No deduction shall be made or rebate allowed to any consumer of water under meter control by or on account of any leakage or alleged leakage in any water pipe, tank or other apparatus or device. The amount of water registered by any meter controlling the water supply to any building, structure or premises shall be charged and paid for in full, irrespective of whether such water, after having been registered, was lost by leakage, accident or otherwise.
(1929 Code, § 798)
Statutory reference:
For state law as to authority of village to prevent the unnecessary waste of waters, see Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, ch. 24, § 11-l25.1