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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter F - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Article 1 - Classes A and B › Part 467 - Instructions-operation And Maintenance Accounts › Section 467.7 - Records for each plant

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(a) General
					 instruction, section
					 461.12 
					 calls for separate records for the book cost of each plant and the cost of
					 operation of each plant.
(b) Steam
					 obtained from another company shall be separately accounted for.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter F - Uniform Systems Of Accounts › Accounts

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Balance Sheet Accounts
Assets and Other Debits
Utility Plant
Section 101.
Steam Plant in
				Service
(A) This account shall include
				the original cost of steam plant owned and used and useful by the utility in
				the service of the public in its steam operations, including such property
				owned by the utlity but held by nominees.
(B) The cost of additions to and betterments
				of property leased from others shall also be recorded in this account. (See
				steam plant instruction §
										463.6.)
Note A:
The property included in this account shall be classified
				  according to the detailed accounts (301 to 390) for steam plant.
Note B:
The account for steam plant in service may include the entire
				  original cost of units of property which are partially used and useful in
				  utility operations when the portion which is so used and useful is not
				  separable from the portion which is not used and useful.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 480 - Utility Contract And Procurement Procedures › Section 480.1 - Utility contract and procurement procedures

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(a) Every steam corporation subject to the
				  jurisdiction of this commission with annual gross operating revenues in excess
				  of $5,000,000 shall file, in accordance with the requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, with this commission the procedures which govern the contracting
				  for and procurement of services, equipment or materials to be used in its
				  utility operations. The statement shall:
(1)
				  Describe the circumstances in which cost estimates will be prepared and the
				  procedures for awarding a contract which exceeds such an estimate. Such
				  estimates, when prepared:
(i) shall be related
				  to market conditions and trends as well as the utility's own experience;
				  and
(ii) where competitive bidding
				  is employed, shall remain confidential until after the bids are
				  opened.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 480 - Utility Contract And Procurement Procedures › Section 480.2 - Filing of changes in procedures

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Each such electric, gas and steam corporation shall file
					 with this commission any change in these procedures at least 30 days before
					 they are to be effective, unless otherwise authorized by this
					 commission.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 481 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plant › Section 481.1 - Filing of proposed contract

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(a) Every public utility company subject to
				  the jurisdiction of this commission shall file, in accordance with the
				  requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, with this commission one copy of every proposed cost-plus
				  contract or agreement, including those contracts or agreements in which the
				  payment to be made by the utility is based on time and material consumed
				  regardless of the number of units completed, for the construction, improvement
				  or extension of its plant, works or system exceeding in amount $100,000 in any
				  calendar year, and a list of any other offers received, and such contract or
				  agreement shall not become effective until it has been on file with this
				  commission for 30 days, or until the commission has notified the utility that
				  such contract or agreement may be made effective immediately. If during the 30
				  day period, the commission determines that it is in the public interest for the
				  contract or agreement for the work proposed to be performed to be let after
				  public bidding, the commission will notify the public utility company, and the
				  filed contract or agreement will not become effective. In such circumstances
				  the public utility shall proceed to make a public offering of the proposed work
				  in accordance with the direction of the commission.
(b) When the accumulated amount of all other
				  such contracts or agreements awarded to a single contractor in any calendar
				  year has exceeded $100,000, a list of such contracts, including any other
				  offers received, shall be filed, in accordance with the requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, with the commission by March 1st of the succeeding
				  year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 481 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plant › Section 481.2 - Subcontract on cost-plus basis

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In view of the fact that a so-called sub-contract covering
					 any part of the work to be performed under a cost-plus contract or agreement
					 entered into by a public utility company is, in effect, the contract or
					 agreement of the public utility company within the meaning of section 115  of the Public Service Law, every such
					 subcontract on a cost-plus basis, proposed to be let under a principal contract
					 or agreement which is subject to section
					 481.1 
					 of this Part, shall be filed, in accordance with the requirements of section
					 3.5 
					 of this Title, with the commission in accordance with the requirements of
					 provisions of such section. All such contracts or agreements shall contain
					 suitable provisions to give effect to the provisions of this Part. This section
					 shall not apply to a subcontract which provides by its terms that the maximum
					 payment thereunder shall not exceed the sum of $5,000.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 481 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plant › Section 481.3 - Emergency contract

