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n) Notification by the plumber that the meter has been set and ready for sealing and inspection by the Water Utility personnel shall be done at least 24 hours prior to final plumbing inspection by the City Building Inspection Department. 103 WATER SERVICE REPAIRS REPAIR RESPONSIBILTY Maintenance or repair, of the service from and including the main stop cock to the premises remains the responsibility of the property owner. Water service repairs or renewals that become necessary will be made by a licensed plumber at the expense of the property owner. Utility staff may provide property owner a list of licensed plumber to do emergency repairs. If owner can not make repairs, water may be shut off or Water Utility may make the necessary repairs and the charge for such work will be made under a special assessment against the property concerned. Such assessment, including interest at the legal rate for local improvements, shall be certified to the County Auditor and collected and remitted to the City in the same manner as assessments for local improvements. The rights of the Elk River Municipal Utilities/City under this paragraph shall be in addition to other remedial or enforcement rights provided by the City Code of Ordinances or other applicable law. (Adopted April 10, 2001 by the Utilities' commission) Whenever it becomes necessary to repair or replace a broken or defective water pipe running from the main in the street to the meter, the said broken or defective water pipe is not of copper or cast iron construction; it shall be replaced by 1" minimum Type K copper tubing or 1" O.D. SDR 11 (IPS) minimum HDPE may also be used per details in Section 104. Electrical grounding system for this building shall also be modified to account for non metallic water service. LEAK REPAIR When a leak develops on a customer's service, it shall be repaired as soon as possible. If repairs have not been completed within a reasonable time as determined by the Elk River Municipal Utilities, the water will be shut off. 104 SERVICE SIZE AND MATERIALS APPROVAL The size of pipe to be installed in any service shall be subject to the approval of the General Manager SERVICE MATERIAL Water service pipes shall be of the following materials. 1 inch nominal diameter-copper- Type K or 1" HDPE per details on page 10 1 '/2 inch nominal diameter-copper- Type K or 1 '/z" HDPE per details on page 10 2 inch nominal diameter-copper- Type K or 2" HDPE per details on page 10 2 '/ inch and over nominal diameter- ductile iron- 150 Ib. Class For Residential K copper construction only one coupling (flared or silver soldered only) between the water service valve (curb stop) and the main valve inside the house will be allowed. For residential HDPE construction, a total fused pipe system with tracer wire shall be utilized per details on page 10. For Commercial /Industrial construction all pipe used in a water service shall be 1" (one inch) minimum type K copper pipe or 1" O.D. minimum SDR 11 (IPS) with tracer wire HDPE. Larger than 2" shall be ductile iron pipe. Only one coupling (flared or silver soldered only) between the water service valve (curb stop) and the main valve inside the building is allowed on type K copper. HDPE System shall be a fused system with tracer wire per details. All fire protection lines should have detector check valves. Customer shall provide a suitably sized by-pass meter loop for 2" or larger meters 7