In consideration of the Utility providing water service to me, I agree:
To pay all necessary installation and/or connection charges required by the Utility water service, which includes a refundable security deposit.
To install and maintain at my expense all necessary service lines, plumbing and fixtures to enable the property owned by me to be connected to the Utility’s water meter.
To pay all monthly charges beginning with the first complete billing cycle after water service has been established at the Utility’s water meter on my property. I understand that regardless of whether or not I have installed the necessary service line or have consumed any water, I will still be required to pay the necessary monthly minimum established by the Utility. I further understand that if I do not receive a statement of current monthly charges, it is my responsibility to contact the Utility during normal business hours to arrange payment and the fact that I have not received a water statement does not waive my responsibility to pay those charges or any late assessments or service charges that result for my failure to remit the proper payment when it is due.
To use the water in accordance with the rules and regulations established in the Utility’s Bylaws and Amendments, which includes prohibiting me from connecting or allowing the connection of other residential dwellings or businesses to my water service.
To properly notify the Utility when I change mailing addresses, if I relinquish control of my property or for any other reason to request that wager service to my property be terminated by filling out a termination form from the Town.
To grant the Utility, its successors and assigns, a perpetual easement in, over, under and around my property with the right to erect, construct, deconstruct, install, and lay, and thereafter use, operate, inspect, repair, maintain, replace, and remove water/sewer pipelines and appurtenant facilities together with the right to utilize adjoining lands belonging to me for the purpose ingress to and egress from the Utility’s easement.
To understand that all bills not paid by the 25th of each month will be subject to a cut-off policy and once services have been disconnected, there will be a reconnect fee before reestablishing service.
IN CONSIDERATION OF MY PAYMENT OF ALL CHARGES NECESSARY FOR THE INSTALLATION AND/OR CONNECTION OF WATER, THE UTILITY AGREES:
To make every effort to provide a continuous supply of safe potable water to user. The user understands that at times due to equipment or power failures, water main breaks, weather related damage, and other unpreventable circumstances that the supply of water to the user’s property may be interrupted. The user understands that a guarantee of an uninterrupted supply of water cannot be granted by any water utility including the Town of Coldwater and that if the user’s residence or business requires a continuous supply, then it is the user’s responsibility to install at their expense the necessary equipment to provide an alternate water supply. The user further understands that the user is required by law to notify the utility of their intention to connect an alternate supply and that the Utility is required by law to inspect the supply to ensure that the user has included the required backflow devices to prevent possible contamination to the Utility’s water distribution system.
To charge the user each month the established minimum charge plus applicable rates according to the actual flow usage registered on the Utility’s water meter and recorded monthly by the Utility. The user understand that at times, inclement weather may prevent the reading of the water meter on the user’s property and that the Utility may use an estimated charge based upon the user’s historical consumption and that such estimations are provided by law but restricted by the fact that actual readings must be recorded the month preceding and the month following the estimation and that the user must be notified of charges based upon usage estimates. The user also understands that it is their responsibility to provide proof of reading error or payment error to the Utility in order for an adjustment to be considered.
To notify the user of any changes in rates, policies, or amendments to the bylaws of the Utility.