When a leak on a customer's branch between the curb stop and the meter comes to the attention of the Division of Water, the owner and/or customer shall be notified by notice left at the premises. This notice will also contain a directive to repair the leak with reasonable dispatch. If within seventy-two hours evidence is lacking that the owner and/or customer has not taken positive steps to repair the leak, then the water service to the premises will be shut off at the curb stop. Water service to the premises will not again be started until the ordered repairs have been completed. If deemed desirable by the Division of Water, on the basis of age and condition of the pipe, the entire customer's branch shall be replaced with Type "K" soft copper for services two inches and smaller, and ductile cast iron or Type "K" copper, the quality of both equal to that used by the Division of Water, for services over two inches. If service cannot be turned off, for whatever reason, a charge to be determined by the Superintendent of Distribution based on his estimate of the lost water will be added to the bill each month until the leak is repaired.
(Ord. 167-96. Passed 9-16-96.)