New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LXXXIII - Buffalo Water Board › Part 10085 - Buffalo Water Board Regulations › Section 10085.8 - Water system service

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Use of water
				through street washer. All street washers shall be metered and must not be
				permitted to run to waste, leak, be converted into jets, or to be used for
				washing down collections of the gutters upon the adjoining premises.
(b) Unnecessary running or leaking of taps.
				Taps at sinks, wash basins, water closets, baths, urinals, bar taps or any
				other tap unnamed must not be allowed to run to waste or leak either to cool
				the water or prevent the same from freezing.
(c) Permit for yard hydrant. All yard
				hydrants must be metered and will not be permitted upon the sidewalk or in
				front area of any dwelling nor in the yard or alley attached to any dwelling,
				except by special permit from the commissioner; and if found running to waste
				at any time, it may be cut off at once.
(d) Consent required for use. No person shall
				use water derived from the water system upon or in any premises except in
				compliance with these regulations, or without the consent of the
				commissioner.
(e) Shutoff of water
				for fraud or misuse. In case of fraudulent misrepresentations on the part of
				the applicant or uses of water not embraced in the application, or willful or
				unreasonable waste of water, the commissioner shall have the right to cut off
				the water supply immediately upon the discovery of such fraudulent use or waste
				until waste is stopped, or in the alternative to seek injunctive and such other
				relief as a court may allow.
(f)
				Use after shutoff. When water is found on and in use on premises after having
				been turned off by the department, the water may be turned off until the
				reactivation fee as provided in board schedule of rates, and all arrears, if
				any, have been paid, dating from the time the premises were turned
				off.
(g) Disconnection of water
				service. In case the water service has been turned off for nonpayment of water
				rates, or by any other rule of the water board and it is found turned on again
				without the commissioner's approval, or when, in the opinion of the
				commissioner, the turning off of the water at the stopcock is not sufficient
				protection against the use of water or its waste, the commissioner may cause
				disconnection of the water service. Upon a reapplication for the water when the
				water service has been disconnected, the real cost for the reconnection must be
				paid by the owner of such property affected by the shut off.
(h) Use of water for street washer or hydrant
				only. Water will not be furnished when the only fixture for obtaining it is a
				street washer or hydrant placed in the sidewalk.
(i) Water closets and urinals.
(1) Water closets must be fitted to be
				operated by the regular authorized water closet valves of the different makes.
				The use of ordinary draw cocks in connection therewith will not be permitted.
				Urinals with stopcocks to be turned by hand, unless self-closing, are not
				permitted.
(2) No arrangements
				shall be made for supplying water closets or urinals by common stopcocks, and
				no arrangements shall be made for cleaning water closets or privy vaults by
				waste pipes from washbasins or sinks or by any other means of evasion, but they
				shall be fitted up with fixtures and appurtenances as required by State
				Department of Health regulations.