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If the consumer fails to have the defect remedied or the pipes or fittings replaced within three days or such extended time as the water authority shall consider necessary, the inside service will be disconnected from the waterworks under section 5 of the Ordinance after service of Form J.
15. PREVENTION OF WASTE.
Every consumer shall take all possible precautions to prevent waste and misuse of water and shall be held entirely responsible for the proper maintenance of the inside service supplying his premises. If any consumer is found to be wasting water or permitting water to be wasted, notice will be served on him by the water authority on Form J that the inside service will be disconnected from the water- works under section 5 of the Ordinance. The consumer shall in addition be liable to the penalties laid down in section 20 of the Ordinance.
16. KEEPING INSIDE SERVICES CLEAN.
The responsibility for keeping clean an inside service including all fittings shall rest entirely with the consumer.
If any part of an inside service is discovered to be dirty and in the opinion of the water authority a possible source of pollution of the water in the mains it shall be considered defective and notice will be served on the consumer accordingly in Form K and, if the inside service be not cleaned within three days of the date of such notice or such extended time as the water authority shall consider necessary, the inside service shall be disconnected from the water- works by the water authority under section 5 of the Ordinance after service of Form J.
17. DRAWING WATER FROM PUBLIC STANDPIPES.
Water shall be taken from public standpipes only in buckets or other suitable receptacles, and in such a manner as to prevent waste.
No hose-pipe, pipe, tube, chute or other contrivance of any nature whatever shall be attached either temporarily or permanently to any public standpipe.
No automatic self-closing valve or other automatic appliance attached to or formning part of any public standpipe shall be interfered with so as to prevent either temporarily or permanently its automatic action.
Water from public standpipes is intended for domestic purposes only and water to be used for trade purposes shall not be taken from a public standpipe.
18. USE OF WATER FROM THE WATERWORKS FOR FLUSHING.
Water from the waterworks shall not be used for flushing water closets, latrines and urinals without the written consent of the water authority.
Fees as laid down in Appendix I shall be payable annually in advance for permission to retain the use of main water for flushing water closets, latrines and urinals.
19. USE OF WATER FROM THE WATERWORKS FOR AIR CONDITIONING PLANTS AND SWIMMING POOLS.
Water from the waterworks shall not be used for air conditioning plants and swimming pools without the written consent of the water authority.
The water authority shall have the right to stipulate the condi- tions under which such consent may be given.
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