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In case a storm, flood, accident or similar emergency
					 requires that a contract or agreement be made without complying with the
					 foregoing provisions of this Part in order to maintain or restore the company's
					 service, immediate notice shall be given to the commission by telephone of the
					 making of such contract or agreement, and a copy thereof shall be filed, in
					 accordance with the requirements of section
					 3.5 
					 of this Title, as soon as possible, but not later than 10 days after the making
					 thereof, and such contract or agreement shall be exempted from the other
					 provisions of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 481 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plant › Section 481.4 - Quarterly filing of contract

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Every public utility company subject to the jurisdiction of
					 this commission shall file with this commission quarterly, one copy of every
					 contract or agreement for the construction, improvement, extension or
					 maintenance of its plant, works or system exceeding in amount $1,000,000 in any
					 calendar year, and a list of any other offers received.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter IV - STEAM UTILITIES › Subchapter G - Miscellaneous › Part 481 - Contracts Or Agreements For The Construction, Improvement, Extension Or Maintenance Of Utility Plant › Section 481.5 - Waiver of rule

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Any public utility company may apply to this commission for
					 a waiver or modification of all or part of the requirements of this Part upon a
					 showing that compliance therewith would be impracticable or unduly burdensome
					 in connection with a particular project, contract or
					 agreement.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.1 - General

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(a) All waterworks corporations under the
				  jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission shall install approved meters and
				  approved accessories, and before placing in service, test all water meters used
				  for the purpose of billing customers, and shall adjust the same so that the
				  registration on the meter dial shall indicate the quantity of water actually
				  passing through the meter within the limits herein provided. However, meters
				  and accessories placed in the field prior to the effective date of the approval
				  regulations will be grandfathered, based on a review of the accuracy and
				  reliability performance data supplied by waterworks corporations as directed by
				  commission staff. Such application must be submitted within six months of the
				  effective date of this section.
(b)
(1) No waterworks corporation furnishing
				  metered water service shall allow a meter to remain in service for a period
				  longer than that specified in the following table without checking or testing
				  said meter for accuracy and making the necessary readjustments if found to be
				  incorrect beyond the limits herein provided.
Size of meter
Interval between
								test
5/8
								-inch, 3/4 -inch .......
15 years
1-inch .......
5 years
1 1/2 -inch, 2-inch .......
4 years
3-inch .......
3 years
4-inch .......
2 years
6-inch and larger .......
1 year
In the case of new model water meters, the company shall
					 test a sample of the meters after they have been in service for five years. The
					 size of the sample shall be 10 percent of the total meters of that model in
					 service for five years or, alternatively, any percentage which the company can
					 demonstrate is statistically valid. When the test results have proven
					 satisfactory for three consecutive years, the sampling of these meters may be
					 discontinued.
(2) Nor shall
				  any meter be permitted to remain in service without similarly checking for
				  accuracy and readjusting when its registration since the last test exceeds the
				  following:
Size
Interval between test
								registration
5/8
								-inch .......
1,500,000 gallons
3/4 -inch, 1-inch .......
2,000,000 gallons
1 1/2 -inch .......
3,000,000 gallons
2-inch .......
7,000,000 gallons
provided, however, that such routine tests shall not be
					 required more often than once a year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.2 - Types of meters

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Service meters covered by this Part in use for measuring
					 water delivered to consumers are divided into four general classes, as follows:
					 displacement, current, compound, and fire-service.
(a) Displacement meters. Displacement meters
				  are known by the motion of the piston, as reciprocating, rotary, oscillating,
				  and nutating disc meters. These meters are positive in action and displace or
				  carry over a fixed quantity for each stroke or revolution of the piston or
				  disc.
(b) Current meters. Current
				  meters are nonpositive in action, but record the flow by the number of
				  revolutions of a water wheel or propeller, which is set in motion by the force
				  of the flowing water coming in contact with the wheel or propeller
				  blades.
(c) Compound meters.
				  Compound meters consist of a combination of a mainline meter of the current or
				  displacement type for measuring large flows and a small by-pass meter of the
				  displacement type for measuring small flows, together with an automatic valve
				  mechanism for diverting the small flows through the by-pass meter.
(d) Fire-service meters. Fire-service meters
				  are compound meters consisting of a main-line meter of the proportional type
				  for measuring large flows and a small by-pass meter of the displacement type
				  for measuring small flows together with an automatic valve mechanism for
				  diverting the small flows through the by-pass meter. The combination is
				  designed to afford a clear passage through the meter when the valve is raised
				  from its seat.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.3 - Approval of meters and meter reading accessories

