Q-2, r. 21 - Regulation respecting waterworks and sewer services

Section 32 Disposition versions

2016-01-01

32. Suspension of service: The operator may suspend service to a subscriber 10 days after having forwarded him a written notice by registered mail with notice of receipt, if such subscriber:

(a)  fails to pay his subscription;

(b)  uses water in such a way as to affect service in general;

(c)  allows his installations to deteriorate or tolerates any leakage of water;

(d)  (paragraph implicitly revoked);

(e)  uses water for cooling purposes unless his agreement with the operator permits him to do so;

(f)  lets water run in order to prevent freezing in the conduits;

(g)  supplies water to a non-subscriber or facilitates his receiving a sewer service to which he is not entitled;

(h)  neglects or refuses to comply with his agreement with the operator, where applicable;

(i)  neglects or refuses to equip the drinking troughs used for his animals with float valves;

(j)  neglects to notify the operator before undertaking any change in his installations and use thereof likely to affect the service, consumption or price of the subscription;

(k)  uses hose pipes, sprinklers or other similar devices without the permission of the operator;

(l)  installs a pump drawing the water directly from the mains of the waterworks system;

(m)  establishes a connection between a private means of water supply and the piping of his property which is connected to the operator’s system;

(n)  neglects or refuses, where meters are installed, to provide the operator with a suitable and easy-to-reach location for the installation of the meter(s);

(o)  interferes in any way with the proper functioning of a meter;

(p)  uses the pressure or flow of a waterworks service as a source of energy;

(q)  breaks or allows a device to deteriorate resulting in a loss of the water provided by a waterworks;

(r)  throws any object in the reservoirs or sources of a waterworks service;

(s)  obstructs or interferes with the valves and their access shafts;

(t)  temporarily or permanently connects his waterworks piping to a conduit or water container if the water is likely to be siphoned into the operator’s system.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 7, s. 32; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).

2012-09-01

32. Suspension of service: The operator may suspend service to a subscriber 10 days after having forwarded him a written notice by registered or certified mail with notice of receipt, if such subscriber:

(a)  fails to pay his subscription;

(b)  uses water in such a way as to affect service in general;

(c)  allows his installations to deteriorate or tolerates any leakage of water;

(d)  (paragraph implicitly revoked);

(e)  uses water for cooling purposes unless his agreement with the operator permits him to do so;

(f)  lets water run in order to prevent freezing in the conduits;

(g)  supplies water to a non-subscriber or facilitates his receiving a sewer service to which he is not entitled;

(h)  neglects or refuses to comply with his agreement with the operator, where applicable;

(i)  neglects or refuses to equip the drinking troughs used for his animals with float valves;

(j)  neglects to notify the operator before undertaking any change in his installations and use thereof likely to affect the service, consumption or price of the subscription;

(k)  uses hose pipes, sprinklers or other similar devices without the permission of the operator;

(l)  installs a pump drawing the water directly from the mains of the waterworks system;

(m)  establishes a connection between a private means of water supply and the piping of his property which is connected to the operator’s system;

(n)  neglects or refuses, where meters are installed, to provide the operator with a suitable and easy-to-reach location for the installation of the meter(s);

(o)  interferes in any way with the proper functioning of a meter;

(p)  uses the pressure or flow of a waterworks service as a source of energy;

(q)  breaks or allows a device to deteriorate resulting in a loss of the water provided by a waterworks;

(r)  throws any object in the reservoirs or sources of a waterworks service;

(s)  obstructs or interferes with the valves and their access shafts;

(t)  temporarily or permanently connects his waterworks piping to a conduit or water container if the water is likely to be siphoned into the operator’s system.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 7, s. 32.