Bills for water rents shall be based on the actual reading of amount of water used, except that when the amount of water used is not registered because of a defective meter, the bill rendered shall be for the average amount heretofore used by the premises served by the meter during the preceding three months or during the portion of the period for which water rent records are available; or if water was not consumed by the premises through the meter during the preceding period, the bill rendered shall be for the average amount for other services of the same class in the town during the period covered by the bill. Bills shall be rendered separately for each service or connection. When more than one family or other group is furnished water through a single meter, the bill therefore shall be furnished only to the person upon whose application the water was furnished. All bills shall be made out and mailed as early as practicable after the close of the period covered by the bills.
(1992 Code, § 52.42)