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(a)
Definitions.
Unless the specific context otherwise requires, as used in
					 this Part:
(1)
Meter
- any meter testing equipment or measurement device used for the determination
				  of the units of water furnished.
(2)
Accessory
- any meter
				  reading device attached to the meter used to display, transmit or adjust the
				  reading of a meter index.
(3)
Acceptable devices
- those types or models of meters or
				  accessories, eligible to be submitted for approval, that conform to
				  requirements intended to determine their reliability and acceptable accuracy
				  insofar as they can be demonstrated by tests; the meter or accessory shall meet
				  or exceed staff designated requirements.
(4)
Approved devices
- those
				  types or models of meters or accessories which have been approved by the
				  commission for use in customer billing and in the general operations of a water
				  utility plant.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.4 - Testing equipment

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(a) Each
				  water-works corporation, unless specifically excused by the commission, shall
				  provide for and have available such meter testing laboratory or shop, standard
				  meters, instruments, and other facilities as may be deemed necessary by the
				  commission properly to make the tests required herein. Such equipment and
				  facilities shall be acceptable to the commission and shall be available at all
				  reasonable times for inspection and use by authorized representatives of the
				  commission. Water-works corporations may co-operate in arranging for meter
				  testing facilities. Tests for accuracy of such equipment will be made at such
				  intervals as the commission may deem necessary.
(b) Requests to be excused from the
				  provisions of subdivision (a) of this section will be considered from
				  water-works corporations having less than 100 meters in service when
				  satisfactory arrangements are made for testing of meters at approved
				  laboratories; or from companies which arrange for all facilities prescribed
				  herein at approved locations elsewhere than on the premises of said
				  company.
(c) The minimum equipment
				  required for registration tests is as follows:
(1) A quick-acting valve on the discharge
				  pipe through the use of which the flow can be started and stopped without
				  appreciable loss of time.
(2) A
				  valve and an orifice attachment on the outlet side of the meter, either of
				  which can be used to establish the rate of flow desired.
(3) Pressure gauges connected on both the
				  inlet and outlet of the meter to show whether any material change in pressure
				  occurs during the period of test, which would affect the rate of flow. The
				  outlet pipe is to have sufficient head on it so that the meter will always have
				  pressure on its outlet end and preferably not less than five pounds per square
				  inch.
(4) A measuring device which
				  may be either of the volumetric or weighing type. Whichever is used, the
				  accuracy of determination of the volume or weight of water discharged into the
				  measuring device must be such as to bring the limit of error within one quarter
				  of one percent.
(5) It is desirable
				  to have available for testing meters a test table and appurtenances which are
				  manufactured by several concerns. Such an outfit would include the equipment
				  enumerated in the preceding four paragraphs.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.5 - Tests of meters

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(a) Tests to be
				  made on meters may be considered in two classes, viz.: routine tests as
				  hereinbefore required and tests required upon complaint of consumers or for
				  other special purposes.
(b) The
				  volume of water passed must be sufficient to cause at least one revolution of
				  the pointer on the initial dial except for sensitivity test at "minimum test
				  flow" rate when the said rate shall be maintained for at least five minutes
				  during which time the pointer on the initial dial shall show a steady uniform
				  movement.
(c) Tests of meters over
				  two inches in size may be made in place on the premises by means of an
				  accurately calibrated test-meter of suitable size or by some other reliable
				  apparatus approved by the commission.
(d) Displacement type.
(1) All routine tests of displacement type
				  meters shall be conducted by testing for accuracy of registration at not less
				  than two rates of flow within "normal test flow limits," one rate to be
				  approximately that at which the percentage of accuracy is a maximum and the
				  other at approximately the high rate of flow, or in the case of large meters
				  tested in place on premises, at as high a rate as practicable.
(2) All tests made upon complaint of
				  consumers or for other special purposes shall be conducted by testing for
				  accuracy of registration at not less than three rates, namely, at the two rates
				  stipulated above for routine tests and also at approximately the low rate of
				  flow.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.7 - Complaint tests

