The Town of Milton's Responsibility to homeowner ENDS at the water meter and the green tank. The Milton Water Maintenance Personnel are NOT plumbers. Homeowners responsibility is from the meter to the house and from the green tank to the house. The homeowner must call a plumber for repair work in home, and for repair work from meter and green tank to home.
**** IF the Town's Water Maintenance personnel are called and respond to find out it is the homeowners problem and is not a Town problem, the homeowner or resident will be charged a service charge of $100.00!
Residents:#8 from Town of Milton Water Policy
8*- Per NC General Statute 14-151.1, it is illegal for any unauthorized person to alter, tamper with, relocate willfully damage, or bypass a water meter. It is illegal for any unauthorized person to reconnect a water meter after the Town of Milton Personnel have disconnected it. This includes, impeding the Milton Water Department access to the water meter. Any person violating these provisions may be found guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor. Whomever, if found guilty in civil action of Violating these provisions shall be liable to the Town of Milton.
*** If anyone blocks or impedes the Milton Water Departments access to the water meter the vehicle/Obstruction will be towed or moved at owner's expense .
IF WATER IS SHUT OFF DUE TO NON-PAYMENT THERE IS A $50.00 RE-CONNECTION FEE AFTER FULL AMOUNT IS PAID> WATER WILL BE CUT BACK ON WITHIN 24 HOURS