N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 10085.5 - Discontinuance of water service
(a)
Except as otherwise provided herein, water service may be discontinued by the
water board for any one of the following reasons:
(1) for use of water other than as
represented in the user's application or through branch connections on the
street side of the meter or the place reserved therefor;
(2) waste by use of water through improper
and defective pipes, or by other means;
(3) for molesting or tampering with any
service pipes, seal, meter or other water facilities owned by the water
board;
(4) for non-payment of bills
for water or services rendered by the water board in accordance with these
regulations;
(5) for
cross-connecting pipes carrying water supplied by the water board with any
other source of supply or with any apparatus which may endanger the quality of
the water supply;
(6) for refusal
of reasonable access to the property for the purpose of reading, repairing,
replacing, testing or removing meters or backflow preventers or inspecting the
user service connection or other water pipes and other fixtures;
(7) for the furnishing or receiving of a
supply of water from another premises; and
(8) for violation of any of the regulations
of the water board.
(b)
Any user may discontinue water service by giving the water board written
notice, on forms supplied and approved by the commissioner, not less than 10
days prior to the discontinuance. Upon the commissioner's acceptance of such
notice, all liability for charges for service rendered after the discontinuance
of service as herein provided for shall cease. Upon discontinuance of
non-metered flat rate water service, the water board will refund to the user
the pro rata amount of every advance payment for any service after the
discontinuance. Such refund to be based upon the relation of the period after
discontinuance of service to the entire period for which such advance payment
was made after deducting the proper charge for any excess water consumed to the
date of discontinuance.
(c) When
water service to any premises has been turned off upon the order of the user or
for any of the reasons specified in subdivision (a) of this section and service
at any premises is again desired by the same user, a reactivation charge as
specified in the board's schedule of rates will be made for the restoration of
services; providing the discontinuance of service required only the removal of
the water board's equipment from the user's premises, the closing of the curb
stop or turning off the water elsewhere not involving any unusual expense. If,
however, in the commissioner's judgment it becomes necessary to protect the
facilities or to prevent waste, the commissioner may shut off or disconnect the
service pipe at the water board's main, and the user shall be liable to pay for
restoration of service in the amount of the real cost incurred by the water
board, incident to the disconnection and reconnection of the service
pipe.
(d) Upon receipt of an
application for new service or for reinstatement of an existing service, the
water board will assume that the user service connection and all pipes and
fixtures connected thereto are in proper working order to receive water. The
water board will not be liable in any event for any accident, break or leakage
arising in connection with the supply of water or failure to supply
same.
(e) Upon certification by the
Buffalo Sewer Authority to the water board that sewer rents, based upon the
consumption of water charged against the real property which is connected with
the Buffalo Sewer Authority, remain unpaid for a period of more than one year
from the due date thereof, and that notice and demand has been given by the
Buffalo Sewer Authority to the owner or occupant of said premises, by
registered or certified mail, addressed to said premises and to the address of
the owner as shown on the records of the assessor of the City of Buffalo, to
pay the same within 10 days from the date of the mailing of said notice and
that such rents still remain unpaid, the commissioner shall shut off the supply
of water to said premises until the sewer rents are paid, together with any
other charges due to the Buffalo Sewer Authority and reactivation fee and/or
real costs incurred by the water board to restore service to said
premises.
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