Extension of mains required to serve new customers shall embody the following principles:
- The extension must be along a permanently established vehicle access route such as a public street, road, or highway. An easement for the line to be located outside the public right-of-way must be provided by the customer unless otherwise approved by the District. Permanent vehicle access must be provided and maintained by the customer for any extension approved by the District and not along a public street, road, or highway.
- Extension estimates shall be based on mains of not less than 4 inches in diameter, subject to the Manager's discretion.
- The size of mains to be installed shall be at the discretion of the District.
- Each premises must have frontage on a water main to obtain a direct service. If a premises does not have water main frontage, a water main extension must be constructed in accordance with the Manager's discretion.
- The customer(s) or developer shall bear the entire cost of the extension and may elect to have the extension constructed by the District or by a contractor of choice, in accordance with all specifications of, and subject to inspection (the cost of such inspection, etc., shall be paid for by the customer(s) or developer) and approval by the District.
In the event that the extension is built by a contractor, the extension shall be guaranteed by the customer or developer for a period of not less than one year against physical defects. Title, together with all necessary franchises, easements, rights-of-way, and/or permits pertaining to the extension, shall be conveyed to the District. Upon completion, the District agrees to assume obligations and liabilities for maintenance and operation.
The customer or developer shall furnish evidence of the cost of the extension, excluding actual trenching, within six months of completion of construction. The District shall record that cost, plus trenching cost allowance, as a sharable "Contribution in Aid of Construction" for the contracted service location of the property to be served. If evidence of cost is not provided within 6 months, the line shall not be subject to sharing.
The shareholder shall be entitled to sharing only while the balance of the Contribution in Aid of Construction exceeds $500 and within the time limits established by District Requirements.
Future customers or developers using the line will be required to pay certain costs of sharing, as stipulated below:
- Any Contribution in Aid of Construction paid by the customer(s) or developer for a line extension, which in total exceeds $500, shall be distributed over the number of feet for the water line installed and shall become the basis for future sharing of costs by additional customers or developers using the line.
- Sharing of construction costs shall continue for 7 years from the time service is available from the line or until the first time after such share shall become less than $500, whichever comes first.
When a sharing has been mailed to a shareholder and returned to the District due to lack of proper mailing address, the District shall make all reasonable efforts to locate the shareholder. However, in the event a shareholder may not be located, after one year's time has elapsed, the share shall become the property of the District. - All costs are estimates and will be subject to an accounting of the actual construction costs. If the actual cost exceeds the estimate by more than $50, the customer or developer will be invoiced for that amount in excess of the estimate, or if the estimate exceeds the actual cost by more than $50, a refund of that excess will be made to the customer or developer.