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Town of Ashland, MA
Middlesex County
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The property owner is responsible for the house service from the curb box and shutoff to the house. The WSD is responsible from the curb box to the water main.
No one except the WSD shall tap the water main pipe for service connections unless prior written approval is received from the Superintendent of the WSD. The property owner shall pay all expenses incurred for making the tap.
There shall be no water turned on to any property until a meter and outside register has been installed, along with a shutoff on the discharge side of the meter and the hookup approved by the Superintendent. Materials from the main to the building shall be supplied by the applicant. Compliances with all the WSD's rules and regulations must be made.
One (1) inspection of a house service shall be made by the WSD during normal working hours. Additional inspections of the same service or inspections requested to be performed outside normal working hours shall be chargeable according to the billing section of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article VIII, Fees and Billing.
The location of all water services must be planned to avoid the placing of service valves and boxes in driveways or sidewalks. Water shall not be supplied to services located otherwise.
All expense from the water main to house or building shall be borne by the property owner.
The sizes of service pipes shall be approved by the Superintendent. The nomograph illustrated as Figure 1 shall be used to determine the required size of the service pipe.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Figure 1, Service Size Nomograph, is included at the end of this chapter.
In all cases, water mains shall extend to the front of the property before service connections are constructed.
A. 
Services shall be subject to all charges according to the billing section of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article VIII, Fees and Billing.
B. 
A system development charge shall be assessed to all new services as contained in the billing section.
A. 
All services shall extend six (6) to twelve (12) inches inside the house foundation.
B. 
No service pipe shall be installed past the curb stop and box before the building foundation has been completed or a permit obtained.
No one except the WSD's representative shall turn on or off a service valve.
A. 
There shall be only one (1) supply service for each dwelling.
B. 
Duplex dwellings shall be supplied by individual metered services to each dwelling.
C. 
Apartment houses or multiple complexes with four (4) or more bedrooms shall require a new service.
The owner of a new home or building erected beyond the existing water main in any town street shall extend the main to the middle of his property before a service is supplied.