expense, corporation stop or valve,
service pipe, curb cock, and curb box from the main line to the property line
at a place approved and designated by the District. The customer or developer will install a meter connection, meter
box or vault (if required), back flow prevention device and/or pressure
reducing valve (if required), inside piping, appliances, and all other
apparatus on customer side of the point of delivery, except the District’s
meter, where applicable as per Regulation 8 of these regulations, and any other
equipment owned by the District. A
customer's installation shall be installed and meet the specifications of the
District where installed in public rights-of-way and the District’s
specifications where installed on private property. All materials used in the construction of water services will
conform to the standards of the American Water Works Association for potable water
service.
7-2 CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY - Customer
shall be responsible for the customer's installation including the service pipe
from the curb stop or valve to and inside the property and/or premises being
served, meter box, back flow prevention device, pressure reducing valve, inside
plumbing, and all appliances, apparatus and equipment on customer's side of the
point of delivery, and for the water after it passes said point of delivery.
All expenses of installing the original
service, the enlargement, realignment, or abandonment of the service including
the corporation stop or valve, curb stop or valve, curb box, service pipe and
appurtenances shall be borne by the customer.
Customer shall be responsible for the repairing, maintaining, and
replacing the customer's installation, including the service pipe from the curb
stop and such other appurtenances on the customer’s side of the point of
delivery. Customer shall, at all times,
keep their installation in good condition and repair, and, if not repaired
within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice by the District to do so,
water service to the customer may be discontinued by the District.
The District may require customer's
installation to be placed in a condition conforming with the District’s
specifications, rules and regulations, State or Federal standards and the
standards of good practice for similar lines or facilities before furnishing or
restoring water service to any such lines or facilities.
Customer shall notify the District of
any proposed changes or increases in their installation which might overload or
adversely effect the District’s facilities.
Any use of equipment by the customer which prevents the District from
achieving its obligation of providing satisfactory water service to all of its
customers shall be immediately corrected by the customer.
7-3 CUSTOMER OWNED LINES AND FACILITIES -
The District shall have no responsibility for operation or maintenance of any
line or facilities it does not own, but the District may discontinue water
service to any line or facilities or portion thereof, if, in the opinion of the
District, customer’s line or facilities, or portion thereof, is in dangerous
condition or may interfere with the District’s operation, provided however,
that the District shall have no duty or obligation to inspect any such line or
facilities.
7-4 APPLICATION FOR INTRODUCTION OF WATER
SERVICE - An application for the introduction of water service to any
premises shall be signed by the owner of said premises and shall be made on the
regular form furnished by the District for this purpose. Customer shall, at the time water service is
provided, pay to the District the appropriate system development fee and any
outstanding charges that may apply to the service in question as per
Regulations 5-7, 5-14 and 9-9. All
costs of installing the customer's installation, including corporation stop, or
valve, service pipe, curb cock, curb box, and the meter box, if required, shall
be borne by the customer.
7-5 INSTALLATION OF CUSTOMER'S SERVICE AT THE
MAIN - Customer's service, when first being installed and tapped at the
main, shall be installed by a Contractor, with the appropriate insurance
coverage’s, bonding and permits, that has been approved by the District as per
Regulation 5-15 of these regulations with the Contractor providing a two (2)
year warranty as per Regulation 5-4(4) of these regulations. Arrangements for the installation of the
service shall be made with the District after the appropriate forms have been
filed and approved by the District. The
customer is responsible for all costs associated with the installation and
repair of the service and any expenses of the District related to the
customer's service installation.
Whenever a tap is made through which
regular service is not immediately desired, the applicant requesting said
service will bear the entire expense of tapping the main and installing the
customer's installation from the water main to the premises to be served.
7-6
LOCATION OF CUSTOMER'S INSTALLATION - Customer's
installation shall be connected to the water main in the public right-of-way
abutting and fronting the premises to be served and within the limits of the
property's frontage on said right-of-way.
In addition, the service pipe of the customer's installation shall be
installed perpendicular to the water mains axis, perpendicular to the
right-of-way and in accordance with Regulation 7-1 of these regulations. In any case, the location and arrangement of
all service lines shall be approved by the District prior to construction of such
facilities.
Unless otherwise authorized by the
Board in writing with the proper permits and easements obtained, the customer's
installation application proposing to have the service pipe located in the
following manner will not be approved by the District:
1. A customer's installation having the service
pipe located parallel to, and within, public rights-of-way;
2. A customer's installation having the service
pipe located so as to cross private property not owned by the customer
requesting the installation;
3. A customer's installation having the service
pipe located in or along alleys;
4. A customer's installation having the service
pipe located so as to cross public rights-of-way to effect the interconnection
of different parcels of land;
5. A customer's installation having the service
pipe located in violation of sound District practices.
