Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) It shall be the duty of every Municipality to provide a supply of wholesome water for the domestic use of the inhabitants. (2) The water for domestic uses in excess of such standard as may be determined by the Board of Councillors and the supply of water for non-domestic uses may be charged for at such scale of fees or price as may be prescribed. (3) The Board of Councillors, for the purpose of measuring or recording the quantity of water consumed, may provide for devices of attachment of meter in the premises or adopt a system of calculation by the size or number of ferrules through which the supply is made or any other method of measurement or recording in such manner and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed.