No water service ditch shall be filled or service pipe covered until the same shall have first been inspected by the Superintendent of Water and Sewer or his or her authorized assistants, and all persons making such service shall give at least five hours’ notice to the Department of the time such service pipe will be ready for inspection, and it shall be the duty of the said Superintendent, within reasonable time of such notice, to inspect such service and if, in his or her judgment, such service connections are properly connected and materials are of quality specified in this chapter, he or she shall give permission for the trench to be filled, but if he or she shall find the same to be improperly made, the work must be rectified and corrected according to his or her directions.
(Prior Code, § 13-1-11)