[Amended 6-2-2011 by Ord. No. 672]
The applicant for water service shall provide a suitable place
on the premises to be served with a public water supply for locating
the meter, close to the stop and waste valve where the service enters
the building, structure or use. The Township may, at its option, arrange
for installing, at the expense of the applicant or property owner,
the meter in a meter box or vault located outside of the building
and as close as possible to the curb stop. Where the applicant or
property owner provides the outdoor meter box or vault, the installation
shall be made, complete with approved fittings and lid, in accordance
with specifications provided by the Township Water Superintendent.
In the alternative, the property owner may install a box or vault
for meters from approved vendors authorized by the Township of Upper
Deerfield, and the cost thereof shall be paid for by the property
owner.
[Amended 6-2-2011 by Ord. No. 672]
A.
All meters
used on the Township water system measuring the quantity of water
consumed shall be purchased by the property owner either from the
Township at the same cost incurred by the Township, or from a vendor
qualified and authorized by the Township.
B.
Water
service shall include a water meter and mxu (meter transmitter) to
accurately record water usage. In the event that a property owner
refuses to make an approved connection in accordance with this chapter
and refuses to allow entry on the property and to pay for the Township
to make the required installation, then in such event the Township
shall be authorized to sever the existing water connection until the
property owner shall comply with the provisions of this chapter with
respect to water service connection.
The owner of any premises where a meter is installed shall be
held responsible for its care and protection from freezing or hot
water and from other injury thereto. The owner or consumer shall notify
the Superintendent of any injury to or the nonworking of the meter
as soon as the same comes to his knowledge. No bypass around the meter
shall be permitted.
Repairs to water meters will be made by the Township at its
expense, unless proper protection of the meter has not been provided,
as determined by the Township Water Superintendent, in which case
all expense incurred by the Township for the repairing or replacing
of said meter shall be charged to the owner of the premises where
such meter is located. A charge for meter repair or replacement will
be assessed to the owner if such repair or replacement was made necessary
by negligence or neglect on the part of the property owner or other
person in possession of the subject premises.
Where water is furnished by meter measurement, the quantity
recorded by said meter shall be conclusive as to the consumer or property
owner and the Township, except when the meter has been found to be
registering incorrectly or has ceased to register. In such event,
the quantity shall be determined by the average registration of another
meter for a period of 30 days or of the same meter for a period of
30 days after said meter has been repaired and tested; or the quantity
used during a previous corresponding period may, at the option of
the Township, be used as a basis for settlement.
The Township will, at the request of any property owner, test
the meter in the presence of the owner or his agent or representative.
If the meter is found to be recording water use in excess of that
delivered, bills rendered will be adjusted accordingly, provided that
the test is made; the meter will be deemed correct if it records within
2% of absolute correctness based upon ordinary size flows or openings.
Once a meter is installed, said meter shall not be taken out
of service without the permission of the Township or its authorized
representative. The Township shall be the sole judge of the service
life of any meter.