7-7 ARRANGEMENT OF CUSTOMER'S INSTALLATION
- Customer's installations shall in all cases be so arranged that the supply of
water to each premise, dwelling, or building may be controlled by a separate
curb cock, placed one (1) foot from the property line in the public
right-of-way, or at a place agreed to by the District, under rules established
by the District.
The following arrangements for
customer's installations will not be permitted or allowed by the District:
1. A customer's installation arranged to have
domestic service pipes interconnected with private fire lines or facilities;
2. A customer's installation arranged with the
customer's service pipe installed parallel to the property line of a said side
street so as to effect a connection to a water main which does not abut the
property desiring water service;
3. A customer's installation proposing to have
a branch pipe connected to a customer's service pipe at a point upstream of the
District’s meter;
4. A customer's installation providing service
to more than one (1) premise from a single customer's installation unless
approved by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the fees for such installation assessed by the
Board are paid in full;
5. A customer's installation providing more
than one (1) domestic customer's installation per individual building and/or
structure, excluding condominiums or apartment complexes/houses approved by the
Board, unless approved by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and
the fees for such installation assessed by the Board are paid in full;
6. A customer's installation providing service
to more than one (1) building by extending the interior plumbing from one (1)
building to another;
7. A customer's installation providing private
service pipes and/or mains crossing public rights-of-way to effect the
interconnection of properties under one (1) ownership.
7-8 MINIMUM DIAMETER OF SERVICE PIPES -
The minimum diameter of service pipes to be installed to serve any property
shall be three-quarter (3/4) inch.
Service pipes installed to replace existing service pipes may be equal
to the diameter of the service pipe that is being replaced, but under no
circumstances, less than three-quarter (3/4) inch in diameter. In addition, service pipes for customer's
installation shall conform to American Water Works Association Standards for
potable water service pipe and be of uniform diameter from the water main in
the street to the District’s water meter installation. When it is desired by the customer to
increase the service pipe size either during replacement or for any other
reason, the customer or customer’s representative will first contact the
District and pay any District fees associated with the increase in service pipe
size prior to installation.
7-9 DEPTH OF BURY OF SERVICE PIPES - The
service pipe must be laid at least six (6) feet below the established street
grade and at least six (6) feet below the surface of the ground on the
customer's premises or at a standard depth, designated by the District.
7-10
RELOCATION OR ENLARGEMENT OF PERMANENT CUSTOMER'S
INSTALLATION - Once a customer's installation has been installed to
serve a particular premise, such installation shall be deemed to be permanent
by the District and shall not be transferable to serve other property nor shall
such customer's installation be relocated or enlarged to serve the same
property unless customer, upon application to and approval by the District,
agrees to pay for all costs associated with the accomplishment of said work in
accordance with Regulation 7-8 and 9-9 of these regulations.
7-11
MISCELLANEOUS DEVICES – The District may require a
customer to install, as a condition of continued water service and at the
customer’s expense, an approved back flow prevention device that the District
deems necessary to protect its facilities, its service products, or it’s
customers/users’ facilities. The
District may advise a customer to install at
the customer’s expense, an approved expansion tank, an approved pressure
reducing device, an approved pumping device, or any other similar type
device. The customer shall be
responsible for the testing, operation, and maintenance of such devices. The District may also require the customer
to submit test results on such devices certifying that the devices have been
checked by an authorized service representative and are in good working order.
7-12
DISCONNECTION OF ABANDONED CUSTOMER'S INSTALLATION AND FIRE
LINES
- In the event any customer's installation or fire line, that is or has been
delivering water to any premise, is abandoned for any reason whatsoever, it
shall be the responsibility of the owner thereof to have the customer's
installation or fire line disconnected from the District’s water main and the
corporation cock or service valve capped.
Said work shall be at the owner's expense. Upon written request and approval by the District, such work
shall be performed by a contractor approved by the District as per Regulation
5-15 of these regulations and inspected by a District agent, and all expenses,
including any District expenses involved with the abandonment, shall be the
responsibility of the owner, according to Regulation 9-9 of these regulations.
7-13 ABANDONMENT OF CUSTOMER'S INSTALLATIONS AND FIRE LINES - When a
customer's installation or fire line has been in regular use and has been
turned off, or if a customer's installation has never been turned on, then:
1. It shall be designated by the District as an
inactive customer's installation or fire line;
2. If the existing inactive customer's
installation or fire line is nonstandard, or if it is physically impossible to
reactivate said customer's installation or fire line because of its age,
condition, size, or for any other reason, then such customer's installation or
fire line shall be deemed abandoned; and
3.
When any
customer's installation or fire lines is inactive five (5) years or more, it
may be deemed abandoned. At it’s
discretion, the Board may order the same to be disconnected. The cost of the disconnect shall constitute
a lien on the property previously served.
7-14 LIABILITY OF
DISTRICT
– The District shall only be responsible to a customer for providing water
service in accordance with the conditions set forth herein. The District shall not be responsible for
inconvenience, damage, or injury to persons or property resulting from
termination, discontinuance, or interruption of the District’s water service to
any property.
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