(A) The owners of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, education, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the town and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located, or may in the future be located, a municipal water line, are hereby required, at their expense, to connect their facility with the proper municipal water line (in accordance with all municipal requirements) and pay all municipal fees and use charges therefor, within 120 days after the date of official municipal notice to do so; provided, that the municipal water line is within 300 feet of the property line.
(B) It shall be hereinafter unlawful for any person to maintain or establish a private water well to serve a facility, unless said person shall first be connected to the Municipal Water System and pay the monthly water fees and charges; provided, that said person also meets all the requirements for mandatory hook-up established in division (A) above.
(C) No unauthorized person shall make any connections with any municipal water line without first having made application therefor to the Town Clerk/Treasurer, and without first having paid the established fee.
(D) Where a municipal water line does not lie within 300 feet of the property line, or is not scheduled to be placed within 300 feet of the property line in the near future (one to five years), an individual may utilize or establish a private water well without connection to the Municipal Water System and therefore, without payment of the Municipal Water System fees and charges.
(E) The requirements of this section shall not apply to persons currently being served directly by an existing Rural Water District.
(F) All water mains, water lines, fire hydrants, water meters, and any appurtenances thereto, are the exclusive property of the town and shall not be tampered with without the consent and supervision of the West Siloam Springs Municipal Authority.
(G) All water main extensions:
(1) Shall be no less than six inches in diameter and shall be looped whenever possible and feasible;
(2) Shall be engineered by a Professional Engineer licensed in the state;
(3) Plans must be submitted for review and approval to the office of the Town Clerk/Treasurer in hard copy form and digital PDF format. Upon approval of the plans, the plans are then to be submitted to the State Department of Environmental Quality for its review and approval;
(4) All water main piping shall be class C900 SDR18 minimum with pressure rating of not less than 150 PSI and with outside diameters equivalent to ductile iron piping;
(5) All lines with intersecting tees shall be valved in all directions; all tees, valves, and mechanical joints shall be secured with Mega Lug flanges and properly backed with concrete;
(6) Main line valves shall be spaced so that a single break will require no more than 1,320 feet of line to be removed from service;
(7) Fire hydrants shall be Mueller Centurion 51/43 way. Fire hydrant spacing shall be no more than 750 feet in residential areas and 1,500 feet in rural areas. All fire hydrants shall be installed with a hydrant valve, restrained to the main and from the valve to the hydrant with a swivel sleeve;
(8) All road bore casings shall be steel or poly pipe; all main line piping in the road bore shall be self-restrained with casing spacers;
(9) All water mains shall be bedded with spacing or limestone screening six inches below the piping and six inches above, with a minimum of 30 inches of cover;
(10) Tracer wire of 12 gauge minimum shall be installed and brought to the surface at every valve box. All service lines greater than 15 feet shall have tracer wire from the main to the meter yoke; and
(11) No water main shall be placed in service until a pressure test has been performed following DEQ specifications, and two safe consecutive bacteriological samples taken within a 24-hour period. All tests shall be performed in the presence of the West Siloam Springs Municipal Authority.
(H) The town shall extend service lines 50 feet or to the property line, whichever shall be closest. All service lines crossing any street shall be sleeved, and any road bore or street cut shall be paid for by the property owner. Service lines shall be Drisco Tube or equivalent with pressure rating of 200 PSI. Only one residence shall be connected to any one meter.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. 2, § 2) Penalty, see § 10.99