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CHAPTER 90
WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
90.01 Definitions
90.11 Installation of Water Service Pipe
90.02 Superintendent’s Duties
90.12 Responsibility for Water Service Pipe
90.03 Mandatory Connections
90.13 Failure to Maintain
90.04 Abandoned Connections
90.14 Curb Valve
90.05 Permit
90.15 Interior Valve
90.06 Connection Charge
90.16 Inspection and Approval
90.07 Compliance with Plumbing Code
90.17 Completion by the City
90.08 Plumber Required
90.18 Shutting Off Water Supply
90.09 Excavations
90.19 Operation of Curb Valve and Hydrants
90.10 Tapping Mains
 
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 Water Treatment Foreman of the City 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])
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