The board of councilmen of the city of Wells hereby finds and declares to be the public policy of this city that:
A. For the protection of public health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city, the Wells water system shall provide for domestic and/or commercial usage culinary water to its inhabitants and furthermore the drilling of private wells and/or establishment of private water systems within the city limits are strictly prohibited.
B. Financial solvency shall be maintained by the water department by means of establishing a rate structure which shall sufficiently compensate the debt service, operation and maintenance cost and capital improvement outlay.
C. Water is a valuable natural resource and water conservation shall be encouraged by mandating the installation of water meters to all service connections and by implementing a water conservation policy.
D. It is vital and just to the inhabitants of the city that they shall not be unduly burdened financially by future expansion of the water system, thus a connection privilege fee is established for providing water service capacity to the consumer and such fee shall be accrued exclusively for the purpose of capital improvements.
E. For the protection of public health and the integrity of the city water system, it is prohibited to pollute the city water system by cross connection unless the provisions of section 6-1-13 of this chapter are fully complied with. (Ord. 160, 9-24-1991)