Rule 1. The following by-laws, rules and regulations as established by the Director of Public Service and the Commissioner of Water and Wastewater Treatment and adopted by Council are for the information and guidance of all users of the public water supply of the City and are part of the contract between the Division of Water and Wastewater Treatment and each user, the owner of premises where water is furnished, applicants for water service and line extensions.
Rule 2. The public water supply system of the City, including all water mains, laterals, valves, hydrants, meters and services, is under the exclusive control of the Director of Public Service, the Commissioner of Water and Wastewater Treatment and their authorized agents and employees. Such control shall include all piping from the City mains to the point of ultimate consumption or where the City water is finally discharged freely at atmospheric pressure.
Rule 3. No person or firm shall make or maintain physical connection between any other source of water or liquid and the public supply piping. No spigot nor outlet shall be physically connected to a drain or sewer, nor shall such be below a free overflow or submerged.
Rule 4. Any person, firm or corporation having a connection to the public water supply system who permits public water to be wasted from such connection either by unnecessary use or to prevent freezing, or fails to prevent such wastage shall have, after personal notification, such water connection turned off. The Commissioner of Water and Wastewater Treatment may order water to be discharged from a spigot on any premises where insufficient heating facilities cause danger of freezing to lines.
Rule 5. No person, other than an authorized agent of the Division of Water and Wastewater Treatment, may connect to any public water line, tamper with or remove any meter or parts thereof, or any seal, or insert a meter by-pass without permission of the Director of Public Service or the Commissioner of Water and Wastewater under penalty provided in Section 541.04
of the General Offenses Code, and also under penalty of having water service discontinued.