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(a)
(1) If any consumer owning a meter or to whom
				  a meter has been furnished shall request the Public Service Commission to test
				  such meter, a test will be made by a duly authorized representative of the
				  commission. Such test may be made by means of a test meter or other approved
				  device on the premises of the complainant or in the meter laboratory of either
				  the company or the commission as may be determined by the commission. The water
				  company and the complainant will be notified when said test is to be made, and
				  each may have a representative present to witness the test.
(2) The water company shall render the
				  representative of the commission all necessary assistance in making said test
				  or in removing the meter from the premises of the consumer to such place as the
				  commission may designate for tests.
(3) If such meter on being tested shall be
				  found to be incorrect beyond the limits prescribed, the meter shall forthwith
				  be adjusted by the water company as provided herein or another meter, which has
				  been tested and properly adjusted, shall be installed in place of the meter
				  complained of.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.8 - Adjustment of bills due to over-registration of meter

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(a) Displacement meters.
(1) If upon test of displacement meters upon
				  complaint (except as herein provided for meters tested in place), it be found
				  that the weighted average percentage of accuracy of the meter, determined as
				  hereinafter specified, exceeds 100 percent, the bills of the consumer shall be
				  adjusted to the extent of such excess for one-half of the quantity registered
				  since the last test unless it can be shown that the error is due to an accident
				  or other cause, the approximate date of which can be determined, in which case
				  it shall be figured back to such date; or unless the consumer has suffered no
				  damage from said error by virtue of the fact that the meter has registered a
				  quantity of water less than that allowed for the minimum rate of the applicable
				  rate schedule.
(2) For the purpose
				  of adjustment of consumers' bills, the weighted average percentage of accuracy
				  of a displacement meter, except as herein provided for meters tested in place,
				  shall be determined by giving a weight of two to the percentage at the rate at
				  which the percentage of accuracy is a maximum and a weight of unity to each of
				  the percentages at approximately the low and high rates of flow within "normal
				  test flow limits".
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.9 - Percentage of accuracy

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The percentage of accuracy of a meter is the ratio
					 (expressed in percentage) of its registration in a given time to the actual
					 amount of water passed through the meter in the same time.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.10 - Percentage error

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The percentage error of a meter is the difference between
					 its percentage of accuracy and 100 percent. A meter whose percentage of
					 accuracy is 95 percent is said to be 5 percent slow, or its error is minus 5
					 percent. A meter whose percentage of accuracy is 105 percent is said to be 5
					 percent fast, or its error is plus 5 percent.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 500 - Meter Approvals; Testing Of Meters; Reports Of Testing › Section 500.11 - Nonregistering meters

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(a) The reading
				  of a duly installed meter showing the amount of water consumed shall be used
				  for all metered billing purposes except where it appears that the meter has
				  ceased to register or has registered inaccurately.
(b) In all cases where a meter is found to be
				  defective, it shall be immediately replaced by a meter that has been tested and
				  properly adjusted.
(c) In cases
				  where it is found that a meter has ceased to register or has registered
				  inaccurately and it cannot be determined by reasonable test the percentage of
				  inaccuracy, an estimated bill for the billing period immediately preceding the
				  date when such meter was found defective and for the period from said date to
				  the date of replacement of the meter, may be rendered the consumer but the
				  right to render an estimated bill is strictly limited to such periods and for
				  all other periods the bill shall be the minimum rate provided in the applicable
				  rate schedule. The estimated bill shall be based upon the amount of water
				  consumed in the corresponding period in prior years, except where it appears
				  that there has been a change in the occupancy of the premises or in the use of
				  water, in which case an equitable adjustment shall be made. This subdivision
				  does not apply to residential customers of any waterworks corporation that is
				  covered by Part 14 of this Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.1 - Definitions

