Placing a sign near the tap as a reminder for guests and children is a good idea. DO NOT use a hose or piping to connect a tap directly into a drain. This creates a cross-connection, a potentially serious health hazard. If your home will be unattended for more than twenty-four hours, have a friend or neighbor check it daily and fully open the tap for several minutes. Remember the best way to prevent pipes from freezing is with proper installation and insulation.
Wasting water is at best a bothersome and expensive temporary solution.
It then has the option of issuing a written authorization to waste water if no other corrective action is feasible. Identified addresses scheduled for correction by City. These customers will be notified by the City when they may start letting water run without being charged for the wasted water. Authorization will not be given until the freeze index begins to approach the level at which freezing occurred previously. Only customers whose lines were thawed between main and curb stop, by the City, since 1983 are eligible.