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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.
9.—No pipe shall be used for the conveyance of, or in connexion with, water
supplied by the Company, which is laid or fixed through, in, or into any drain,
ashpit, sink, or manure-hole, or through, in, or into any place where the water
conveyed through such pipe may be liable to become fouled, except where such
drain, ashpit, sink, or manure-hole, or other such place shall be in the unavoidable
course of such pipe, and then in every such case such pipe shall be passed
through an exterior cast-iron pipe or jacket of sufficient length and strength,
and of such construction as to afford due protection to the water-pipe.
10.—Every pipe hereafter laid for the conveyance of, or in connexion with
water supplied by the Company, shall when laid in open ground, be laid at
least two feet six inches below the surface, and shall in every exposed situation
be properly protected against the effects of frost.
11.—No pipe for the conveyance of, or in connexion with, water supplied by
the Company, shall communicate with any cistern, butt, or other receptacle
used or intended to be used for rain water.
12 —Every "communication pipe" for the conveyance of water to be
supplied by the Company into any premises shall have at or near its point of
entrance into such premises, and if desired by the consumer within such