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WATERWORKS. 1319
[ 16 of 1890. ]
8. The Water Authority does not undertake to restore any ornamental Moors,
wall -surfaces or other decorations which may be disturbed by the work.
9. On the completion of the work, the Water Authority will present to the
applicant a detailed account of the cost of the work including all labour,
materials and supervision.
10. The cost of services laid, altered , or repaired by the Water Authority
shall be paid to the Treasury in cash in full within fourteen days of the
presentation of the account .
11. The Water Authority will not be responsible for the maintenance or
repair of any service constructed by the same, after the date of the account
for construction .
12. The Water Authority, notwithstanding that its requirements have been
complied with as regards services, does not hold itself liable for any damage
that may arise in premises by bursting or overflowing. Nor will the Water
Authority by any permission or act extend its responsibility beyond the main
pipes in the public thoronghfares.
13. All pipes, used in the construction of services, are to be of cast - iron
of approved thickness and quality or wrought-iron both to be coated with
bitumenous composition ; or galvanized wrought-iron piping (the latter however
is not recommended ).
14. Wrought-iron service pipes are to be of the quality known as “ best
water piping ” and to be of the following weights :
3 " Diameter . ...... 60 lbs. per 100 feet .
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111
96
311
..130
1" ..212
11" ..280
11 " ..345
2" ...470

15. Cast-iron pipes are to be substantially jointed with lead and yarn .
Wrought-iron pipes are to have screwed joints and sockets .
16. Lead pipes will only be permitted in new services when the water
which passes through them cannot be used for drinking or cooking (down
pipes to water closets or overflow pipes from cisterns, for example ). Provided
always that owners of premises which are now provided with lead -services
will not be compelled to remove them unless in the opinion of the Water
Authority they are too weak , or otherwise defective.
17. Every service is to be provided with a strong gland stop - cock with
solid bottom , either of brass or of cast -iron, if of cast-iron, the plug to be
asbestos- packel, or, with a screw -down stop -cock with a loose - valve ; or, in
the case of services larger than 2 " in iuternal diameter ; with a sluice or
slide - valve.
The stop-cock or valve is to be fixed under the pavement where there is
one, and as near to the tenement as practicable, and it is to be provided with
a cast -iron cover and lid so that it may at all times be accessible ; or, the
stop - cock may be fixed above ground in the tenement immediately inside the
door in some readily accessible place.
18. All draw -off taps are to be of the pattern known as “ screw -down "
with loose valves, not liable to turn on their seat when screwing down.
Patterns of the taps may be seen at the office of the Water Authority.