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REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE METROPOLIS WATER
ACT, 1871.
Reg. 1. No “communication pipe” for the conveyance of water from the
waterworks of the Company into any premises shall hereafter be laid until
after the point or place at which such "communication pipe" is proposed to
be brought into such premises shall have had the approval of the Company.
2. No lead pipe shall hereafter be laid or fixed in or about any premises
for the conveyance of or in connexion with the water supplied by the
Company (except when and as otherwise authorised by these regulations, or
by the Company), unless the same shall be of equal thickness throughout, and
of at least the weight following, that is to say—
Internal Diameter
of Pipe in inches.
3/8-inch diameter.
½ ” ”
5/8 ” ”
¾ ” ”
1 ” ”
1¼ ” ”
Weight of Pipe in
lbs. per lineal
yard
5 lbs. per lineal yard.
6 ” ”
7½ ” ”
9 ” ”
12 ” ”
16 ” ”
3. Every pipe hereafter laid or fixed in the interior of any dwellinghouse
for the conveyance of, or in connexion with, the water of the Company,
must, unless with the consent of the Company, if in contact with the ground,
be of lead, but may otherwise be of lead, copper, or wrought iron, at the option
of the consumer.
4. No house shall, unless with the permission of the Company in writing,
be hereafter fitted with more than one "communication pipe."
5. Every house supplied with water by the Company (except in cases of
stand-pipes) shall have its own separate ' communication pipe." Provided
that, as far as is consistent with the special Acts of the Company, in the case
of a group or block of houses, the water rates of which are paid by one
owner, the said owner may, at his option, have one sufficient communication
for such group or block.
6. No house supplied with water by the Company shall have any connexion
with the pipes or other fittings of any other premises, except in the
case of groups or blocks of houses, referred to in the preceding Regulation.
7. The connexion of every communication pipe with any pipe of the
Company shall hereafter be made by means of a sound and suitable brass
screwed ferrule or stop cock with union, and such ferrule or stop-cock shall
be so made as to have a clear area of waterway equal to that of a half-inch
pipe The connexion of every "communication pipe" with the pipes of the
Company shall be made by the Company's workmen, and the Company shall
be paid in advance the reasonable costs and charges of and incident to the
making of such connexion.
8. Every "communication pipe," and every pipe external to the house and
through the external walls thereof, hereafter respectively laid or fixed, in connexion
with the water of the Company, shall be of lead, and every joint thereof
shall be of the kind called a " plumbing" or " wiped " joint.