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(a)
Water
				  main
- a pipe carrying water which is generally available to more than
				  one service line.
(b)
Extension
- the extension of water main including the pipe,
				  elbows, tees, valves, reducers, service taps, and other appurtenances which may
				  be part of the facilities extended to provide water service.
(c)
Service line or lateral
- the pipe and valves which are used to deliver the water from the main into
				  the customer premises; the company portion being that between the main and the
				  customer property line, and the customer portion being that from the property
				  line into the premises.
(d)
Service connection
- the facilities necessary to provide the
				  customer service, including the service line, the main tap, meter, and other
				  related facilities.
(e)
Extension costs
- as used in this Part shall include the costs
				  of labor, equipment and materials used in the extension installation, all
				  paving charges for the repair or replacement of street or sidewalk which may be
				  disturbed in the course of such installation, the costs of inspection, amounts
				  paid to governmental authorities for permits to do the work required, and other
				  costs or taxes that are legally imposed by any governmental
				  authority.
(f)
Applicant
- a person, developer, builder, partnership,
				  association, corporation, or governmental agency requesting service to a
				  specific location.
(g)
Developer
- a business or person who will subdivide or prepare
				  real estate for residential or commercial occupancy, who requires the
				  installation of utility plant in advance of occupancy, and whose success
				  resulting in utility customers can be considered speculative since it is
				  dependent upon the success of the real estate venture.
(h)
Residential service
-
				  water service for sanitary and potable domestic use.
(i)
Surcharge
- a charge
				  billed to the customer in addition to the regular bill for service.
(j)
Gross annual utility
				  revenue
- the total of customer charges for utility service billed in
				  one year.
(k)
Advance or
				  deposit
- money advanced by the applicant to the utility subject to
				  refund.
(l)
Contribution
- money paid by the applicant to the utility,
				  usually to pay for the cost of installing plant, which will not be
				  refunded.
(m)
Water-works
				  tariff
- the schedule of rules and charges for water service, filed
				  with and approved by the Commission, under which the utility is required to
				  provide service.
(n)
Service area
- the area in which the utility has required
				  government authorization to provide utility service.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.2 - Construction of facilities

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(a)
Facilities within highway.
All water-works corporations subject to the jurisdiction of
					 this commission shall hereafter furnish, place, construct, operate, maintain
					 and when necessary replace at their own cost and expense all mains, service
					 pipes, service connections and other facilities within the territorial limits
					 of any street, avenue, road or way that is for any highway purpose under the
					 jurisdiction of the legislative body of any city, town, village, county or the
					 State of New York, or other public place open to the general public for highway
					 purposes, provided all necessary easements are furnished without cost to such
					 corporation.
(b)
Facilities outside highway.
Where such facilities will be constructed without the
					 territorial limits of any street, avenue, road or way, or other public place
					 open for highway purposes, the applicant shall be allowed to construct the
					 facilities, where such dilengement results in lower cost or better time
					 performance, using contractors and materials acceptable to the water-works
					 corporation, pursuant to its water system specifications, based on safety and
					 compatibility and, as to contractors, reputable past performance, and subject
					 to inspection and approval by the water-works corporation based on such
					 specifications. The additional cost of said inspections is to be paid by the
					 applicant.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.3 - Applicant within specified distance

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Upon written application of the owner or occupant of any
					 property abutting on any such street, avenue, road or way or other public place
					 within the distance specified in section
					 501.4(d) 
					 of this Part of any main of a water-works corporation, appropriate to the
					 service requested, such water-works corporation shall furnish, place and
					 construct at its own cost and expense such mains, service pipes, service
					 connections and facilities as are necessary to render the service
					 requested.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.4 - Applicant beyond specified distance

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Whenever an owner or occupant of any property abutting on
					 any street, avenue, road or way or other public place as hereinbefore defined
					 in which there is no water main within the distance specified in subdivision
					 (d) of this section from said property makes a written application for service
					 to the water-works corporation having authority to render service to said
					 applicant, such corporation shall extend its system so as to serve said
					 property, provided:
(a) Said applicant
				  shall first have assured said corporation that he will be a reasonably
				  permanent customer by meeting the following conditions:
(1) the applicant will own or occupy a
				  premises in a permanent structure and on a building lot which both comply with
				  governmental building codes and requirements;
(2) the applicant will take service for at
				  least one year continually on an annual or seasonal basis; and
(3) the applicant will take service within 60
				  days of completion of the main extension.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.5 - Maintenance of service line beyond highway limits

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That portion of the service pipe without the limits of a
					 street, avenue, road or way as hereinbefore defined or easement area shall be
					 provided, placed, constructed and maintained by the property owner or the
					 customer but in accordance with such reasonable specification for the
					 construction and maintenance thereof as may be filed in the tariff schedules of
					 said water-works corporation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.6 - Cost of installation before service required

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Whenever, at the request of an owner or occupant, a service
					 pipe is provided through which service is not immediately desired, said
					 property owner or occupant shall bear the entire reasonable expense of
					 providing, placing and constructing the service pipe and accessories, but he
					 shall be entitled to a refund whenever water service is begun for such part of
					 the expense as the water-works corporation is hereinbefore required to assume.
					 Such refund shall be the cost of said service pipe and accessories, less
					 depreciation at the rate of three percent per annum for the period which said
					 pipe has been in the ground.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.7 - Responsibility for maintenance and replacement

