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§ 3. 10 tubing shall be flared and kept to a minimum. Not more than one joint shall be used for a service up to seventy feet in length. All service pipe, including joints, shall be left uncovered until inspected. Minimum size connection with the water mains shall be 3/4 inch in diameter. Subd. 5. Private Water Supplies. No water pipe of the City water system shall be connected with any pump, well, pipe, tank or any device that is connected with any other source of water supply and when such are found, the City shall notify the owner or occupant to disconnect the same and, if not immediately done, the City water shall be turned off. Before any new connections to the City system are permitted, or at the time such new connection is inspected, the City shall ascertain that no cross-connections will exist when the new connection is made. When a building is connected to "City Water" the private water supply may be used only for such purposes as the City may allow. Subd. 6. Water Emergencies. A. Whenever in the judgment of the City Administrator the water pressure and available water in the municipal water system reaches a level which endangers the public health or safety of residents and other persons in the City, he may declare a state of water emergency which shall continue until such time as he shall determine that the danger to public health or safety no longer exists. Forthwith upon the declaration of a state of water emergency notice thereof shall be given to the news media, and all orders of the City Administrator issued pursuant thereto shall be enforced after one (1) hour has elapsed from the time of such notice. B. During the existence of a state of water emergency the City Administrator may by order, (1) prohibit any sprinkling, irrigation or other utilization of water from the City's municipal water system for lawn, grass or turf, (2) prohibit sprinkling, irrigation or other utilization of water from the City's municipal water system for lawn, grass or turf, except in those areas stated in the notice that such utilization of water may be used on odd or even numbered days of the month, or (3) curtail industrial water usage. C. Upon written request and approval by the City Administrator and subject to such terms and conditions imposed by the City Administrator with respect to such approval, the following persons may be authorized to sprinkle, irrigate or otherwise utilize water from the City's municipal water system at times other than permitted in Subparagraph B hereof: 1. Any person owning or operating a commercial or business enterprise whose economic well-being is dependent upon sprinkling, irrigating or watering of a lawn, grass or turf owned, leased or operated by it; ORONO CC 47 (4-1-84)