Chapter 90 – Water Service System

CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM 90.01 Definitions 90.11 Responsibility for Water Service Pipe 90.02 Superintendent’s Duties 90.12 Failure to Maintain 90.03 Mandatory Connections 90.13 Curb Valve 90.04 Abandoned Connections 90.14 Interior Valve 90.05 Permit 90.15 Inspection and Approval 90.06 Compliance with Plumbing Code 90.16 Completion by the City 90.07 Plumber Required 90.17 Shutting off Water Supply 90.08 Excavations 90.18 Operation of Curb Valve and Hydrants 90.09 Tapping Mains 90.19 Wells Prohibited; Exceptions 90.10 Installation of Water Service Pipe 90.01 DEFINITIONS. The following terms are defined for use in the chapters in this Code of Ordinances pertaining to the Water Service System: 1. “Combined service account” means a customer service account for the provision of two or more utility services. 2. “Customer” means, in addition to any person receiving water service from the City, the owner of the property served, and as between such parties the duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations hereinafter imposed shall be joint and several. 3. “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of the City water system or any duly authorized assistant, agent or representative. 4. “Water main” means a water supply pipe provided for public or community use. 5. “Water service pipe” means the pipe from the water main to the building served. 6. “Water system” or “water works” means all public facilities for securing, collecting, storing, pumping, treating, and distributing water. 90.02 SUPERINTENDENT’S DUTIES. The Superintendent shall supervise the installation of water service pipes and their connection to the water main and enforce all regulations pertaining to water services in the City in accordance with this chapter. This chapter shall apply to all replacements of existing water service pipes as well as to new ones. The Superintendent shall make such rules, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, as may be needed for the detailed operation of the water system, subject to the approval of the Council. In the event of an emergency the Superintendent may make temporary rules for the protection of the system until due consideration by the Council may be had. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4]) 90.03 MANDATORY CONNECTIONS. All residences and business establishments within the City limits intended or used for human habitation, occupancy or use shall be connected to the public water system, if a City water main abuts the property line by either right-of-way or easement. In case the owners of the property shall fail to make the connections required in the manner and within the time fixed by the City Council, the City Council may cause the same to be made and the costs and expenses thereof assessed against the serviced property. 90.04 ABANDONED CONNECTIONS. When an existing water service is abandoned or a service is renewed with a new tap in the main, all abandoned connections with the mains shall be turned off at the corporation stop and made absolutely watertight.