This AGREEMENT is made between Riverside Special Utility District, a political subdivision created under the laws of the State of Texas (hereinafter called the District) and the applicant, (hereinafter called the Applicant or Customer).
The District shall sell and deliver water service to the Applicant and Applicant shall purchase, receive, and/or reserve water service from the District in accordance with the Order Setting Rates and Policies of the District as amended from time to time by the Board of Directors of the District.
The Customer shall pay the District for service hereunder as determined by the District’s Order Setting Rates and upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, a copy of which has been provided as information packet, for which the Customer acknowledges receipt hereof by execution of this Agreement.
All water shall be metered by meters to be furnished and installed by the District. The meter is for the sole use of the Customer and is to provide service to one (1) dwelling and/or only one (1) business. Extension of pipe or pipes to transfer utility service from one property to another to share, resell, or sub-meter water to any other persons, dwellings, business, and/or property, etc., is prohibited.
The District shall have the right to locate a water service meter and the pipe necessary to connect the meter on the Customer’s property at a point to be chosen by the District, and shall have access to its property and equipment located on Customer’s premises at all reasonable times for any purpose connected with or in the furtherance of its business operations, and upon discontinuance of service the District shall have the right to remove any of its equipment from the Customer’s property.
The District’s authorized employees shall have access to the Customer’s property, premises, and facilities at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection, to insure compliance with state required Minimum Acceptable Operating Practices for Public Drinking Water Systems as promulgated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or successor agency, applicable plumbing codes, and utility construction standards.
The District strictly prohibits the connection of service pipelines from its water service meter to any private well or other unknown water supply.
In the event the total water supply is insufficient to meet all of the needs of the Customers, or in the event there is a shortage of water, the District may initiate the Emergency Rationing Program as specified in the District’s Water Conservation Plan. With execution by the Applicant of this Agreement, Applicant hereby shall comply with the terms of said Plan.
The customer shall install at his own expense any necessary service lines from the District’s facilities and equipment to the point of use, including any customer service isolation valves or other equipment as may been specified by the District. The use of pipes and pipe fittings that contain more than .25% lead or solders and flux that contain more than 0.2% lead is prohibited for any plumbing installation or repair of any residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption and connected to the District.
By execution hereof, the Customer shall hold the District harmless from any and all claims for damages caused by service interruptions due to waterline breaks by utility or like contractors, tampering by other customers of the District, normal failures of the system, or other events beyond the District’s control.
The Customer shall grant to the District, now or in the future, any easements of right-of-way for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating such pipelines, meters, valves, and any others such equipment which may be deemed necessary by the District to extend or improve service for existing or future customers, on such forms as required by the District.
By execution of this Service Application and Agreement, applicant agrees that non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement by said Applicant shall constitute denial or discontinuance of service until such time as the
violation is corrected to the satisfaction of the District.
Any misrepresentation of the facts by the Applicant on any of the three pages of this form shall result in discontinuance of service pursuant to the terms and conditions of the District’s Policies.
