A. The water department shall maintain all water pipes upon city-owned property up to and including the water meter; provided, that the city shall not be required to renew or replace water mains placed outside the corporate limits of the city. No mains in existence at the time of annexation of an area to the city shall be renewed or replaced by the city without a resolution of the council to do so. Water mains outside the city or in existence at the time of annexation may be maintained by the water department until such time as the city condemns the same. They may be condemned if incurring excessive maintenance or have excessive leakage.

B. In the event a water main is condemned, notice shall be sent to the customers on such main that the main is condemned, and service to those customers will be terminated unless the property owners furnished water through such main replace it with a main meeting specifications of the city within ninety days of such notice, unless an earlier termination is required by the condition of the main. If the superintendent determines that the property should be served from an alternate city water main, the property owner shall be fully responsible for making that extension according to city specifications. (Ord. 947-04 § 2).