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All water-works corporations shall hereafter be solely
					 responsible for the maintenance and replacement of all mains, service pipes and
					 facilities placed within a street, avenue, road or way as hereinbefore defined
					 or easement area used by said water-works corporations for supplying water to
					 its customers; and if adequate maintenance requires the reconstruction or
					 replacement of such mains, service pipes and facilities, said mains, service
					 pipes and facilities shall be reconstructed or replaced by the water-works
					 corporation responsible for maintenance as hereinbefore provided. However,
					 replacement or reconstruction of mains and service pipes less than two inches
					 in diameter in excess of 75 feet in length heretofore installed and privately
					 owned, shall be governed by the provisions of section
					 501.4 
					 of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.8 - Applicants who cannot qualify as reasonably permanent customers

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An applicant who cannot qualify as a reasonably permanent
					 customer may be required to deposit the entire cost of the main extension and
					 installed services with the water-works corporation. The portion of the deposit
					 related to the length of main extension within the specified distance, as set
					 forth in section
					 501.4(d) 
					 of this Part, and the cost of the service, hydrants and accessories shall be
					 refunded without interest within 30 days of the applicant taking service and
					 demonstrating reasonable permanency. For developers who are subdividing or
					 preparing real estate for residential or commercial occupancy, who require the
					 installation of utility plant in advance of occupancy, the waterworks
					 corporation may retain as a deposit the cost of the entire extension, subject
					 to annual refunds without interest determined as the proportion of the number
					 of customers connected to the extension that year multiplied by the distance
					 specified in section
					 501.4(d) 
					 of this Part, related to the total extension length. No further refunds will be
					 made after five years after the date construction of the extension is completed
					 and approved or after the total of all refunds equals the amount of the
					 deposit.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.9 - Filing of main extension agreements

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All line extensions shall require a line extension
					 agreement setting forth the terms and conditions under which the extension will
					 be made, duly signed by the water-works and applicant. No charges or conditions
					 shall be obtained from or imposed upon the applicant for the provision and
					 extension of water service, other than those contained in the line extension
					 agreement in compliance with the water-works tariff or as approved by the
					 Commission. One copy of each main extension agreement shall be filed with the
					 commission within 30 days of execution; or where such agreements may exceed ten
					 in number in any calendar year, the utility may instead maintain a file at
					 company offices of such agreements and file a summary of such agreements by
					 January 31 of the following year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 501 - EXTENSION OF MAINS › Section 501.10 - Petition for waiver

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As provided in Part 5 of this Title, petition may be made
					 in writing in a specific case for waiver, modification or relief from any of
					 the provisions of these rules by stating the supporting facts and reasons for
					 waiver. However, such petition shall not be made for waiver of Part 501 until
					 the water-works has first obtained approval by the Department of Environmental
					 Conservation and the town of service area modification which may be necessary
					 to include the applicant within the water-works' service area or franchised
					 service territory. Nor shall the petition for waiver contain provisions which
					 would not reasonably apply to any other similar applicant, or in any way be
					 discriminatory.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 502 - Construction And Maintenance Of Service Pipes › Section 502.1 - Standards

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Every water-works corporation shall on or before November
					 15, 1935, submit for the approval of this commission proposed amendments to its
					 tariff schedules setting forth rules and regulations covering the construction
					 and maintenance of service pipes, such rules and regulations, among other
					 things, to provide:
(a) The minimum
				  depth at which all service pipes shall be laid. The depth so fixed to be
				  sufficient to prevent freezing.
(b)
				  The size and kind of pipe and apparatus to be installed, service pipes to be at
				  least three- quarters inch in diameter except under unusual circumstances which
				  shall be clearly defined.
(c) All
				  connections of service pipes with the transmission mains where the covering
				  over the main is less than five foot shall be made on the side of the main and
				  the service pipe shall in no case have less covering than the main.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 502 - Construction And Maintenance Of Service Pipes › Section 502.2 - Maintenance of utility-owned service pipe

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Such rules and regulations shall in no event require the
					 consumer to maintain any service pipe owned by the water-works
					 corporation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 502 - Construction And Maintenance Of Service Pipes › Section 502.3 - Rules to be printed on application form

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Such rules and regulations shall either be printed on the
					 service application form or shall be printed on a folder which shall be
					 delivered to every applicant for service.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 502 - Construction And Maintenance Of Service Pipes › Section 502.4 - Exceptions

