The utility shall not be responsible in damages for any failure to supply water service or for interruption of the supply of water, for defective piping on the customer’s premises or for damages resulting to a customer or to third persons from the use of water or the presence of the utility’s devices on the customer’s premises, unless due to fault, neglect or culpability on the part of the utility. Neither party shall be liable to the other for any failure or delay in case such failure or delays caused by strikes, the acts of nature, unavoidable accidents or contingencies beyond its control and is not due to fault, neglect or culpability on its part.
(Prior Code, § 51.150)