The superintendent of the water department shall attend to and control the water supply and at all times see to the sufficiency thereof. He shall notify the community, unless emergency requires otherwise, of the necessity of shutting off any pipeline for the purpose of making repairs, extensions and connections, should he have cause to expect or know beforehand the necessity to so shut off the water from any line of the system.
(1953 Code, ch. 25, ยง 4)