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Water-works corporations having now on file with this
					 commission rules and regulations in connection with the construction and
					 maintenance of service pipe need not submit such rules except when amendments
					 are necessary to comply with the requirements of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 503 - Service Standards › Section 503.1 - General

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The provisions of this Part shall apply to water
					 corporations providing service to 4,000 or more year-round customers. The
					 standards relating to service interruptions contained in section
					 503.3  of
					 this Part shall apply to all water corporations under the commission's
					 jurisdiction. In providing service to its customers each water corporation
					 shall comply with the recommended standards for waterworks, policies for the
					 review and approval of plans and specifications for public water supplies, 1987
					 Edition (hereinafter referred to as the Ten State Standards) as described in
					 section
					 10.3 
					 of this Title. The text of the Ten State Standards appears in 16 NYCRR section
					 5-1.22(b) of this Title, Appendix 5-A. Compliance with the standards in this
					 Part does not release a water corporation from complying with all other
					 applicable laws, rules and regulations as promulgated by other governmental
					 bodies. Nor does compliance with these standards release a water corporation
					 from implementing other operating practices, maintenance programs or planning
					 measures which may be necessary to preserve the immediate or long-term
					 viability of the water system and to provide safe and adequate service to its
					 customers.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 503 - Service Standards › Section 503.5 - Atmospheric storage

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The water level in all storage facilities shall be
					 monitored twice daily, at those points in time at which the greatest and least
					 amount of storage is normally found to exist, and records kept of levels by
					 date and time or by continuous recording chart. The department will be notified
					 annually by January 31st of the subsequent year whenever actual average day
					 demand on an annual basis for systems supplied by wells exceeds total storage
					 capacity plus the supply available from approved emergency interconnections,
					 standby power and alternate sources.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 503 - Service Standards › Section 503.6 - Valves, blow-offs and hydrants

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(a)
Valves
				  and blow-offs.
Each water corporation shall have a program to test each
					 valve and blow-off and implement such program so that each valve and blow-off
					 is tested at least once every five years. Upon staff's request, the details of
					 the program will be submitted for its review and approval. Implementation of
					 this program will begin no later than two years after the effective date of
					 these standards. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to
					 service line valves.
(b)
Hydrants.
Each water corporation which provides public fire
					 protection shall have a program to inspect and test each hydrant a minimum of
					 once every three years with a minimum of one-third of the hydrants being
					 inspected and tested annually. The method of inspecting and testing each
					 hydrant will conform to the American Water Works Association Manual M-17, third
					 edition, printed in 1989 and entitled Installation, Field Testing and
					 Maintenance of Fire Hydrants, as described in section
					 10.3  of this Title. The
					 implementation of this program will begin no later than two years after the
					 effective date of these standards.
(c)
Monitoring requirements.
(1) Valves and blow-offs.
The department shall be notified by January 31st of the
					 subsequent year whenever the number of either valves or blow-offs not
					 completely functional/operable and accessible exceeds five percent of the total
					 of each tested during the preceding year, and the water corporation shall at
					 the same time provide its plan for rectifying the problem and returning the
					 system to compliance.
(2)
				  Hydrants.
The department shall be notified by January 31st of the
					 subsequent year whenever the number of hydrants not completely
					 functional/operable and accessible exceeds the limitations set forth in the
					 table below on a proportionate basis for the number of hydrants tested during
					 the preceding year. The department reserves the right to require more frequent
					 testing should these limitations be exceeded.
Number of hydrants in
								system
Percent and number
								limit
Less than 500
5% not to exceed 15
500 to 1,000
3% not to exceed 21
1,001 to 5,000
2% not to exceed 24
Over 5,000
0.5% of all hydrants
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter V - WATERWORKS CORPORATIONS › Subchapter A - SERVICE › Part 503 - Service Standards › Section 503.7 - Flushing

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(a) Flushing. Each
				  water corporation will have a properly engineered written flushing program and,
				  upon staff's request, will submit the details of that program to staff for its
				  review and approval. Each water corporation should flush its transmission and
				  distribution system a minimum of once a year, except where it can be
				  demonstrated that a particular system or portion thereof does not require
				  flushing. This program shall be implemented no later than two years after the
				  effective date of these standards.
(b) Monitoring requirements. Each water
				  corporation shall maintain a record of the date, time and duration of each
				  flushing sequence.