MID-DAKOTA RURAL WATER SYSTEM, INC.
Miller, South Dakota
Rules and Regulations / OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES
Policy Bulletin (PB) Series: 300
Bulletin No. : 14

PB 314

DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE LINE COSTS:

PURPOSE

This policy establishes when a User is responsible for the cost of the service line to his/her propertyfor projects other than a grant eligible expansion project.

TERMS OF POLICY

  1. Terms used in this Bulletin 314 mean:
  1. Mainline: the pipelines generally paralleling public right-of-way and section lines and making up the distribution system of the Corporation.
  1. Service Line: the pipeline running from the Mainline to the Water User Connection Point.
  1. Water User Connection Point: the point at which the water User's private system is connected to the Service Line.

B.This policy applies only to those applicants who are considered "Subsequent Applicants" or "Late Applicants" as defined in Policy Bulletin (PB) 301 B and C.

C.Any applicant that has not made the appropriate application, paid the necessary fees and otherwise complied with the Corporation’s Rules and Regulations concerning Users prior to the date set for the bid opening for construction of the rural service area serving said applicant, must pay the entire cost of the applicable service line, or the applicant will not be served.

D.The Corporation will make reasonable efforts to notify persons in the project area of the pending deadline or expiration date. Notification of the expiration date shall appear as a legal ad in the following newspapers: Pierre Capitol Journal, Huron Daily Plainsman, Aberdeen American News, Highmore Herald, Miller Press, Wessington Times Enterprise, Hoven Review, Potter County News, Onida Watchman, and Wessington Springs True Dakotan.

CROSS REFERENCE(S)

PB 301, Classes of Applicants

Date Initially Adopted: / 08/08/1995 / Amended / Revised: / 08/12/2008
ADOPTED:

By: ______

Chairperson of the Board

(Corporate Seal)
ATTEST:

By: ______

Title: ______